About
EDUCATION
2011 PhD, Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
2005 MA, Art History, University of California, Santa Barbara
1997 BA, Philosophy and Romance Language, New York University, New York
PHD QUALIFYING EXAMS
2008 "Approaches to the History of Daoism, Daoist Identity and Theories of Space." Dr. William Powell (Pass with Distinction)
2008 "History of Religions and Theories of Art." Dr. Richard Hecht (Pass with Distinction)
2008 "Religious and Philosophical Influence in Literati Thought of the Song Period." Dr. Ronald Egan (Pass with Distinction)
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
2010 Pacific Rim Research Program Mini-grant
2008-2009 University of California Regents Humanities Special Fellowship
2007-2008 Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship
2007 Stephen Hay Graduate Fellowship
2006-2007 University of California Regents Humanities Special Fellowship
2005-2006 Ministry of Education (MOE) Taiwan Scholarship
2004-2005 University of California Regents Humanities Special Fellowship
2004 Graduate Council Travel Grant
2003-2004 University of California Regents Humanities Special Fellowship
2002-2003 University of California Regents Humanities Special Fellowship
2002 Dean’s Fellowship in the Humanities, University of California
1997 Founders Day Award, New York University
1997 French Book Award, Department of French, New York University
1996 College of Arts and Sciences Travel Grant (Italy), New York University
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
2002 (Fall) Academic Reader, Dutch Art in the Age of Rembrandt, University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Art History
2003 (Fall) Teaching Assistant, Art Survey I: Ancient – Medieval Art, University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Art History
2003 (Spring), Exhibition Assistant, Double Beauty: Qing Dynasty Couplets from the Lechangzai Xuan Collection – University of California, Santa Barbara, University Arts Museum and Department of Art History
2004 (Winter) Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Art – University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Art History
2004 (Spring) Teaching Assistant, Art Survey III: Modern – Contemporary Art – University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Art History
2005-2006 Editorial Assistant, Epoché: The University of California Journal for the Study of Religion, University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Religious Studies
2005 (Winter-Spring) Research Assistant, Research Asian American Pastors Leading Multiethnic Congregations (Project Director: Professor Kathleen Garces-Foley, California State University, Northridge)
2005-2007 Research Assistant, French Translation and Research on Religious Experience and Psychology in 19th-century France (Project Director: Professor Ann Taves, University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Religious Studies)
2006 (Fall) Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Native American Religious Studies – University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Religious Studies
2007 (Winter) Teaching Assistant, Introduction to the Study of Religion – University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Religious Studies
2007 (Spring) Teaching Assistant, Religious Approaches to Death – University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Religious Studies
2008 (Winter) Academic Reader, Quest Narrative: Xiyouji 西遊記 – University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of East Asian Studies
2008-2011, PhD Candidate, Dissertation research and writing.
2011-present, Assistant Editor, Non-religion and Secularity Research Network, www.nsrn.co.uk.
PUBLICATIONS
ARTICLES AND BOOK REVIEWS
“The Troublesomeness of Metaphysicians: Subjectivity, Objectivity and Aesthetic Relativism.” Philosophy, Art, History, Future. Ed. Vladimir Marchenkov and The School of Interdisciplinary Arts at Ohio University (forthcoming).
“Chinese Images of Body and Landscape: Visualization and Representation in the Religious Experience of Medieval China.” Unpublished thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2011.
Review of Radical Spirits: Spiritualism and Women’s Rights in Nineteenth-Century America, by Ann Braude. Alternative Spirituality and Religion Review. Stevens Point, Wisconsin: Academic Publishing (Spring 2011).
“Spinoza, Substance and Subjectivity in Hegel's Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion.” Journal of Philosophy and Scripture. Villanova University: vol.5-2 (Fall 2007).
“Substance and Subjectivity in Hegel’s Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion.” International Journal of Philosophy. Taiwan: Fu Jen Catholic University (July 2006) 79-97.
“The Troublesomeness of Metaphysicians: Subjectivity, Objectivity and Aesthetic Relativism.” Unpublished thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts degree in Art History, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2005.
Review of God and Caesar in China: Policy Implications of Church-State Tensions, edited by Jason Kindopp and Carol Lee Hamrin. Epoché: The University of California Journal for the Study of Religion. Santa Barbara: University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Religious Studies (Spring 2005).
ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES
“Art.” Encyclopedia of Global Religion. Mark Juergensmeyer and Wade Clark Roof, Eds. Sage Publications, 2011.
“Buddhist Art on the Silk Road.” World History Encylcopedia (Era 4: 300-1000 CE), vols. 7 & 8. Wilfred Bisson, Ed. ABC-CLIO, 2011.
“China Imagines the Outer Barbarians.” World History Encyclopedia (Era 6: 1450 – 1770), vols. 12, 13 & 14, Dane Morrison, Ed. ABC-CLIO, 2011.
“Early Medieval Chinese Alchemy.” World History Encyclopedia (Era 4: 300-1000 CE), vols. 7 & 8. Wilfred Bisson, Ed. ABC-CLIO, 2011.
“Early Medieval Chinese Painting.” World History Encylcopedia (Era 4: 300-1000 CE), vols. 7 & 8. Wilfred Bisson, Ed. ABC-CLIO, 2011.
“Ethnic Classification and Hierarchy during the Yuan Era.” World History Encyclopedia (Era 5: 1000-1500 CE), vols. 9, 10, & 11. Al Andrea, Ed. ABC-CLIO, 2011.
“Festivals and Holidays in Chinese America.” Encyclopedia of Asian Pacific American Folklore. Jonathan H.X. Lee and Kathleen Nadeau, Eds. Greenwood Press, 2010.
“Religion in Chinese American Communities.” Encyclopedia of Asian Pacific American Folklore. Jonathan H.X. Lee and Kathleen Nadeau, Eds. Greenwood Press, 2010.
“Representations of the World and Cosmos in Chinese Tomb Décor.” World History Encyclopedia (Era 3: 300 BCE – 300CE ), vols. 5 & 6. William E. Mierse, Ed. ABC-CLIO, 2011.
“Rites of Passage.” Encyclopedia of Asian Pacific American Folklore. Jonathan H.X. Lee and Kathleen Nadeau, Eds. Greenwood Press, 2010.
“Yin and Yang.” Encyclopedia of Asian Pacific American Folklore. Jonathan H.X. Lee and Kathleen Nadeau, Eds. Greenwood Press, 2010.
CONFERENCE PAPERS
2004 (July) “The Lights Going On and Off.” (Re)Discovering Aesthetics. University College Cork, Ireland.
2004 (January) “Yongwu and Momei in the life of Wu Zhen.” Second Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities. Honolulu, Hawaii.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
2004-Present American Academy of Religion
2007-Present American Oriental Society
2006-Present Association for Asian Studies
2009-Present College Art Association
2005-Present International Society for Comparative Studies of Chinese and Western Philosophy
