Field: Modern China, PRC History, History of Communism, Gender and Sexuality Region: East Asia
Focus Country: China Transnational Migration Identity Race and Ethnicity Cultural Heritage Tourism China Chinese diaspora Chinese Americans Chinese Transnational Adoption Chinese Transnational Students Model Minority Myth History and Memory
Immigrant families Parenting Culture Adolescent, emerging adult development adolescents and emerging adults from immigrant and minority families How do immigration, culture, gender, SES, and important ecological contexts like family, peers, and school impact adolescent and emerging adult development? processes of cultural adaptation for immigrant parents and children and potential conflicts, di...
Ed.D. Harvard University 2004 Human Development and Psychology, Graduate School of Education Ed.M. Harvard University 1999 Human Development and Psychology, Graduate School of Education Ed.M. Courses University of Massachusetts, Boston 1996-1998 School Psychology M.A. Heilongjiang University 1996 English Linguistics B.A. Heilongjiang University 1993 English Literature and Linguistics
Associate Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Michigan State University 2012- Assistant Professor 2006-2012 Core faculty member, Center for Gender in Global Context; Affiliated faculty, Asian American Studies Program; Associate, Center for Multicultural Psychology Research Minority Postdoctoral Fellow, Teachers College, Columbia University 2005-2006 Postdoctoral Fello...
Focus Country: China Urban & Econ Geography Poverty, Inequality, & Justice Slums and Migrants Housing and Welfare Urbanization and Environment Quantitative Methods Qualitative Methods China and Globalization Asia-Pacific and Emerging Countries
Ph.D., Geography, Pennsylvania State University M.S. & B.S., Nanjing University
Applied Microeconomics, Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, Energy, Environment in China, Information, Real Options, Technology Adoption, International Trade and the Environment
Ph.D. Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California at Berkeley, May, 1997 M.Sc. Agricultural Economics, University of Guelph, Canada, 1992, Distinguished Thesis B.Eng. Industrial Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, People’s Republic of China, Distinguished Graduate
Professor, Department of Economics, Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, Michigan State University, 2010 – present Director, Environmental Science and Policy Program, Michigan State University, 2010 – 2018 Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Economics, Michigan State University, 2008 – 2010 Short-term Visiting Professor,...
Economics of Climate Change, Topics of Advanced Microeconomics, Undergraduate Environmental and Resource Economics, Graduate Environmental Economics, Graduate Resource Economics, Graduate Microeconomics I (PhD core), Graduate Microeconomics II (PhD core), Mathematical Applications in Economics, Experiments with Microeconomic Principles
Field: Early Modern, Religious Region: Europe, East Asia
B.A. in History and Medieval Studies from the University of Notre Dame (1994) A.M. and Ph.D. in History from Brown University (2002)
modern Chinese literature and cinema, women’s and gender studies, and new media and popular culture
Rutgers University, received her Ph.D. in Comparative Literatures M.A. in English Language and Literature from Peking University, Beijing
extensively in humanities and is the author of several journal articles and books of translation, with features in publications
Land-atmosphere interactions, regional climate modeling and mesoscale dynamics; climate-society interactions with emphasis on hydrology and agriculture; understanding impacts of human activity on the hydrologic cycle; regional and global land use/land cover change. Engaged in crop-climate modeling in China and East Africa; integrating real-time land cover/land use change and climate models; cli...
Ph.D. Earth & Ocean Sciences, 2004. Duke University, Durham, NC. “Irrigation’s Effect on Precipitation in the Texas High Plains.” Advisor: Stuart Rojstaczer M.S. Physics, 1997. University of Oregon, Eugene, OR B.A. Physics (Astronomy minor), 1993. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Assistant Professor, Michigan State University Aug 2009 - present Assistant Professor, Zhejiang University. Aug 2009 - present Postdoc/ Visiting Assistant Professor, Michigan State University Department of Geography, East Lansing, MI. May 2004 - Jul 2009 Research Assistant, Duke University, Durham, NC. Aug 1998 - May 2004. Hydrologic Technician, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA. Jun 1997 - Au...
Teaching English as a Second Language Second Language Acquisition Language Policy and Planning Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison
Asian Studies International Development
phonological representations and constraints with particular interests in feature theory, moraic and syllabic structures, the phonology-morphology interface, phonetically-based phonology, and Chinese phonology. (i) Chinese
phonology and phonetics, and the segmental phonologies of various Chinese dialects; (ii) segmental features, moraic and syllabic structures, and loanword phonology; (iii) Pi...
