Papers Presented

PAPERS PRESENTED (selected)

  • “Chinese Chicago: Transnational Migration and Business, 1870s-1930s.” Annual Conference of the Association for Asians American Studies, Chicago, April 22-25, 201
  • “Challenges and Promises of the Teacher-Scholar Model.” Faculty Research Conference, Truman State University, February 19, 2015.
  • “Self-Fashioning of Asian American Women in Heartland America.” Truman’s Twentieth Annual WGST Conference, Truman State U., January 29-31, 2015.
  • “Marriage Patterns and the Chinese Transnational Migration.” The International Society for the Studies of Chinese Overseas, Panama City, Panama, August 7-10, 2014.
  • “Asian American Studies in the Midwest.” The 31th Annual Conference of the Association for Asians American Studies, San Francisco, April 17-20, 2014.
  • “Rise of China and Its Meaning to Asian Americans.” The 30th Annual Conference of the Association for Asians American Studies, Seattle, Washington, April 17-20, 2013.
  • “New Trend in Asian American Studies in the Midwest and South.” The 30th Annual Conference of the Association for Asians American Studies, Seattle, Washington, April 17-20, 2013.
  • “Chinese Chicago: Transnational Migration and Business.” The 127th Annual Conference of the American Historical Association, New Orleans, January 3-6, 2013.
  • “Chinese Chicago: Transnational Migration and Business, 1870s-1940s.” The 5th International Conference of Institutes and Libraries for Chinese Overseas Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, May 16-19, 2012.
  • “A Tale of Two Cities: Race, Transnational Migration and Community in Chicago and St. Louis.” The British Association for American Studies, University of Manchester, April 12-15, 2012.
  • “A Tale of Two Cities: Race, Transnational Migration and Community in Chicago and St. Louis.” The 29th Annual Conference of the Association for Asians American Studies, Washington, D.C., April 11-15, 2012.
  • “Chinese Chicago: Marriage Patterns and Changing Gender Roles among the Chinese Diaspora.” Annual Conference on Women and Gender Studies, Truman State University, Jan. 19, 2012.
  • “Chinese Chicago: Marriage Patterns and Changing Gender Roles among the Chinese Americans in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries.” The 126th Annual Conference of the American Historical Association, Chicago, January 5-8, 2012.
  • “Chinese Immigrant Community and Transnationalism.” The 28th Annual Conference of the Association for Asians American Studies, New Orleans, May 18-22, 2011.
  • “Chicagoland Chinese: Transnational Migration and Community, 1870s-1940s.” The 16th ACPSS International Conference, Harvard University, Nov. 5-7, 2010.
  •  “Chinese Chicago: Transnational Families and Marriage, 1880s-1940s.” The 7th Conference of the International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas, Singapore, May 7-9, 2010.
  • “Chicagoland Chinese: Transnational Migration and Businesses, 1870s-1940s.” The 124th Annual Conference of the American Historical Association, San Diego, California, January 7-10, 2010.
  • “Chicagoland Chinese: Transnational Migration and Community, 1870s-1940s.” The 26th Annual Conference of the Association for Asian American Studies, Honolulu, April 22-26, 2009.
  • “Incorporating Online Sources into History Teaching.” Center for Teaching and Learning Faculty Luncheon, April 23, 2008, Truman.
  • “Voices of the Heart: Asian American Women on Immigration, Work, and Family.” The 25th Annual Conference of the Association for Asian American Studies, Chicago, April 16-20, 2008.
  • “The Great Third Coast-Teaching Asian American Studies in the Midwest and South.” The 25th Annual Conference of the Association for Asian American Studies, Chicago, April 16-20, 2008.
  •  “Incorporating Online Sources into History Teaching.” TruTech Challenge Competition, 6th Annual Tech Fair, 8th University Conference, Feb. 20, 2008, Truman.
  • “New Asian American Urban Communities.” The 24th Annual Conference of the Association for Asian American Studies, New York, April 5-8, 2007.
  • “Emerging Voices: Experiences of Underrepresented Asian Americans.” The 24th Annual Conference of the Association for Asian American Studies, New York, April 5-8, 2007.
  • “The Third Coast-Teaching Asian American Studies in the Midwest and South.” The 24th Annual Conference of the Association for Asian American Studies,New York, April 5-8, 2007.
  • “Reconceptualizing Chinese American Community in St. Louis: FromChinatownto Cultural Community.” The International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas (ISSCO), Pretoria, South Africa, December 4-6, 2006.
  • “The Social Integration of the New PRC Immigrants in the U.S: In the Case of Chinese inSt. Louis.” The International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas (ISSCO),Pretoria,South Africa, December 4-6, 2006.
  • “Teaching Asian American Studies in a Midwest Setting.”  The 23rd Annual Conference of the Association for Asian American Studies, Atlanta, March 22-26, 2006.
  • “The Recent Development in the St. Louis Chinese American Community.”  The 22nd Annual Conference of the Midwest Chinese American Science & Technology Association (MCASTA 2005), Doubletree Hotel in St. Louis, MO, October 15, 2005.
  • “A New Model for Asian American Community: Cultural Community.” The Chinese Studies Association ofAustraliaNinth Biennial Conference and the International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas (ISSCO),Bendigo,Australia, June 30-July 3, 2005.
  • “Reconceptualizing Chinese American Community.” The 22nd Annual Conference of the Association for Asian American Studies, Los Angeles, April 20-24, 2005.
  • “Reconceptualizing Chinese American Community inSt. Louis: FromChinatownto Cultural Community.” The 21st Annual Conference of the Midwest Chinese American Science & technology Association (MCASTA 2004), St. Louis, MO, August 21, 2004.
