Parks M. Coble, Jr. (born 1946, Chinese: 柯博文; pinyin: Kē Bówén) is an academic specializing in the political, economic, social and business history of 20th century China.
He is the James L. Sellers Professor of History at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, where he has taught since 1976.
He has also held numerous fellowships and is an Associate-in-research at the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University.
His early academic work was concerned with the relationship between Chinese business elites and the KMT government during the Nanjing Decade.
[8][9][10] In 2019, the Association for Asian Studies hosted a roundtable discussion at its annual conference to celebrate "Parks Coble's important scholarly contributions to research in Chinese business, political, and social history.