Academic Degrees:

• B.A., Shandong Teachers’ University, China
• M.A., Beijing Foreign Studies University, China
• Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Research and Academic Interests:

Chinese literature, safeguarding of cultural heritage, Chinese immigration and Chinese American literature, U.S.-China relations and exchange

Awards and Honors:

• May 2019 Glocal Leadership Award: Leader Bridging the Global and the Local
• February 2019 ASIANetwork Freeman Student-Faculty Fellows
• 2018 Robert L. Spaeth Teacher of Distinction Award
• January 2010 ASIANetwork Freeman Foundation Fellowship for Student-Faculty Collaborative Research in Asia
• 2009 Faculty Advising Award

Publications:

“Music and Sound in Weihsien Internment Camp in Japanese-occupied China.” In Sonic Histories of Occupation, edited by Russell Skelchy and Jeremy Taylor. London: Bloomsbury, 2022. In Print.

“Through Pearl S. Buck's Writing: Women with Bound Feet in the Republic of China,” Digital Commons, 2022 (article)

“Songs of Courage: Missionaries in Occupied China During World War II,” Digital Commons, 2021 (article)

Why I am a Folklorist, 2019 (video)