18th century Qing political and military history; 19th and 20th century Chinese and Taiwanese intellectual history; Japanese colonialism in Taiwan; History of Ancient China. Education: Ph.D.: Freie University of Berlin, Germany, December 1993. Academic Career: Associate professor. Department of History, Mississippi State University. 2004- present.
Undergraduate coordinator, 2005, Robert Holland Faculty Senator, 20062009, Assistant professor. Department of History, Mississippi State University. 1999-2004, Assistant Professor of History, Columbus State University, 1996-1999, Visiting Scholar, Hoover Institution, Stanford, University, California, 1998. Research Interests: Traditional Chinese culture and literature. Modern Chinese and Taiwanese intellectual history, Qing frontier history, Taiwanese history, Ancient Chinese History.