Chinese language pedagogy
Ph.D. Educational Psychology — University of Texas at Austin, 1995 M.A. English — Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1981 B.A. English — Fu-Jen Catholic University, Taiwan, 1977
Senior Lecturer in Chinese — Department of Asian Studies, University of Texas at Austin, Aug. 2007-present Lecturer in Chinese — Department of Asian Studies, University of Texas at Austin, Aug. 1995–Aug. 2007 Assistant Instructor (in Chinese) — Department of Asian Studies, Aug. 1994–May 1995 and Department of Oriental and African Languages and Literature, Aug. 1989–May 1994 Lecturer in English ...
Asian American studies, Cold War, migration, transnationalism, and ethnic studies
MA, Ph.D. History, Yale University B.A. History, Pomona College, cum laude
Professor, Department of History. University of Texas at Austin. Promoted 2016. Director, Center for Asian American Studies. University of Texas at Austin, 2006-2014 Associate Professor, Asian American Studies, College of Ethnic Studies, San Francisco State University, 1996-2006 (promoted with tenure 2001).
Mexican American and Chinese American families and immigration, acculturation, language brokering, parenting, depressive symptoms, school achievement, measurement invariance
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY National Institute of Mental Health Postdoctoral Fellow (T32 MH018387), Prevention Research Center, 2004 -2006, Advisor: Nancy A. Gonzales, Ph.D. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS, Ph.D. Human Development, 2003, Advisor: Xiaojia Ge, Ph.D. • Edwin B. Newman Award, American Psychological Association, 2001 (best graduate student research paper in psychology) • Jeffrey S. Tan...
Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, School of Human Ecology, University of Texas at Austin. 2018 - present. Associate Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, School of Human Ecology, University of Texas at Austin. 2012 - 2018. Assistant Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, School of Human Ecology, University of Texas...
1990 Ph.D., Chinese literature and language, University of Washington, Seattle, WA Major Areas of Course Work and Research: Early Chinese literature (through the Tang dynasty), literary criticism and history, philology Major Exam Areas: Passed With Honors, Six Dynasties fu and shi poetry (David R. Knechtges), Tang-Song poetry and poetics (C.H. Wang), Tang prose (D.R. Knechtges), philological st...
2017 - Distinguished Senior Lecturer, Asian Studies, University of Texas at Austin 2017- Director, Undergraduate Honors Program, Asian Studies 2006 - 2016 Senior Lecturer, Asian Studies, University of Texas at Austin 2007-10 Associate Director, Undergraduate Honors Program, Asian Studies 2010-12 Director, Undergraduate Honors Program, Asian Studies 2003 -2006 Research Associate, Harvard-Yenchin...
Modern Chinese history; Contemporary Chinese economy, society, and politics; Imperial China; Chinese culture and religion; Gender and family; Agrarian studieS; Comparative studies of development and globalization
2000 Ph. D., History, University of California, Los Angeles 1987 M. A., History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China 1984 B. A., History, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
2015- Director, Center for East Asian Studies, University of Texas at Austin 2012- Professor, University of Texas at Austin 2009-2012 Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin 2006-2009 Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin 2006 Promoted to Associate Professor, University of Missouri-Columbia 2001-2006 Assistant Professor, University of Missouri-Columbia 2017- Visiting Pro...
Chinese Area IV and Literature
Ph.D. Asian Languages, Stanford University, 1985 Ph.D. Comparative Literature, The University of Texas at Austin, 1981 M.A. Comparative Literature, University of Michigan, 1975 B.A. Foreign Languages and Literature, National Taiwan University, 1973
Professor. Department of Asia n Studies; Program in Comparative Literature. The University of Texas at Austin. Employed by the University of Texas since 1984. Visiting Assistant Professor. Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures. The University of Kansas. 1983 1984 Visiting Lecturer, Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. Sponsored by...
Pedagogical grammar and curriculum design in Chinese
Ph.D., Foreign Language Education, The University of Texas at Austin, 1990 M.A. Foreign Language Education, The University of Texas at Austin, 1984 B.A. Foreign Languages and Literatures, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, 1978
EFL Instructor, 1984-1985, Chung-Yu Junior College of Business Administration, Keelung, Taiwan Teaching Assistant (Chinese), 1986-1987, Dept. of Oriental and African Languages and Literatures, The University of Texas at Austin Assistant Instructor (Chinese), 1987-1990, Dept. of Oriental and African Languages and Literatures, The University of Texas at Austin Lecturer (Chinese), 1990-1994, Dept....
