BA, Classics (Greek) and Asian Languages (Chinese), Stanford University MA, East Asian Languages and Civilizations (Chinese), Harvard University PhD, Philosophy, Stanford University
Comparative Criminology/Criminal Justice, Policing (international/domestic policing, police integrity, Police-Public Relations, Police Stress and Job Satisfaction), and Drug Policy (effects of marijuana legalization)
Ph.D., Criminal Justice and Criminology, Washington State University, May 2018. Dissertation Title: Exploring the Relationship between Police Stress and Police Integrity Ph.D., International Relations, China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, Beijing, China, 2010. M.A., Criminal Justice and Criminology, Washington State University, 2016. M.S., International Relations, Universit...
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Utah, 2018-. Faculty Affiliate, Asian Studies Program, University of Utah, 2018-. Teaching Assistant and Research Associate, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Washington State University, 2013-2018. Associate Professor, School of Criminal Investigation, Criminal Investigation Police University of China, 2010-2013. Visitin...
Ph.D. Economics (2002) University of Massachusetts Amherst B.A. (summa cum laude) Economics, University of Delaware (1996) Undergraduate, Economic Management, Beijing University (1987-90)
2016-Professor, Department of Economics, University of Utah 2010-2016, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Utah 2006-2010, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Utah 2003- 2006, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and Faculty of Graduate Studies, York University. 2002-2003, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Fran...
Second Language Acquisition Pragmatics Language Assessment
Ph.D, Second Language Studies, Indiana University Bloomington
PhD, Price School of Public Policy / Planning, University of Southern California Master of Urban and Regional Planning, Urban Affairs and Planning, Virginia Tech Bachelor of Engineering in Architecture, Department of Architecture, Beijing Jiaotong University
Ph.D. History, University of California, Berkeley, 1998. Qualifying Examinations Passed with Distinction B.A. History, Swarthmore College, 1986, With High Honors
Founding Director, The Asia Center, University of Utah, 2007-2017 Director, The Asian Studies Program, University of Utah, 2005-2017 Associate Professor, History Department, University of Utah, 2004-present Assistant Professor, History Department, University of Utah, 1997-2004 Fellow, Public Intellectuals Program of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, 2011-present Associate Editor, ...
Ph.D. in Art History, University of Chicago, 2006 M.A. in Art History, University of Chicago, 1996 B.A. in Comparative Literature, Brown University, 1989
Associate Professor, University of Utah, 2018-present Director of Graduate Studies, Asian Studies, 2017-present Assistant Professor, University of Utah, 2010-18 Assistant Professor, Macalester College, 2005-2010
Economic/Urban Geography, Urban and Regional Development/Planning, Spatial Inequality, Sustainable Cities, GIS Spatial Analysis, China/Asia, United States
1998 Ph.D., Geography, UCLA. Dissertation: Patterns of Regional Inequality in China: Globalization, the State, and Localities. Advisor: C. Cindy Fan 1993 M.A., Geography, University of Akron, Ohio. Advisor: Laurence J.C. Ma 1991 M.A., Urban Studies, University of Akron, Ohio. Advisor: Ashok Dutt 1987 M.S., Human Geography, Nanjing Institute of Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China 1984 ...
2007-Present (Tenured) Full Professor, Department of Geography, University of Utah 2002-2007 (Tenured) Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Urban Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. 1997-2002 Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Urban Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 1993-1997 Research/Teaching Assistant, International Studies and Overse...
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, Columbus, Ohio Ph.D, Consumer and Family Economics, Sept. 1993 Minors: Statistics, Agriculture Economics, Economics Committee: Kathryn Stafford (chair), Sherman Hanna, Wen S. Chern Dissertation: Ethnic Differences in Household Preference Structure and Budget Allocation Patterns FUDAN UNIVERSITY, Shanghai, PR China M.S., International Economics, July 1989 Advisor: Jiny...
Professor, July 2007 - present, Dept. of Family and Consumer Studies, University of Utah Investigator, July 2007 – present. Institute of Public and International Affairs, University of Utah Associate Dean for Research, Jan. 2011 – June 2013, College of Social and Behavioral Science, University of Utah Program Director, July 2009 – June 2011, CFP® Financial Planning Emphasis, Dept. of Family and...
Harvard University, Ph.D., East Asian Languages and Civilizations, 2000. University of Kansas, B.A., with highest distinction, East Asian Languages and Cultures, 1991. Beijing Foreign Studies University, intensive program in Chinese language and literature, 1989-1990.
University of Utah, Associate Professor, Languages and Literature. 2010-present. University of Utah, Assistant Professor, Languages and Literature. 2003-2010. University of Notre Dame, Assistant Professor, East Asian Languages and Literatures. 2001-2003. University of Notre Dame, Visiting Assistant Professor, East Asian Languages and Literatures. 2000-2001. Harvard University, Teaching Fellow, ...
Ph.D. (Political Science) The Johns Hopkins University, 1991. M.A. (Political Science) The Johns Hopkins University, 1986. B.A. (International Politics) Peking University, 1982.
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Utah, July 1998 – present Visiting Senior Research Fellow, East Asia Institute, National University of Singapore, September 2009 – June 2010. Visiting Professor, College of International Relations, Renmin Univeristy, China, September-December, 2005. Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Utah, July ...
Ph.D., Comparative Literature, Brown University (May 1995): Dissertation: Decadence as Theme and Poetics in Chinese Poetry of the Six Dynasties and Tang Periods M.A., Comparative Literature, Brown University, 1993 M.A., English Literature, Nankai University, Tianjing, P.R.C., 1987 B.A., English, Nankai University, Tianjing, P.R.C., 1984
Lecturer of English, Nankai University, China, 1987-1990 Graduate teaching assistant, Brown University, 1991-95 Assistant professor of Languages and Literature, University of Utah, 1995-2002 Associate professor of Languages and Literature, University of Utah, 2002-09 Professor of Languages and Literature, University of Utah, 2009- Guest professor, College of Literature and Journalism, Sichuan U...