M.S. in Linguistics from Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., 1979 Ph.D. in China Studies from Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. , 1983
China, East Asia, World History, Social and Cultural History, Urban Studies, Popular Religion, Material Culture.
Ph.D. University of Washington, Seattle, History Department, 2014 M.A. University of Washington, Seattle, History Department, 2010 B.A. Peking University, History and Art History, 2008
2018-present Assistant Professor, Department of History, North Carolina State University 2015- 2018 Assistant Professor, Department of History and Geography, Elon University 2014-2015 Visiting Assistant Professor, History Department, Luther College 2013-2014 Predoctoral Instructor, University of Washington, Seattle
Modern Japan and its empire; social history of imperialism and colonialism; spatial history and mobilities; urban history; deviance and social problems; gender.
Princeton University, Department of History M. A., 1995, Ph. D., 1999 Visiting Scholar, Faculty of Economics, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, 1996-97 The University of Tokyo, Program in Area Studies M. A., 1991, doctoral coursework completed 1993 Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, Paris License, 1986 Columbia University, Department of Religion B. A., 1984
Associate Professor, Department of History, North Carolina State University, 2005-present Visiting Professor, Department of History, Duke University, 2006 Assistant Professor, Department of History, North Carolina State University, 1999-2005 Instructor, Department of History, North Carolina State University, 1998-99 Assistant in Instruction, Department of History, Princeton University, 1995-96
Academic and research interests include Late Qing through contemporary Chinese literature and cultural studies, especially science fiction and cinema.
Ph.D. Modern Chinese Literature, UCLA, June 2011, Dissertation: Colonial Modernities and Chinese Science Fiction Theodore Huters (Chair), Jack Chen, Andrea Goldman, Shu-Mei Shih . Examination Fields: Chinese Literature, Modern Chinese History, Chinese Cinema M.A. East Asian Studies, University of Arizona, May 2004, Thesis: Symptom and Subjectivity in Modern Chinese Literature, Dian Li (Chair), ...