language: (1) marker of ethnic identity (2) feature of migrant networks (3) tool of executive rhetoric (4) barrier to economic transactions regions: Southeast and East Asia Central and Eastern Europe
Emory University, Atlanta, GA: Ph.D. Political Science, May 2009 Major: Comparative Politics; Minor: Methods [Formal and Qualitative] Smith College, Northampton, MA: B.A. Double Major in Math and Government with Honors, May 2002
University of Texas, Austin, TX: Associate Professor, Government, September 2017- Assistant Professor, Government, August 2014-August 2017 University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania: US Fulbright Scholar – Visiting Professor, Political Science, Fall 2015 University of Colorado, Boulder, CO: Assistant Professor, Political Science, August 2009-July 2014
MA University of Texas at Austin, 2000, Foreign Language Education BA National Taiwan Normal University, 1996, English
2004-Present, Chinese lecturer, University of Texas at Austin
Languages
#Department of Asian Studies, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas: Lecturer of Chinese since 2004 ● Teach Chinese language courses of all levels. ● Design and Develop “Business Chinese”, an upper division Chinese language course. ● Re-develop and design first-year Chinese materials based on “Integrated Chinese” ● Co-develop the Chinese natural speech teaching website named “Cultural In...
Economic development in East Asia, particularly China, with emphasis on high tech industries, the globalization of human capital, “national champion” enterprises, & global supply chains
#Columbia University, Ph.D. in Global History (Asia/China focus) Dissertation: “Rapid Advance: High Technology in China and the Global Electronic Age” Fields of expertise: Contemporary China and Modern China Global Economic and Business History Economic and Technological Development in Asia #Harvard University, A.M. in Regional Studies East Asia (China focus) Thesis: “Rapid Advance: China’s Eme...
#Peking University, Globex Fellow in Beijing, China, 2014-present College of Engineering, Globex #The University of Texas at Austin, Faculty, 2014-present Executive Committee, Center for East Asian Studies Faculty, Lecturer, College of Liberal Arts Research: Economic development in East Asia, particularly China, with emphasis on high tech industries, the globalization of human capital, “nationa...
East Asia and China; economic & technological development; global economic history
Ph.D. Sociology, University of Toronto, November 2007 Dissertation: “Spinning Transnational Webs: Ethnic Entrepreneurship and Social Networks in the Internet Age.” Committee: Barry Wellman (Chair), Bonnie Erickson, Eric Fong, Patricia Landolt, and Yanjie Bian (External Examiner) M.A. Sociology, University of Toronto, May 2007 Vordiplom, Pre-diploma, Sociology, University of Munich, May 2000 B.A...
2018 Globex Faculty Fellow, Peking University 2018 Asian Studies Visiting Fellow, East-West Center in Washington 2018 Visiting Scholar, Shanghai University of Political Science and Law 2017- Associate Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film and (by courtesy), Department of Sociology, School of Journalism, UT Austin, IC2 Institute Research Fellow 2015 Visiting Researcher, Center for Ident...
Distributive politics of development; Chinese politics; comparative and international political economy
Yale University, New Haven, CT, Ph.D. in Political Science 2005 - 2011 (with Distinction), Mancur Olson Award for the best dissertation in the field of political economy, the American Political Science Association, 2012. M. Phil. in Political Science 2008, M.A. in Political Science 2007 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, M.P.P. Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy 2003 – 2005, M.S.I. Scho...
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, Associate Professor, Department of Government (2018—), Assistant Professor, Department of Government (2014—2018) Texas A&M University (2011 – 2014), College Station, TX, Assistant Professor, Bush School of Government and Public Service Hoover Institution, Stanford University (2019-2020), Stanford, CA, W. Glenn Campbell and Rita Ricardo-Campbell Nationa...
M.A. A.: Gr a duate Institute of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language . National Taiwan Normal University 09 /2007 06 /2010 Thesis: “Intermediate Chinese Listening Curriculum Design for Learners of Chinese as a Second Language in Taiwan.” Thesis advisor: Prof. Hsin, Shih Chang 信世昌 B.A. A.: Department of Chinese Literature National Taiwan Normal University . 09 /2002 06 /200 7
08/2011~, Full time lecturer in Chinese . University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA. 08/2010~05/2011, Language Department Assistant in Chinese . DePauw University, IN, USA. 09/2009~05/2010, Chinese instructor of Mandarin Training Center of National Taiwan Normal University 06/10~08/15/ 2009, Elementary Chinese I nstructor of Middlebury Chinese Summer School. Middlebury College, Vermont, USA. 02/03...