I am a historian of modern East Asia, with a focus on Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, and Japan in the 20th century. Currently, I am an Assistant Professor in the Asian Studies Program at California State University, Sacramento. Before that, I earned my degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (M.A. and Ph.D in History) and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.S. in Psychology and History).
I am a historian of modern East Asia, with a focus on Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, and Japan in the 20th century. Currently, I am an Assistant Professor in the Asian Studies Program at California State University, Sacramento. Before that, I earned my degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (M.A. and Ph.D in History) and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (B.S. in Psychology and History).
My research interests include nationalism, pan-Asianism, social movement, (anti-)colonialism and (anti-)imperialism, diaspora, and the global Cold War. I am particularly interested in the social and historical processes of identity formation, and recently I am interested in the depiction of nationalist identity/discourse in popular culture (e.g. sport, literature). Right now, I am working on turning my doctoral dissertation into a book manuscript. It explores the discourse of Chinese nationalism through the example of the Baodiao Movement, a protest movement by Taiwanese and Hongkongers over the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands dispute in the 1970s.
My research interests include nationalism, pan-Asianism, social movement, (anti-)colonialism and (anti-)imperialism, diaspora, and the global Cold War. I am particularly interested in the social and historical processes of identity formation, and recently I am interested in the depiction of nationalist identity/discourse in popular culture (e.g. sport, literature). Right now, I am working on turning my doctoral dissertation into a book manuscript. It explores the discourse of Chinese nationalism through the example of the Baodiao Movement, a protest movement by Taiwanese and Hongkongers over the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands dispute in the 1970s.
At Sacramento State, I teach courses on modern and contemporary Asia. Beyond research and teaching, I am a devotee of football (soccer) who is in agonizing pain of being a lifelong supporter of AC Milan.