Professional Service
Workshop Organizer, Turning Points Series, Fairbank Center at Harvard University, spring 2009. Visiting Chinese scholars presented on topics of vital concern to contemporary China.
Link: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~fairbank/events/Turning_Point.html
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Member, Lecturer in Mandarin Chinese Search Committee, Department of Modern Languages and Literature, Fordham University, Spring 2010.
Invited Talks
(2009, Boston) "Spider Manchu: Duanfang and Fiscal Priorities in New Qing China." Modern History Seminars, Fairbank Center at Harvard University.
Link: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~fairbank/events/Modern_History_Seminar.html
Conferences
(2010, Philadelphia) "Bonding With Foreigners, 1900-1911." Annual Meeting, The Association for Asian Studies.
Link: http://www.aasianst.org/absts/2010abst/abstract.asp?panel=30&year=2010&code=6&area=Interarea%2FBorder-Crossing
(2008, Atlanta) "Bronze Diplomacy: Duanfang as an Imperial Commissioner in Europe and America, 1905-1906." Annual Meeting, The Association for Asian Studies.
Link: http://www.aasianst.org/absts/2008abst/China/C-19.htm
(2007, San Diego) "To Be Somebody," book talk, Remembering the Chinese Cultural Revolution: A Multimedia Presentation, University of California, San Diego.
Link: http://rccr.ucsd.edu/CRProgramFinal1-2.html
(2006, Taipei) "Living News: A Case Study of the Operation and Impact of Xinwenbao." Studying the Daily Medium: Newspaper as Subject and Source in Republican China, Shih Hsin University.
Link: http://csw.shu.edu.tw/PUBLIC/view_01.php3?main=headline&id=56
Beyond Academics
Poll Check Volunteer. For the mayoral election in San Diego, June 2005. Helped San Diego City Councilwoman Donna Frye by visiting over a hundred homes to educate and get out the vote.
Passions: Jogging, Cataloging, Hercule Poirot, The Foundation Series, The Dune Series, Will Durant.
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