About

Kelan (Lilly) Lu is currently an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of South Carolina.  She received her Ph.D. from the University of North Texas (UNT) in 2012.  Professor Lu taught Comparative Politics, Comparative Political Economy, International Relations of East Asian and the Comparative Politics of Adversarial States.  Professor Lu’s research interests focus on comparative political economy, particularly the role played by domestic politics in the dynamics of bilateral foreign direct investment (FDI).  She is also interested in applications of dynamic panel data modeling.

Research 

Kelan Lu's research focuses on studying the multinational corporations' location selection behavior under different political risks and exploring how foreign direct investment affect domestic and international politics.

Selected Publications 

(Lilly) Kelan Lu. 2011. Book Review: China, the Developing World, and the New Global Dynamic  edited by Lowell Dittmer, George T. Yu. Pacific Affairs.  84(2): 342-343.   

Breuning, Marijke; (Lilly) Kelan Lu.  2010.  “Participation by Women in ISA Annual Meetings,  2005-2009”, International Studies Perspectives 11(3): 242-254. 

(Lilly) Kelan Lu. 2010.  “Socialism in the Developing World,” in 21^st Century Political Science: A Reference Handbook, ed.  John Ishiyama and Marijke Breuning.  Sage Publications Inc.