As Chief of Staff, I provide strategic advice to the Provost, initiate and execute provostial projects, and serve as the Provosts representative for various academic, administrative, and policy-related activities. I am also a member of the universitys Institutional Research Work Group. My particular areas of focus are: management of the Provost Offices budget, academic program evaluation and assessment, institutional accreditation, government reporting, faculty reviews, and education policy analysis.NYU Shanghai is the newest degree-granting campus of New York University and the first sino-U.S. joint venture university in China. NYU Shanghai exemplifies the highest ideals of contemporary higher education by uniting the intellectual resources of New York Universitys global network with the multidimensional richness of China. NYU Shanghai has an enrollment of more than 1300 students and a distinguished multinational faculty of 200.

I worked closely with the Provost on a wide variety of administrative and executive duties, special projects, and initiatives involving the Provost’s Office and its priorities. In collaboration with other colleagues within the Provost’s Office, I was responsible for planning, organizing, and guiding the initiatives and activities of the Provost relating to the internal operations and the external relationships of the university. My primary responsibilities included promoting and supporting the mission and values of the university; overseeing the administrative, operational and financial affairs of the Provosts Office; developing and coordinating special and high-priority projects and initiatives; serving as an advisor to the Provost; and serving as a liaison to a variety of internal and external constituencies.

As Senior Advisor to the Provost, I served as the primary point of contact for the Provost with internal and external constituents. My responsibilities covered daily management of office operations and business activities for the Provost, including staff supervision, planning and implementation of special events, high-level searches and activities, and meetings with other high-level groups.

-Served as Deans representative to central university administration for various matters -Provided leadership for HR-related and faculty affairs-Researched and wrote analytical memoranda (in English and Chinese) on Chinese immigration law, tax law, social insurance law, and foreign affairs law-Organized conferences and official visits-Drafted employment contracts for both foreign faculty and Chinese staff members-Advised foreign faculty and staff on immigration, tax, and foreign affairs issues-Recruited, interviewed, and trained new administrative staff members-Created and managed school budget, conducting daily finance analysis and payroll managementPeking University School of Transnational Law (“STL”), part of Peking University’s Shenzhen Graduate School, is the only law school in the world that combines an American-style Juris Doctor degree (J.D.) with a China law Juris Master degree (J.M.). With an enrollment of 400, STL provides an academically rigorous, bilingual four-year program of legal education that prepares students for the mixture of common law, civil law, and Chinese legal traditions increasingly characteristic of the global economy.

-Researched, conducted interviews for, and published 11 news articles-Translated international news from English into Chinese for Chief Editor-Assisted senior journalists on investigative feature writing, including a report on the living conditions within primary schools for migrant workers during the 2008 Beijing Olympics