Stanford University, Stanford, California, 2002-2010 Ph.D. in Religious Studies, September 23, 2010 Specializations: Chinese Buddhism, Chinese Religions, East Asian Buddhism, Buddhism and Gender Advisors: Dr. Carl Bielefeldt, Dr. Bernard Faure University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 1996-2000 B.A., Religious Studies and Chinese, summa cum laude, with departmental honors, March 2000 Thesis topic: ...
Associate Professor and Associate Department Head, Department of Religious Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2019-present Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2013-2019 Lecturer, Department of Religious Studies, University of Tennessee, Knoxvil...
Environmental sociology, development, comparative/historical sociology, political economy, Asian studies, global studies
1998 Ph.D., Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Chair: Stephen G. Bunker) 1992 M.S., Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1987 A.B., with distinction, Political Science, Stanford University
2010- Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Tennessee 2005-10 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Tennessee 1998-04 Assistant Professor, Development Sociology, Cornell University 1997 Lecturer, Development Sociology, Cornell University 1997 Lecturer, International Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1996 Lecturer, Sociology, University of Wisco...
Comparative Politics (China and East Asia; Political Development)
Ph.D.: University of Kentucky, 1992, Political Science. Dissertation: Civil-Military Relations in Changing Communist Societies: A Comparative Study of China and the Soviet Union. M.A.: The University of Akron, 1987, Political Science. M.A.: Institute of International Relations, Beijing, China, 1985, International Relations. B.A.: Institute of International Relations, 1983, English.
Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2003-present Associate Head, Department of Political Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2009-2011 Director, Tennessee in China Initiative, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2008-2011 Interim Director, the Center for International Education, University of Tennessee, Knoxvi...
Geographic Information Science, Geospatial Semantics, Information Value, Data Mining, Spatial Data infrastructures
9/2011 – 6/2016: PhD in Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA 9/2008 – 7/2011: MS in Cartography and GIScience, East China Normal University, China 92004 – 7/2008: BS in Cartography and GIScience, East China Normal University, China
8/2016 – present: Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
July 2011 Habilitation (post-doctoral qualification), Chinese Studies, University of Muenster August 2005 PhD, summa cum laude, Chinese Studies, University of Muenster June 2000 MA, Chinese, University of Minnesota March 1996 BA, History and East Asian Studies, University of Minnesota
January 2019 – present, Interim Associate Head, Department of History, University of Tennessee, Knoxville August 2015 – present, Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Tennessee, Knoxville August 2013 – July 2015, Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Tennessee, Knoxville August 2012 – May 2013, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of East Asian Studie...
Modern Chinese History, History of Science, Global History
Sept. 2010 PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, Princeton, New Jersey. Ph.D., Department of History Dissertation Title: “Underground Empires: German Imperialism and the Introduction of Modern Geology in China, 1860-1919.” Academic Advisor: Benjamin Elman Dissertation Committee: Susan Naquin, Anson Rabinbach & Harold James Outside Examiner: Fa-ti Fan (SUNY Binghamton) May 2005 PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, Princeton, ...
2019 – University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Chair of Asian Studies Program 2016 – Present University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Associate Professor, History 2011 – 2016 UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, Knoxville, Assistant Professor, History 2010 – 2011 BATES COLLEGE, Lewiston, Maine, Visiting Assistant Professor, History
Ph.D., Geography, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1986. Dissertation topic: A constrained attitudinal modeling of urban travel mode-choice behavior M.A., Geography, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1983 B.S., Geography, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, 1979
2013-present Alvin and Sally Beaman Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 2010-present Arts and Sciences Excellence Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 2003-present Professor, Department of Geography, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 2013-present Guest Professor, Southeast University, Nanjing, China 2011-present Affi...
Ph.D., Stanford University M. A. from the University of California, Berkeley
Assistant Curator of Far Eastern Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Ph.D. (Political Science), Michigan State University, 2004. EITM (Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models) Summer Institute, University of Michigan, 2003. ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research), University of Michigan, 2000 & 2001. M.A. (Political Science), Korea University, 1998. B.A., Korea University, 1994.
Associate Professor. 2012-present. University of Tennessee. Assistant Professor. 2006-2012. University of Tennessee. Associated Faculty Member of the Global Studies Program. 2011-present. University of Tennessee. Post Doctoral Fellow. 2005-2006. CIS, University of Missouri-St. Louis. Post Doctoral Fellow. 2004-2005. Rice University
International Relations (Pass With Distinction): International Political Economy, International Organizations, International Law, International Conflict, Globalization. Methodology (Pass With Distinction): Bayesian Methods, Multilevel Hierarchical Modeling, Maximum Likelihood Estimation, Roll Call Analysis, Under-reporting Bias, Model Specification. Statistical Tools: Gauss, HLM, Limdep, MLwiN,...
second language learners of Mandarin Chinese as well as English, examining the relationship between speech perception and production, influence of first language background and second language experience on sound learning, and the relative difficulty in acquiring consonants, vowels, and lexical tones.
Ph.D., Indiana University Bloomington
phonetics, second language acquisition, and phonology