Chinese philosophy and religion with a focus on Song Dynasty intellectual history and Neo-Confucianism; comparative religion
Ph.D. Department of Religion, Boston University, Jan. 2015. Dissertation: Kabbalah and Neo-Confucianism: A Comparative Morphology of Medieval Movements Committee: John Berthrong (Advisor), Moshe Idel (second reader), Kimberley Patton (third reader), Robert C. Neville, Diana Lobel (Chair) Doctoral Fields: Comparative Religion (Kimberley Patton), Neo- Confucianism (John Berthrong), Kabbalah (Mosh...
19th and 20th century Chinese literary, media, and visual culture.
BA, University of California, Santa Cruz MA, Harvard University PhD, Harvard University
Chinese and Comparative Literature
second language acquisition, technology-enhanced language learning, and curriculum design
BA, National Taiwan University MA, Pennsylvania State University PhD, Pennsylvania State University
medieval Chinese religion within broader cultural and social contexts, medieval Chinese Buddhist manuscripts and mural paintings at Dunhuang, northwest China
Princeton University, Ph.D. Department of Religion, 2008 – 2014. Dissertation: “Waiting for Darkness: Judgment, Salvation, and Apocalyptic Eschatology in Medieval China.” Advised by Stephen F. Teiser. Awarded September 2014. University of California, Berkeley, M.A. Asian Studies, 2006 – 2008. Thesis: “Sengqie: A Case Study in Medieval Chinese Hagiography.” Advised by Robert H. Sharf. University...
Assistant Professor, Boston University, Department of Religion, 2016 – present. Assistant Professor, Gonzaga University, Department of Religious Studies, 2014 – 2016.ing Opera Singer as National Star: The Case of Theater Illustrated (1912-17).”
Chinese-Western relations in late imperial times, Chinese religions and Christianity in China, Chinese science, intellectual history of Republican China, history of maritime Asia, Chinese food history
Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley, Department of History, May 2002 M.A. University of California at Berkeley, Group in Asian Studies, May 1994 B.A. University of Venice “Ca’ Foscari,” Italy, summa cum laude, Oriental Languages and Literatures (Chinese), May 1991
Director, Boston University Center for the Study of Asia (BUCSA), July 2012-July 2015 Associate Professor, Boston University, Department of History, 2010-present Assistant Professor, Boston University, Department of History; 2004-2010 Researcher, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium), Department of Oriental and Slavonic Studies – Sinology; October 2002-August 2004 Research Fellow, University...
second-language acquisition, language-teaching pedagogy, curriculum design, and study abroad program development.
BA, Shenyang Normal University (China) MA, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (China)
instructional pragmatics, second language acquisition, technology-enhanced language learning, and curriculum design
B.A., English (Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language), Sun Yat-sen University M.A., Applied Second Language Acquisition, Carnegie Mellon University
Asian and Chinese Art
Chinese second language acquisition, language teaching pedagogy, literacy development, writing instruction, and teaching language through the lens of social justice.
BA, Beijing Language and Culture University M.Ed, Beijing Language and Culture University
Chinese religions, including Confucianism, Buddhism, Daoism, and popular religions
2001 Ph.D. University of Chicago, Divinity School: History of Religions. 1992 M.A. University of Chicago, Divinity School: Divinity. 1991 B.A. Portland State University: English Literature; French Language and Literature; Minor in Philosophy; Chinese Language.
2008- present Assistant Professor, Boston University 2002- 2008 Assistant Professor, George Washington University 2001- 2002 Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee at Knoxville 1999- 2001 Instructor, DePaul University 1999- 2001 Instructor, Columbia College 1998- 2001 Instructor, Graham School of General Studies, University of Chicago
Chinese paleography, the pedagogy of classical Chinese and Chinese characters as a foreign language, the compilation of Chinese textbooks as a foreign language education, and the transmission of the traditional Chinese culture in teaching.
PhD. 2013-2019 Chinese Philology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China M.A.1982-1985 History of Chinese Language, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China B.A. 1978-1982 Chinese Language and Literature, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China
2015-Present Senior Lecturer, Department of World Languages & Literature, Boston University 2006-2015 Lecturer, Department of Modern Languages & Comparative Literature, Boston University Spring 2007 Part-time Lecturer, advanced Chinese, Department of German, Russian and Asian Languages and Literature, Brandeis University 2002-2006 Visiting Lecturer, Department of East Asian Studies, Brown Unive...