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Professor Zed Zhipeng Gao听joined the American University of Paris in 2021. Gao has an听interdisciplinary background: he holds a Ph.D. in the historical, theoretical, and critical studies of psychology and has conducted postdoctoral research in sociology and anthropology.

Gao鈥檚 research falls into two main clusters. The first examines the history of psychology under Chinese communism, focusing on the normative function of psychological science in shaping the population toward state objectives. The second investigates the impact of global geopolitics on the identities of the Chinese diaspora in racial, national, and cultural terms. More recently, he has turned toward theoretical research that draws on poststructuralism to bring critical inquiry to existing theoretical and methodological frameworks.

Gao has published more than twenty journal articles and book chapters. His work has appeared in venues including听Review of General Psychology,听Journal of Humanistic Psychology,听Social Anthropology,听Narrative Inquiry,听History of Psychology, and听History of Science. He has (co-)edited special issues of听Theory & Psychology听(SAGE) and听Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science听(Springer), as well as a book volume on听Cultural Politics in Indigenous Psychology听(Palgrave). A member of the editorial board of听Theory & Psychology, Gao is also a co-organizer of the 2025听Three Societies Meeting听(ESHHS, Cheiron, and SHP) in Paris. Gao has received several awards in international psychology, the history of psychology, theoretical psychology, and qualitative inquiry.

Before joining AUP, Gao taught in Toronto and Vancouver, where he enjoyed working with students from diverse backgrounds. At AUP, he uses a听roundtable seminar format听to foster intellectual dialogue within a supportive classroom environment.听