1985-1989 Ph.D. in Linguistics, Department of Linguistics. The University of Texas at Austin 1983-1985 MA in Linguistics, Department of Linguistics. The University of Texas at Austin 1978-1982 BA in English and Literature. Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures. National Taiwan University
1999-present Professor of Linguistics Department of Linguistics and Languages Michigan State University 1994-1999 Associate Professor of Linguistics Department of Linguistics and Languages Michigan State University 1989-1994 Assistant Professor of Linguistics and Chinese Department of Linguistics and Languages Michigan State University 1987-1989 Assistant Instructor of Chinese Department of Ori...
Focus Country: China
Harvard Law School, J.D., June 1995 Cambridge, MA • cum laude • Harvard Environmental Law Review – Managing Editor • Faculty Committee for Harvard Project on Community • Environmental Law Society Miami University, B.A. (Classics), December 1991 Oxford, OH • summa cum laude • Phi Beta Kappa • Eta Sigma Phi, Classics honorary society
Michigan State University College of Law: Professor of Law, 2011-present • Bradford Stone Faculty Scholar • Director, Conservation Law Program • Director of Journals Programs • Director, Institute of Comparative Law & Jurisprudence – MSU College of Law at University of Białystok Faculty of Law Associate Professor of Law, 2004-2011 (Full Professor, effective July 1, 2011) • Bradford Stone Facult...
Ph.D. (1982) The Pennsylvania State University. Major area: Industrial/Organizational Psychology. Minor areas: Organizational Behavior, Statistics and Measurement M.S. (1978) The Pennsylvania State University. Major area: Industrial/Organizational Psychology B.S. (1975) University of Maryland. Major area: Psychology (Honors). Minor areas: Mathematics & Zoology
1985 - present Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1122 Department of Management, Professor Department of Psychology, Adjunct Professor (2016 – present) Asian Studies Center - Core Faculty (1994 - present) Institute for Public Policy and Social Research, Affiliate Faculty (1993 - present) 1982 - 1985 General Motors Institute (now known as Kettering University) 1700 West Thir...
critical theories, gender/power politics in modern Chinese literature, film studies, and interdisciplinary learnings
Chinese literature, Chinese language and Japanese literature
comparative and international education and the sociology of education, with an emphasis on the relationship between educational policy and practice, the links between education and social change and issues of inequality and diversity Educational Policy International and Comparative Education Comparative Education Teacher Education and Learning Sociology of Education Diversity (Race, Gender, an...
Ph.D. 1986, Stanford. Major: International Development Education. M.A. 1982, Stanford. Major: Sociology. B.A. 1975, Princeton. Major: East Asian Studies (with honors). Secondary teaching certification: English and Chinese.
1990-present Associate Professor, Department of Teacher Education and Adjunct Faculty, Department of Sociology, Michigan State University. Core faculty member, Asian Studies Center, Women’s Studies Center (renamed 2006 as Center for Gender in Global Context) 1985-1990 Assistant Professor, Department of Teacher Education and Adjunct Faculty, Department of Sociology, Michigan State University. 19...
Asian Diaspora Asian American Literature and Film
second language acquisition and sociolinguistics Chinese language and culture, applied linguistics, and intercultural issues in second language teaching and learning sociolinguistic variation and change in L1 and L2 Chinese and Chinese language and culture teaching and learning
Ph.D., University of Texas, San Antonio
linguistics and applied linguistics, Chinese pedagogy, teacher education, curriculum design, and language program design and development
taught at Yale University and Washington University in Saint Louis.
Asian Studies Center Global Urban Studies Program
PhD, Sociology, University of Chicago 2007
1) Daoist art, 2) art works of popular culture, 3) murals from Shanxi area, 4) Buddhst art of the Yuan Dynsty, 5) artistic and cultural connections between China, India, Southeast Asia, Korea, and Japan, and 6) Chinese landscape painting.
