Anran Zhang

Biography

Anran Zhang is a third-year PhD candidate in comparative politics and political methodology and a Kellogg Institute PhD fellow at the University of Notre Dame.

Her research examines the role of history-writing in state-building and public perception of state legitimacy. She is especially interested in the intersections of political science, history, philosophy, and communication.

She earned a B.A. from Colby College with a double major in political science and philosophy, specializing in Plato and ancient Greek philosophy. She earned her M.A. with a concentration in political science from the University of Chicago. She previously studied at
the University of Oxford, the University of Edinburgh, and Sichuan University as a visiting student. Before coming to Notre Dame, she worked for several environmental and animal
protection NGOs.