Faculty Directory

Education

Work Experience

2017 – pres.  Associate Teaching Professor, UM-SJTU Joint Institute

2012 – 2016  Associate Professor of Asian History, The College of Saint Rose

2006 – 2012 Assistant Professor of Asian History, The College of Saint Rose

1994 – 1998  Editor, China Youth Daily

Conference Papers

1. “The Making of Stars: Huapu and the Emerging Entertainment Industry in the Eighteenth Century,” paper presented at the 123^rd Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association in NYC, January 2-5, 2009
2. “From Household Troupe to Professional Troupe: Commercialization of Entertainment in Ming-Qing China,” paper presented at New England Conference of the Association for Asian Studies 2004 annual meeting at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 5-6, 2004.
3. “Staging History: Zhao Dai Xiao Shao and Qing Self-Perception,” paper presented at the New York Conference on Asian Studies at University of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, October 17-18, 2003.
4. “Defining Zhongguo in Qing Miscellanies,” paper presented at New England Conference of the Association for Asian Studies 2002 annual meeting at Colby College, Waterville Maine, October 26-27, 2002

Translation

• “ 明清社会的信息沟通方式、阶级与意识” (translated from “Communication, Class, and Consciousness in Late Imperial China,” in Johnson, Nathan, and Rawski, eds., Popular Culture in Late Imperial China), in 《当代西方汉学研究集萃》， 上海古籍出版社，2012， pp.277-321.

Courses Taught (Recent 5 Years)

• UM-SJTU JI: VR203 Food in Modern East Asian History; VR206: China in the Early Modern World
• The College of Saint Rose: HIS498 The Rise of Consumerism in the Early Modern World; HIS340 Late Imperial China; HIS340 Modern China; HIS237 East Asian Civilization to 1800; HIS239 East Asian Civilization since 1800