HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE MA 1997-2003 Ph.D., Comparative Literature UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA, EDMONTON AB CANADA 1991-1995 Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Classics.
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA SC: Jessie Chapman Alcorn Memorial Professor of Foreign Languages 2017-, Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature 2016-, Associate Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature 2010-2015 YALE UNIVERSITY, NEW HAVEN CT 2003-2010: Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature, Special Programs in the Humanities and Classics
Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley (Buddhist Studies) Dec. 2012, Qualifying Examination Fields: Sanskrit Literature, Chinese Buddhism, Indian Meditation Traditions M.A. University of California at Berkeley (South and Southeast Asian Studies) May 2007, Area of focus: Sanskrit and Pāli Literature B.A. Long Island University, Friends World Program (Asian Studies) May 2003, Area of focus: I...
August 2019–present: Associate Professor (Asian and Buddhist Studies), Department of Religious Studies at the University of South Carolina, Columbia August 2013–May 2019: Assistant Professor (Asian and Buddhist Studies), Department of Religious Studies at the University of South Carolina, Columbia
Columbia University (2013) Ph.D. in Pre-modern Chinese Literature, Dissertation: “Elegies for Empire: The Poetics of Memory in the Late Work of Du Fu (712-770)” National Taiwan University, Taipei (2009-10) Study and Dissertation Research (Supervisor: Cheng Yu-yu) Columbia University (Summer 2009) M.A., M.Phil. Columbia University, B.A. (2006) Major: Comparative Literature
University of South Carolina (2013-Present)
the history of sexuality, gender theory, visual culture, the history of Chinese women, and Chinese literature and film
PhD in Comparative Literature from the Johns Hopkins University
The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Ph.D., East Asian Languages and Civilizations, March 2007. Dissertation: “People’s Literature and the Construction of New China, 1949-1966” The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, M.A. East Asian Languages and Civilizations, June 2002. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, B.A. East Asian Languages and Literature and Comparative Literature, May 1997.
University of South Carolina (Fall 2007 – Present) Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, 2007-2014 Assistant Professor Chinese Literature and Language, 2014-Present Associate Professor of Chinese Literature and Language Emory University (Fall 2006 – Spring 2007) Department of Russian and East Asian Languages and Cultures, Visiting Instructor of Modern Chinese Literature and Language
National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts, Beijing, Summer1996: Peking Opera Theory and Practice National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts, Beijing, Summer1994: Kun Opera Theory and Practice Washington University, St. Louis, 1985-1991: Ph.D. in Chinese and Comparative Theater May 1991, M.A. in Chinese and Comparative Literature, May 1985 New York University, Cinema Studies, New York, Summer1987: ...
University of South Carolina (USC), 1992-Present: Professor of Chinese Theater, Cinema, and Comparative Theater Vassar College, 1991-1992: Assistant Professor of Chinese Language, Literature, and Calligraphy Washington University, 1983-1987: Instructor of Chinese Language, Theater, and Calligraphy; Comparative Literature Marquete Art School, St. Louis, Spring 1987: Instructor of Chinese Art Fon...
LINGUISTICS RESEARCH AREAS: Second Language acquisition, Phonetics, Phonology, Psycholinguistics, Neurolinguistics. LANGUAGE EDUCATION RESEARCH AREAS: Chinese literacy development, Metalinguistic awareness in Chinese reading and listening, Chinese proficiency assessment, Curriculum Design.
Ph.D. University of Kansas, Department of Linguistics, 08/14/2008 -12/31/2013, Dissertation: “The Effects of Talker Variability and Input Distribution on the L2 Training of Tone Categorization” MSc. University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Speech and Language Processing, 10/01/2006-11/28/2007 B.A. Lancaster University, United Kingdom, English Language and Linguistics, 10/01/2004 -06/3...
Assistant Professor (tenure-track): University of South Carolina, Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Employment Period: August 16, 2017 – Present Associate Director of Chinese Flagship Program (funded by U.S. Department of Defense): University of Minnesota, College of Liberal Arts, Department of Asian Languages and Literatures. Employment Period: August 25, 2014 – August 15, 201...
Introduction to Phonology, Seminar on L2 phonology, Chinese linguistics
Francophone Literatures, Modern Chinese Literature, Postcolonial Theory, and Queer Theory.
master’s degree, the University of South Carolina (2017) B.A. in History and French from the Pennsylvania State University (2013)
Taught English as an assistant de langue étrangère in Toulouse, France
Fields: Comparative & International Education; Critical Qualitative & Ethnographic Inquiry; Anthropology of Education; Sociology of Education; Foundations of Education Topical: Gender & Education; Globalization & Education; State-NGO Relations; Education Policy Studies Regional: India & South Asia
2011 Indiana University, Bloomington, IN Ph.D., Education Policy Studies. Concentrations: International & Comparative Education and Sociology Committee: Dr. Heidi Ross (Chair), Dr. Margaret Sutton, Dr. Phil Carspecken, Dr. Michael Dodson (History & South Asian Studies), Dr. Pamela Walters (Sociology) 2010 Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. M.A., Sociology 2006 Indiana University, Bloomington,...
University of South Carolina-Columbia, College of Education, Department of Educational Studies Assistant Professor, 2012 to 2019 Associate Professor, 2019-present