As a Research Associate at the USC Center on Public Diplomacy Meg Young is working on projects related to China, the 2008 Olympics, and Asia broadly.

Meg is a member of the first graduating class in the Master of Public Diplomacy program at the University of Southern California. She also served as the first president of the Association of Public Diplomacy Scholars at USC. Her academic and professional interests include the role of diasporas in developing soft power, as well as a regional focus on China.

Meg's professional experience in public diplomacy began as a program coordinator for Rotary International's Youth Exchange program, and includes an internship with Taiwan's Government Information Office in Taipei.

Meg speaks intermediate Chinese and Spanish.