Related to international politics, Chinese politics, and East Asian political relations such as strategic interstate commitments, nuclear proliferation, and trade and interdependence
Ph.D. Political Science, Duke University, 2006. M.A. Economics, Duke University, 2006. B.S. Philosophy, Mandarin Chinese, Brigham Young University, 1998
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Vanderbilt University, 2013 - present. Faculty Associate, Asian Studies Program, Vanderbilt University, 2006 - present. Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Vanderbilt University, 2006 - 2013. Postdoctoral Fellow, Quantitative and Analytical Political Science Program, Department of Politics, Princeton University, 2010-11. PO...
Ph.D. Yale University, Dept. of East Asian Languages and Literatures, 2015, Dissertation: “Sartorial Spectacle: Clothing, Identity, and the State in Early Qing Drama,” with distinction M.A. Beijing Normal University, Classical Chinese Philology, with distinction, 2009 B.A. Beijing Normal University, Chinese Language and Literature, with distinction, 2006
Vanderbilt University, Assistant Professor of Asian Studies, as of June, 2015
the culture of ritual sites in middle-period China (618-1644 C.E.), specifically the ways in which identity was expressed visually through the media of temples and their artistic programs
University of Pennsylvania, M.A., Ph.D
Chinese syntax, semantics and pragmatics, language pedagogy, second language acquisition, Chinese culture and its relation to linguistics and society
Social Networks and Social Capital Social Psychology Medical Sociology and Mental Health Marriage and Family Stratification (Gender, Race, and SES/Class) Comparative Historical Sociology
2009 Ph.D. in Sociology, Duke University 2007 Graduate Certificate in Educational Research and Policy, Duke University 2003 M.A. in Sociology (Outstanding Graduates), Shandong University 2000 B.A. in Sociology (Outstanding Graduates), Shandong University
2016- Associate Professor of Sociology and Medicine, Health, and Society, VU 2016- Associate Professor, Asian Studies Program, VU 2009-16 Assistant Professor of Sociology and Medicine, Health, and Society, VU 2011-16 Assistant Professor, Asian Studies Program, VU 2009-11 Affiliated faculty, Asian Studies Program, VU 2009-16 Affiliated faculty, American Studies Program, VU 2019 May, Visiting Sch...
Chinese language, Pedagogy and teaching materials development.
BA degree from Fudan University in Shanghai, China MA degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder
has taught at Vanderbilt since 2003.
History of Chinese religions (Daoism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and popular religion); methods and history of the cross-cultural study of religion; religion, culture, literature, and thought in China ca. 300 BCE – 800 CE East Asian religions; Asian religions and philosophy; classical Chinese language
Ph.D. with distinction The University of Chicago, 1988 (History of Religions) M.A. The University of Chicago, 1983 (Religion) B.A. magna cum laude Davidson College, 1981 (Philosophy) Non-degree courses of study: Middlebury College, summer 1984 (Japanese), Middlebury College, summer 1981 (Chinese) St. Anne’s College, Oxford University, summer 1980 (literature & history) Middlebury College, summe...
2010-present Professor, Asian Studies and Religious Studies, Vanderbilt University 2006-2010 Professor, School of Religion, University of Southern California (with additional Professorship in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures) 2004-2006 Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Indiana University (with additional membership in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultu...
the history of medicine, urban history, women’s and gender history, and social and cultural history in early modern and modern East Asia
Modern Chinese Language, Advanced Chinese, Classic Chinese, Chinese Literature