  • “Reconceptualizing Chinese Immigration in North America.” Chair, organizer, and presenter, the 5th International ISSCO Conference, Elsinore, Denmark, May 10-15, 2004.
  • “Reconceptualizing Chinese American Community: From Enclave to Cultural Community.”  The 21st Annual Conference of the Association for Asian American Studies, Boston, MA, March 24-28, 2004.
  • “Negotiating Urban Space: The Occupational Patterns of Chinese Immigrants in St. Louis, 19603-1930.” The 20th Annual Conference of the Association for Asian American Studies, San Francisco, May 7-10, 2003.
  • “Reconceptualizing Chinese American Community: FromChinatownto Cultural Community.”  The American Historians Association 2003 Annual Meeting,Chicago, January 3, 2003.
  • “A Cultural Community: Reconceptualizing Chinese American Community in St. Louis.” The 19th Annual Conference of the Association for Asian American Studies, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 24-28, 2002.
  • “The Chinese St. Louisans: From Hop Alley to a Cultural Community.” The 44th Missouri Conference on History, Kansas City, Missouri, April 18-20, 2002.
  • “Surviving on theGoldMountain: Chinese American Women’s Lives through Oral History.”  2001 Meeting of the Oral History Association,St. Louis,Missouri, October 17-21, 2001.
  • “St. Louis Chinatown, 1860s-1930s.” the 4th International Conference on Overseas Chinese, Academia Sinica,Taipei,Taiwan, April 25-29, 2001.
  • “Myth and Reality of the St. LouisChinatown, 1860s-1930s.” Social Science Seminar Series, Truman, March 19, 2001.
  • “Hop Alley: Myth and Reality of the St. LouisChinatown, 1860s-1930s.” 2000 Conference of the International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas (ISSCO), Sangnam Institute of Management, Yonsei University, Seoul, June 12-14, 2000.
  • “Chinese Women ofSt. Louis: FromChinatownto Suburbia.” The 17th National Conference of the Association for Asian American Studies, Scottsdale, Arizona, May 24-28, 2000.
  • “Chinese St. Louisans: FromChinatownResidents to Suburban Chinese Americans.” 47th Annual Meeting of Missouri Conference on History, St. Louis, MO, March 30-April 2, 2000.
  • “Chinese St. Louisans: FromChinatownResidents to Suburban Chinese Americans.” The Association for Asian American Studies 16th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, March 31-April 3, 1999.
  • “Family and Marriage of Late-Nineteenth and Early-Twentieth Century Chinese Immigrant Women.” International Conference on the Ethnic Chinese, Manila, Philippines, November 26-28, 1998.
  • “Chinese Female Students and the Sino-U.S. Relations.” International Conference on Qiaoxiang Studies, Jinjiang, Fujian, China, October 27-31, 1998.
  • “Sze-Kew Dun, A Chinese American Woman’s Experiences inKirksville,Missouri.” 40th Missouri Conference on History, Columbia, Missouri, April 17-18, 1998.
  •  “Women’s Involvement in Politics and Economy in China.” Women and Politics: A Truman Conference in Honor of Women’s History Month, Truman, March 22-23, 1997.
  • “Chinese American Professional Women in theMidwest.” International Conference on the Ethnic Chinese, History and Prospective: Ethnic Chinese at Turn of Century, Xiamen, China, November 18-22, 1996.
  • “Women’s Political Participation inChina.” Women and Politics, Women’s Resource Center, Truman, October 24, 1996.
  • “Chinese American Business Women in Midwestern Small Towns.” The 13th Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian American Studies, Washington, D.C., May 29-June 2, 1996.
  • “Chinese American Professional and Business Women in Midwestern Small Towns.” The 38th Missouri Conference on History, Truman, April 11-13, 1996.
  •  “Women in Ethnicity Forum.” The Women’s Resource Center, Truman, April 5, 1995.
  • “Studying Asian American Women in Midwest Small Towns.”  History Colloquium Series, Truman, March 22, 1995
  • “History of Chinese Women Students in theUnited States, 1880s-1990s.”  International Conference, the Last Half Century of Chinese Overseas Conference, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, December 19-21, 1994.
  • “Chinese American Women in Midwestern Small Towns.” Chinese American Experience Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 17-19, 1994.
  • “Chinese Stone Seal Carving: An Ancient Art.” Truman, March 24, 1993.
  • “A Discourse onChina’s Future by Scholars fromChina, Hong Kong, andTaiwan.” Organizer and chair, Social Science Lecture, Truman, October 22, 1992.
  • “Chinese Merchant Wives in theUnited States, 1840-1945.” Conference on Chinese Americans, California State University, Los Angeles, August 28-30, 1992.
  • “Chinese Women Students in theUnited States.” Association for Asian American Studies 1992 Annual Meeting, San Jose, CA, May 28-31, 1992.
  • “Women’s History inChinaandAmerica: A Comparison.” Women’s Resource Center, Truman, March 31, 1992.
  • “Chinese Diaspora—Chinese Women Students in theUnited States.” Seminar “Women: A World View,” Truman, January 15, 1992.
  • Speaker at the Symposium on “I Have a Dream” in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in January 1992 at Northeast Missouri State University.
  • “Asian American Women—Interracial marriage among Asian American Women.” Social Science Lecture, Truman, October 31, 1991
  • “Early Chinese Immigrant Women and Their Family Lives.” Association for Asian American Studies 1991 Annual Meeting, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 29-31, 1991.
  • Chair of the panel “Women, Work and Political Activism,” Association for Asian American Studies 1990 Annual Meeting, University of California, Santa Barbara, May 18-20, 1990.
  • “Chinese Women inAmerica.”OhioSocial History Conference,UniversityofCincinnati, October 22, 1988.