University of Southern California

Center for Religion & Civic Culture

Jiexia Zhai Autry

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Dr. Jiexia Zhai Autry is is a program officer for East Asia at the Institute for Global Engagement. She is also affiliate research faculty at the Center for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, George Mason University. She received a bachelor's degree from Peking University, and a master's degree and Ph.D. from the Department of Sociology, University of Texas-Austin. Dr. Zhai worked as an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Gerontology and Asian/Asian American Studies at Miami University.

Principal Investigator
The Spread of the Chinese Indigenous Pentecostal and Charismatic
Movement in the East Asian Chinese Community: the Case of the True Jesus Church
Pentecostal and Charismatic Research Initiative