Education
B.A., Middlebury College, 1982
Ph.D., Princeton University, 1989
Dissertation Title: "The Style of Shui-hu chuan"
Grants and Awards
Princeton University Fellowship, 1983-84, 1987-88
National Resource Fellowship, 1984-87
Committee For Scholarly Communication with The People's Republic of China Grant (CSCPRC), March 1990-August 1990
Thomas Dee Grant for Curriculum Development of course entitled "Traditional Asia: Arts and Ideas," 1992-93 ($14,000)
Distinguished Professor of the Year A ward, Department of Languages and Literature, University of Utah, 1992
Principal Investigator, Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International
Scholarly Exchange, Institutional Enhancement Grant, 1993 ($184,000) University of Utah Humanities Center Eccles Fellowship (1993-94)
Post-Doctoral Summer Language Fellowship in Taiwan, Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies in Taipei, 1995
Ramona W. Cannon Award for Teaching Excellence in the Humanities, 1995
Employment Experience
Simultaneous Interpreter for International Conference "Words and Images," held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, May 1985
Instructor for First and Fourth year Chinese, Indiana University, East Asian Summer Language Institute, 1988
Coordinator for Fourth year Chinese, Indiana University, East Asian Summer Language Institute, 1989
Assistant Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, University of Utah, 1989-1996; Associate Professor, 1996-2002
Publications
I. Books
from Deluge to Discourse: Myth. History and the Generation of Chinese Fiction. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1996.
Book Manuscript in Progress: Family Flesh: Filiality as Symptom in Early China
ll. Articles
"'Ta chih-shui' shen-hua ti 'ch'uang-shih' yi-i" (The Cosmogonic Significance of the the Myths), Han-hsŸeh ~an-chiu (Sinological Researches, Taiwan ), 14.1 (1996),77-95.
"The Literary Significance of K'un-lun Mountain in the Mu T'ien-tzu chuan," Early China 18 (1993), 73-106.
"Toward an Aesthetic of Chinese Vernacular Fiction: Colloquial Style in the Shui-hu chuan;" T'oung pao, LXXIX (1993), 13-53.
"Setting the Tone: Aesthetic Implications of Linguistic Patterns in the Opening Section of Shui-hu chuan," Chinese Literature: Essays. Articles and Reviews 14 (1992),51-75.
"The Formation of an Image: An Analysis of the Linguistic Patterns that form the Character of Sung Chiang," Journal of the American Oriental Society! 12.12 (1992),233-253.
"Shui-hu chuan -fa hsiu-tz'u shen-mei hsiao-ying hsi Ii" (The Narrative Art of the Shui-hu chuan from the Perspective of Chinese Grammatical and Rhetorical Principles); Zhongguo wenxue yanjiu (Researches of Chinese Literature) 21 (1991), 32-40.
Ill. Translations
"Some Notes on the Organization of the Han Dynasty Bamboo' Annals' - Found at Fuyang," by Hu Pingsheng, Early China 14 (1989): 1-26. -
IV. Book Reviews
T'ien Ju-k'ang's Male Anxiety and Female Chastity in Ming China, Committee on Women in Asian Studies Newsletter, 9.3, (1991): 20-21.
Conference Papers and Presentations
"Rhetoric and Ritual in the Tso-chuan," American Oriental Society, Western branch, Seattle, Washington, Oct. 25-28, 1990
"Chaos and Context," Humanities Center, University of Utah, April 17, 1991
"Using Proficiency-Based Instructional Materials: Prospects and Problems," Chinese Language Teachers Association, Nov. 1991, Washington D.C.
"Myth and History in the My T'ien-tzu chuan," Association for Asian
Studies, Washington D.C., April 2-5, 1992.
"Early Chinese Cosmography: A New Interpretation," invited lecture, Brigham Young University, April, 1993.
"Celestial Patterns in Early Chinese Flood Myths," invited lecture, Middlebury College, Chinese Language Summer School, July 1993.
"Discursive Patterns of Li in Early Chinese Historical Narratives," Combined Western and Southwestern Conferences of the Association for Asian Studies, Mexico City, October 22-23, 1993.
"From Deluge to Discourse: Myth, History and the Genesis of Fiction," Association for Asian Studies, Boston, March 1994.
"Reading Early Chinese Cosmology," invited lecture, University of California, Santa Barbara, May 22, 1994.
"Symbol in Early Chinese Thought," Western Conference of the Association for Asian Studies, Pomona College, October 21-22, 1994.
"Writing as Symptom: Toward an Aesthetic 6f Chinese Fiction," invited lecture, Brown University, April 6, 1995.
"Incorporating the Filial: Politics, Perversion and the Genesis of Pious Practice in Early China," Association for Asian Studies, Honolulu, Hawaii, April 1996.
"Language, .Power and Politics in Early Zhou China: Trauma and the Ritual Reform," Psychoanalysis and Culture Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., November 1996.
"Family Flesh: Filiality as Symptom in Early China," invited lecture, University of Washington, March 28, 2000.
Discussant, "Re-excavating Early China: New Methodologies in Early Chinese Studies," Annual Meeting of Association for Asian Studies, Chicago, March 25, 2001.
Service to the University and College of Humanities
Asian Studies Coordinating Committee, 1989~ Task Force on International Studies, 1990-94
Advisory Board, Center for International Business Education and Research, 1991-95
Tanner Lecture Committee, 1994-99
Thomas Dee Council (provides grants for Curriculum Development at the University of Utah), 1994-1997
College of Humanities Career Development Committee, 1995-96 Senate Committee on International Studies, 1995-97
Ramona Cannon Teaching Award Committee, 1997-2000
Tanner Humanities Center Faculty Coordinating Committee, 1998-2000
University Articulation Committee, 1998-
University International Studies Board, 1999-
Service to the Department
Sector Head, Chinese Sector, 1990-1997 (Established Chinese Major and Minor degree programs)
T A Supervisor, 1990-
Curriculum Development for Chinese Program, 1989-
Languages and Literature Department Search Committee, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-4, 1994-5,2000
Languages Institute Advisory Board 1991-1997 Merit Committee, Spring, 1991, 1995
Advisor, Bachelor of University Studies Degree, Winter, 1991
Department Executive Committee, 1994-1998
Professional Organizations
Association for Asian Studies American Oriental Society
Courses Taught
Beginning Mandarin
Intermediate Mandarin
Advanced Mandarin I
Classical Chinese (taught in Mandarin)
Cultural Patterns in Traditional China (taught in Mandarin)
Patterns in Modem China (taught in Mandarin)
Modern Chinese Fiction (taught in Mandarin)
Narrative in Chinese Film
Chinese Narrative (survey course)
Asian Civilization (China, Japan, India)
Chinese Culture through the Arts (Honors Course) Paleography and Early Scripts of China