Professor Roy Grow is the Kellogg Professor of International Relations at Carleton College. His specialty is the political economy of East Asia, specifically China and Southeast Asia. He is the faculty director of an off-campus studies program at Carleton focusing on the political economy of these regions, and has previously taught a comparative off-campus studies seminar with Alfred Montero. Grow's course topics at Carleton include US Foreign Policy history, Intelligence Theory, Terrorism, Guerrilla Warfare and Insurgency, Chinese politics, Russian and Soviet Government, Political Economy, and Marxism.
Professor Grow previously served as a military interpreter and analyst in Asia. He later earned his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1973. He is a speaker of Mandarin Chinese.
Professor Grow is a frequent contributor to Minnesota Public Radio, appearing often on the program Midday with Gary Eichten.