International/Comparative Political Economy, Foreign Direct Investment, Multi-national Corporations, Corruption, Development, Survey Experiments, Chinese & East Asian Politics
Columbia University, New York, N.Y. Ph.D. in Political Science 2012 Yale University, New Haven, C.T. M.A. in East Asian Studies 2005 Peking University, Beijing, China B.A. in International Politics & Economics (Dual Degrees) 2003
The Pennsylvania State University: Associate Professor, Political Science & Asian Studies 07/2019{Present Assistant Professor, Political Science & Asian Studies 08/2012{06/2019 Princeton University 09/2013{06/2014: Associate Visiting Scholar, Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance, Woodrow Wilson School Harvard University 01/2012{07/2012: Postdoctoral Fellow, the Princeton-Harvard Chin...
Ethnicity, cross-cultural interactions, frontier history; empire-building and colonial interventions; concepts of the self and body; concepts of creativity, moral psychology, and autonomy
1994-2002 Ph.D., Princeton University, East Asian Studies 1998-1999 Exchange scholar, Harvard University 1993-1994 Visiting graduate student, National Taiwan University 1989-1993 B. A., Princeton University, East Asian Studies, First-prize winner of Marjory Chadwick Buchanan Senior Thesis Prize, graduated magna cum laude
2016- Professor, Penn State University, Department of Asian Studies and History 2015-2016 Associate Professor, Penn State University, Department of Asian Studies and History 2011-2015 Associate Professor, Penn State University, Department of History, Asian Studies, and Religious Studies Program 2013-2014 Guest Researcher and Humboldt Fellow at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany (al...
Language, Culture, and Cognition Cognitive Semantics Cognitive Approach to Metaphor Studies
Ph.D. University of Arizona, 1996 M.A. Central China Normal University, 1987
Modern and Contemporary Chinese and East Asian Art the interplay between the aesthetic discourses and social functions of art in contemporary China and Asia.
Ph.D. in comparative literature and contemporary art history (University of Texas at Austin) M.A. in comparative literature (University of Texas at Austin) B.A. in Economics and Chinese Literature/Language (Peking University, China)
Taught at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California.
Chinese, East Asian, and Southeast Asian art, with an emphasis on the 20th and 21st century
MSc. University of Essex, UK B.A. Jilin University, China
beginning Chinese, intermediate Chinese, and Chinese heritage course.
Modern Chinese literature and intellectual history Asian languages and literacies Theory of orality, writing, and texts Philosophy of language Linguistics and philology
Education: Ph.D., Yale University
the Middle East, international political economy, and Chinese foreign policy
Ph.D., Princeton University M.A., Princeton University B.A., B.M., Texas Christian University
part of the founding faculty for Penn State's School of International Affairs faculty affiliate in Penn State’s School of Law and Asian Studies Program visiting scholar at Peking University's School of International Studies From 1992 to 2003, Prof. Leverett had a distinguished career in the U.S. Government. Served nine years as senior Middle East analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency
Ph. D. 1986 University of Hawaii M. Phil. 1981 University of Hong Kong B. A. (Honors) 1975 University of Hong Kong
Professor of History, Asian Studies, and Philosophy, Department of Asian Studies, The Pennsylvania State University Head of Asian Studies Department, The Pennsylvania State University Associate Editor and Book Review Editor, Journal of Chinese Philosophy Co-Chair, Neo-Confucian Studies Seminar, Columbia University Vice-President, International Association for Yijing Studies (Beijing) Professor,...
PhD, Yale University, 1982 MPhil, Yale University, 1980 MA, Yale University, 1979 MA, Harvard University, 1978 BA, Swarthmore College, 1977
M.A in teaching Chinese as Foreign Language from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Corpus linguistics and computer-assisted language learning Corpus-based and genre-based approaches to EAP writing research and pedagogy Second language writing and second language acquisition
Ph.D., Linguistics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA, 2001-2006: Dissertation: Hybrid Models for Chinese Unknown Word Resolution Committee: Detmar Meurers (advisor), Chris Brew and Marjorie Chan M.A. (by research), English Language, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 1999-2001: Thesis: The Taiwan Issue in the Media: A Corpus-Based Comparative Study of Chinese and America...
#Department of Applied Linguistics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA Professor of Applied Linguistics and Asian Studies, 2019-present Director of Graduate Studies, 2014-present Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics and Asian Studies, 2012-2019 Gil Watz Early Career Professor in Language and Linguistics, 2012-2016 Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics, 2006-2...
Ph.D. English, Department of English, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 2005 M.A. Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Department of Foreign Languages, Northwestern Polytechnic University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, P. R. China, 1998 B.A. English Education, Department of Foreign Languages, Gannan Teachers’ College, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, P. R. China, 1995
Liberal Arts Professor (July 2019–), Departments of English (75%) and Asian Studies (25%), Penn State University, University Park Yunshan Chair Professor (June 2014–present), Faculty of English Language and Culture, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China Professor (July 2018–June 2019), Departments of English (75%) and Asian Studies (25%), Penn State University, University Pa...
Ph D, Summa cum laude, University of kassel, Germany, 2014. Major: Economics and Social Sciences Dissertation Title: Hegemonic Transformation: The State, Laws and Labour Relations in Post-Socialist China MA, Global Labor University (University of Kassel & Berlin School of Economics and Law), Germany, 2009. Major: Labor Policies and Globalization Dissertation Title: The Containment of Labour Unr...
Assistant Professor, School of Labor and Employment Relations, Pennsylvania State University (January 2016 – Present). Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Applied Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong (February 2015 – January 2016). Senior Research Associate, Department of Applied Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong (November 2014 – January 2015). Part-time Senior Research Ass...
Asian American Studies Asian Studies Campus: University Park Comparative Literature
PhD, Yunnan University, 2015 MLIS, University of Hawai’i, 1995 BA, Yunnan University, 1986
M.A. Ohio University B.A. Beijing Language and Culture University
teaching Chinese as a foreign language, Chinese linguistics, L2 learner's identity and CALL.
PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 2010 MA, University of Pennsylvania, 2004 BA, Bryn Mawr College, 2001
Modern Chinese literature and culture, cosmopolitanism, translation and transculturation, print culture.
PhD, University of Heidelberg, 2004 MA, University of Heidelberg, 2001
taught at the University of Heidelberg (Germany) taught at the National University of Singapore.
Served as the Director of the Chinese Language Program at the University of Richmond for more than a decade
Ph.D., Political Science, Department of Political Science, Yale University, CT, Dec, 2006 M.A., Applied Economics (Development), Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, 1999 B.S., Economics (Math), University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, 1995
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Penn State University, July, 2015 - Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Penn State University, 2010 –June, 2015 Research Fellow, Department of Political Science, Penn State University, Jan-June, 2010 Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Notre Dame, 2007 – 2010 Faculty Fellow, Kellogg Institute...
Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition (2016), University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. M.A. in Asian Civilizations (2011), University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.