The development of the Chinese Language Fellowship Program is guided by an independent Advisory Council:

Thomas Christensen
Columbia University

Thomas Fingar
Stanford University

M. Taylor Fravel
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Mark Frazier
The New School

Mary Gallagher
University of Michigan

Sheena Greitens
University of Texas at Austin

Jessica Teets
Middlebury College

Susan Whiting
University of Washington

Michael Wills
The National Bureau of Asian Research