Professional Service

  • CHINOPERL: Journal of Chinese Oral and Performing Literature. Associate Editor. 05/2021 - present
  • CHINOPERL. Chaired “Quyi Panel.” CHINOPERL meeting in conjunction with the Association of Asian Studies, Seattle, March 31, 2016. 03/31/2016 - 03/31/2016
  • CHINOPERL: Journal of Chinese Oral and Performing Literature. Editor. 11/2015 - 05/2021
  • Mellon/ACLS. Reviewer. Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Fellowship. 11/2015 - 12/2016
  • International Workshop on Chinese Legal History/Culture/Modernity. Role: Discussant. “New Law and Justice in Revolutionary China.” Columbia University. 05/06/2012 - 05/06/2012
  • International Workshop on Yangzhou - A Place in Literature. Discussant - "Pi Fifth celebrates the New Year (Pi Wu guo nian, originally 19th century)." University of Zurich, Switzerland. September 2, 2011. 08/15/2011 - 09/02/2011
  • Harvard University Asia Center, Columbia University Press, University of Washington Press, State University of New York Press, Routledge Press, NIAS Press, CHINOPERL, Late Imperial China, East Asian Publishing and Society. Manuscript assessment. 01/2010 - present
  • U.S. Department of State. Role: Juror. Critical Language Scholarships in Chinese. 11/2008 - 01/2009

Internal Service

  • Department Executive Committee. 01/2019 - 05/2019. Department service.
  • Honors College Advisor for World Languages and Cultures. 08/2017 - 05/2020. Department service.
  • Japanese search committee. 08/25/2016 - 02/02/2017. Department service.
  • Elected Retention, Promotion and Tenure Chair for Department. 04/2015 - 11/2015. Department service.
  • Department of Languages and Literature Retention, Promotion and Tenure Guidelines Committee. Committee member, 09/2013 - 05/2016. Department service.
  • Department of Languages and Literature Merit Committee. 02/2012 - 03/2012. Department service.
  • Department Executive Committee. 08/2011 - 05/2012. Department service.
  • Department of Languages and Literature Retention, Promotion and Tenure Secretary. 08/2011 - 11/2011. Department service.
  • Ramona Cannon Award Committee, College of Humanities. committee member, 02/2010 - 05/2014. College service.
  • Academic Senate. 08/2009 - 05/2012. University service.
  • Asian Studies Director of Graduate Studies. 05/2009 - 07/2010. College service.
  • Language Representative for Chinese. 08/2008 - 06/2010. Department service.
  • Peer Observer of teaching for RPT. 2008 - 2008. Department service.
  • Executive Committee. 2007 - 2008. Department service.
  • Fine Arts Area Committee. 2006 - 2009. University service.

Outreach

  • Tanner Humanities Center day-long workshop "China, Past and Present" for K-12 teachers, June 2008, June 2009, June 2010. 06/2008 - 06/2010

Honors & Awards

  • Distinguished Scholar in the Humanities Award. College of Humanities., 10/2021
  • American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship. 2010
  • Ramona Cannon Award for Teaching Excellence. University of Utah College of Humanities, 2009
  • Norwegian Research Council Grant. 2009
  • Chiang-Ching Kuo Foundation Publication Grant for edited volume. 2008
  • Aldrich Fellowship in the Humanities to the Tanner Humanities Center. 2006