Grace Hou possesses over 15 years of experience in higher education, as a faculty and an administrator. A founding member of the India China Institute, Grace is a core resource and relationship builder/keeper internally with other constituencies of The New School, and externally with the institute’s numerous partners, funders, scholars, leaders, consultants, and vendors. Grace oversees the operation and administration of ICI, including the management of its annual budget, hiring and contracting, and public programming. She received graduate education in both China and the U.S. , and legal education at New York University. Prior to the India China Institute, Grace practiced as Senior Paralegal at the Vice President and General Counsel’s Office of The New School. She is knowledgeable in immigration, contracts and labor law. Grace is ex-officio of the External Advisory Committee and Faculty Advisory Committee at ICI ; on the ICI Starr Foundation Fellowships Selection Committee; and The New School’s Joint Committee on Global Education’ and the Committee on Study Abroad Programs.
