Maria Repnikova is a scholar of China’s political communication. Maria speaks fluent Mandarin, Russian and Spanish.

Dr. Repnikova is an Associate Professor in Global Communication and the William C. Pate Chair in Strategic Communication at Georgia State University. In the past, she was a Wilson China Fellow and a Wilson Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars. She received her doctorate (DPhil) in Politics at the University of Oxford where she was a Rhodes Scholar.

Research Specialization

Media-state relations in China, including political persuasion and critical journalism; Chinese soft power and public diplomacy, especially in the African context; China-Russia relations and comparisons