Chinese drama and fiction, both classical and vernacular / Chinese language teaching / the Chinese written script / interactive electronic instructional materials / Chinese cinema
B.A. Tunghai University M.A. University of California at Berkeley Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley
Sociolinguistics of less commonly studied languages / language variation and change / dialects / tone / indigenous minority languages / sociophonetics and sociotonetics / Sui and other minority languages of China / New England English
B.Sc. Calvin College Ph.D. Michigan State University
Contemporary Chinese Literature and Culture / Regional Identity / Cultural Politics / Performance Theory / Folklore Studies / Social Roles of Singers and Songs
2007–2013 Ph.D., The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, with a Graduate Interdisciplinary Specialization in Folklore • Ph.D. Dissertation: “Song King: Tradition, Social Change, and the Contemporary Art of a Northern Shaanxi Folksinger” (2013) • M.A. Thesis: “Beyond the Western Pass: Emotions and Songs of Separation in Northern China” (2009) ...
2020–Present Associate Professor with Tenure, Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages Program, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 2013–2020 Assistant Professor, Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages Program, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 2012–2013 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 2005–2007 Adjunct Professor...
Chinese Literature, Comparative East Asian Literature, Borderlands, Post-colonial Studies, Trauma Studies
B.A. Peking University, Korean Language, Literature and Culture M.A. Leiden University, Literary Theory Ph.D Harvard University, Comparative Literature
Early China / Chinese mythology / religions of China / Daoism / body and sex in Chinese religions / magic, science and religion in traditional China
B.A. Hebrew University, Jerusalem M.A. Indiana University Ph.D. Indiana University
Tibetan Buddhism / Vajrayāna Buddhism / Film Theory
DPhil, Buddhist Studies (Department of Oriental Studies), University of Oxford, 2016. Supervisors: Alexis Sanderson and Vesna Wallace Research Fellow, Kultur u. Geschichte Indiens u. Tibets, Universität Hamburg, 2011–2014. Under: Harunaga Isaacson and Dorji Wangchuk M.A., Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2008. Advisors: José Cabezón and Vesna Wallace M.A., Naropa Univ...
Senior Lecturer, Religion, Dartmouth College, 2017 – present Assistant Professor (tenure-track convertible), International PhD Program in Buddhist Studies, Mahidol University, Salaya, Thailand, 2015–16 Research Fellow, Kultur u. Geschichte Indiens und Tibets, Universität Hamburg, 2011–2014 PLTO Tutor, Oriental Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, 2010–11 Teaching Assistant, Religious St...
International relations / East Asian international security / US foreign policy toward East Asia
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Political Science, 2004. M.I.A. University of California, San Diego, School of Global Policy & Strategy, 1996. B.A. University of California, Berkeley, English (summa cum laude), 1991.
international development / pastoralists / Himalayas / Tibet / resettlement and urbanization / Liberia / community forestry / conservation
D.Phil., International Development, University of Oxford (2002-2009) Dissertation: “Land Use, Common Property, and Development among Pastoralists in Tibet” M.Sc., Rangeland Management, University of California-Berkeley (1997-1999) Thesis: “Stewards of the Land: Rangeland Management in Dolpo, West Nepal” B.A., History, Brown University (1988-1992) Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude
Senior Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, Dartmouth College (2011-present) Program Manager, Dickey Center for International Understanding, Dartmouth College (2013-present) Faculty Lead and Internship Advisor, King Scholars Program, Dartmouth College (2015-2018) Lecturer, Naval Postgraduate School (2012-2014) Research Specialist in Ethnobotany, Missouri Botanical Garden (2010-2011) Adjunct As...
Chinese history / Mongols / China 12th to 21st centuries / Qing Empire / global history / identity concepts / horsemanship / Liao empire
Ph.D., History, Yale University, 1983. Major field: Modern Chinese history. Related minor: The non-Han dynasties. Unrelated minor: Islamic history. Director: Jonathan D. Spence Dissertation: "'Historical and Magic Unity:' The Real and Ideal in Manchu Clan Identity," Yale University, May 1983 (University Microfilms, 1987). M. Phil., History, Yale University, 1981 M.A., History, Yale University, ...
2011-- 2023 Charles A. and Elfriede A. Collis Professor of History, Dartmouth College 2002-11 Robert 1932 and Barbara Black Professor of Asian History, Dartmouth College 1999-02 Chair, Asian Studies Program, Dartmouth College 1997-02 Pat and John Rosenwald Research Professor, Dartmouth College 1997 Visiting Scholar, Academia Sinica, Institute of Modern History 1993-- Professor of History, Dartm...
Excavated Chinese philosophical, religious, literary, and historical manuscripts / Chinese calligraphy, painting, and art history / Chinese Manuscript Culture
B.A. Nanjing College of Food Economy M.A. Nanjing Normal University Ph.D. Chinese Academy of Social Sciences