Ph. D. degree in Chinese art from Princeton University in 1994
examines how different classes of peasants in China experience rural revitalization, particularly as it relates to social and ecological changes in a global context. Political economy, globalization, environmental sociology, food and energy studies, gender and economy, social theory, qualitative methods
Ph.D. Department of Sociology, Binghamton University, 2018 Dissertation Title: Agricultural Revolutions in America’s Heartland: The Corn Belt and the Making of American Capitalism M.A. Sociology, Binghamton University, 2014 M.A. Geography, Syracuse University, 2013 B.A. Sociology, Syracuse University, 2008
2018-present Michigan State University, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology.
phonology, phonetics, phonology-phonetics interface, speech perception/production and loanword phonology. Chinese loanword phonology loanword input representations language acquisition and bilingualism
ABD, Linguistics, Michigan State University; Ed.M., Language Education, Rutgers University - New Brunswick
Chinese development assistance to Africa technology transfer and civil diplomacy in China-Africa engagement uses records of visits made by African women’s delegations to China during the Cultural Revolution to examine gendered aspects of civil diplomacy he history of China-Africa relations (and learning Chinese), and frequently performs research in China
MA in African Area Studies and PhD in African History from the University of California, Los Angeles
Focus Country: Afghanistan, China, Kazakhstan, Vietnam Integrating biophysical and social processes and methods of understanding land use and land cover change Transforming data into information and knowledge integrate environmental and social sciences to investigate the consequences of the socioeconomic reform on land degradation in China and climate change impact on human systems in East Africa.
Focus Country: China the digital economy, with a particular interest in how the benefits of information and communication technologies (ICTs) can be fully utilized while their potential downsides can be avoided
1989 Ph.D. in Economics, University of Economics, Vienna, Austria (summa cum laude) 1982 M.A. in Economics, University of Economics, Vienna, Austria (summa cum laude) 1975 Engineer in Precision Mechanics, Federal Secondary College of Engineering, Mödling, Austria (summa cum laude)
20616-present Quello Chair in Media and Information Policy and Director, James H. and Mary B. Quello Center, Michigan State University 2013-present Professor and Chairperson, Department of Media and Information, Michigan State University 2015 Interim Chairperson, Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders, Michigan State University (January through August) 2012 Visiting Professor, Insti...
Evaluation and payments for ecosystem services Design and implementation of ecological restoration programs Forest tenure reform and institutional change Natural resource economics and policy
PhD, Forest Resource Economics, The University of Georgia, August 1990–July 1995 M.S., Forest Resource Economics, Beijing Forestry University, September 1984–July 1986 B.S., Forestry, Shanxi Agricultural University, March 1978–January 1982
August 2011–April 2012, Visiting Scholar, Vincent & Elinor Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University. October 2006–Sept. 2013, Director of the Ecosystem Policy Institute of China, sponsored by Michigan State Univ. and China State Forestry Administration. July 2006–present, Associate Professor, Department of Forestry, Michigan State University. April 2000–June 2...
U.S.-China relations, American foreign policy, Chinese foreign policy, and international relations theory
Ph.D., Michigan State University; History
was a visiting scholar at the Center for Arms Control and International Security Studies, Stanford University
contemporary writers and film directors to traditional Chinese opera 1) Chinese popular fiction in a larger web of urban entertainment culture during the first half of the twentieth century; 2) Chinese cinema—especially independent documentary films—from Taiwan, Hong Kong, and mainland China; 3) representations of postindustrial cities
Ph.D., Comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley
taught at Stanford University and the University of Oregon.
modern Chinese literature and visual culture
training Chinese language teachers in the U.S., exploring effective ways in Chinese language instruction, and examining the effectiveness of technology tools in Chinese language learning the use of target language and authentic materials in Chinese instruction as well as the development of American students’ Chinese literacy.
Ph.D., Michigan State University
Field: China, Qing dynasty, 18th century, material culture, gender studies Region: East Asia
Aging and the Life Course Marriage, Gender, and Health Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health Elder Abuse and Neglect
2003 Ph.D. The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. Sociology and Demography. 1999 M.A. The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. Sociology and Demography. 1994 M.A. China Foreign Affairs University, Beijing, China. English and International Studies. 1991 B.A. Nanjing University, Nanjing, China. English Language and Literature.
2019-Current, Professor, Department of Sociology, Michigan State University 2012-2019, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Michigan State University 2013-2014, Visiting Scholar, Population Studies Center, University of Michigan 2006-2012, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Michigan State University 2003-2006, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Bowling Green State...