Lorraine Stratkotter received a certificate from HarvardX for successfully completing and passing the online course "SW12.9x: China (Part 9) Communist Liberations". The certificate was issued on May 17, 2016 and was signed by Peter K. Bol, Vice Provost for Advances in Learning at Harvard University, and William C. Kirby, T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies at Harvard University, to validate Lorraine Stratkotter's completion of the course through the online learning initiative edX.