Easten Law

Assistant Professor
Washington Semester

• Easten Law's research and teaching focuses on comparative studies between Eastern and Western cultures. He is currently studying how the spiritual streams of Christian, Buddhist, and Confucian traditions interact in forming China’s emerging views on charity and human rights. His training includes knowledge in the areas of cultural contextualization, intercultural communication, inter-religious dialogue, ethnography, participatory action research, and asset-based community development.
  
  He has worked in China for several years in a variety of capacities including teaching and lecturing in communication and culture at Anhui Normal University. He has also provided trainings and lectures in cross-cultural dynamics for several organizations such as the US State Department, and both international and local Chinese non-profits responding to the earthquake which struck Southwest China in 2008.
  
  He is currently pursuing a Master of Divinity at Wesley Theological Seminary part time with a focus on the global urban dynamics of cross-cultural ministry and social justice.

• Degrees

  M.A. Intercultural Studies, Wheaton College
  B.A. Communication, Wheaton College
  B.A. Spiritual Formation, Wheaton College

• Favorite Spot on Campus:

  East Quad Building (ask me why in person.)
  

  Languages Spoken:

  English, Mandarin Chinese