Educational Background:
1969. Ph.D. in Asian History from the University of Pennsylvania

Employment:
1973 to the Present. Hamline University
During this time I have held positions as East Asia Co-ordinator, Chair of the History Department.

Publications:

• Editor and author of the introduction to Ross Y. Koen, The China Lobby in American Politics, Harper and Row. 1974.

• "Autobiography of Ch'en Tu-hsiu," The China Quarterly, 1972.

• "Public Health in China," Journal of the Hellenic Diaspora. July, 1975. 51- 57.

• "From Revolutionary Iconoclasm to National Revolution: Ch'en tu-hsiu and the Chinese Communist Movement." in F. Gilbert Chan and Thomas H. Etzold, eds., China in the 1920s:Nationalism and Revolution, 55-72. N,Y. , New Viewpoints.

• "The Chinese Approach to Shamanism," in a special issue of Chinese Sociology and Anthropology, Summer 1980. Pp. 1-135.

• Co-authored wtih Anna Wasescha, "The Taiwanese Tang-ki: The Shaman as community Healer and Protector," Asian Studies in Sociology. Praeger Publisher, New York, New York, 1982.

• Co-authored with Jean Chesneaux, "The Chinese Labor Movement from 1915- 1949," International Social Science Review, Spring, 1983. Pp. 67-87.

• Co-authored with Matthew Oh, and David Weissbrodt, Human Rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Asia Watch and the Minnesota Lawyers international Human Rights Committee, 1988.

• "Japan's Global Human Rights Policy," edited by East Asian Studies, U. C. Berkeley, 1997.

• Mayor Chen Shui-bian: Taipei, Taiwan. Asia Pacific Academic Exchange. Taipei. 1998.

• Encyclopedia of Asian History. Articles on: The Vietnam War, Human rights in Korea, Human rights in Taiwan, Human rights in China, Modern Taiwan, U.S.-Taiwan Relations, Modern South Korea, The Nanjing Massacre. Taiwan's Economy. Taiwan's Educational system.

• Encyclopedia of Nobel Peace Prize Winners: Articles on the 1907 recipients--Ernesto Teodoro Moneta and Louis Renault; Articles on the 1998 recipients: Bishop Belo and Jose Ramos-horta.

• "Sacred Art of the Body: A Feminine View," published by The Sacred Arts Exhibition Series. Minnesota. 2001.

• "Disarming memories: Japanese, Korean and American Literature on the Vietnam War," published by The Hamline Review. Hamline University. Minnesota. 2000.

• "Disarming memories: Asian Literature on the Vietnam War," published by Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars. Minnesota. 2000.

• "Feminist Art in Taiwan: Textures of Reality and Dreams," in Women in the New Taiwan: Gender Roles and Gender Consciousness in a changing Society. eds. Catherine Farris, Anru Lee, Murray Rubinstein. New York: M.E. Sharpe. 2004. pp. 310-324.

• "Twenty Years: Asian American Press Celebrates 20 Years of Media Newspaper," Special Supplement to the Asian American Press. Minnesota. 2003.

• "Leaving Mother Lake: A Girlhood at the End of the World -- Yang Erche Namu, Christine Mathieu; Hardcover," Little, Brown and Company Boston New York London. 2003.

• "Controlling Tobacco: A Human Rights Approach." Keynote speaker at conference on Controlling Tobacco. Taipei, Taiwan. 2002. Collection of Research Papers on Tobacco or Health in Taiwan, 2002. A publication of the National Health Research Institutes. pp.277-285.
  

  Selected Book Reviews

• Lisa See. On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Old Odyssey of My Chinese- American Family. Reviewed in the Asian American Press. September 27, 1996.

• John Maxwell Hamliton. Edgar Snow:A Biography. Reviewed in the American Historical Review, June 1991.

• J.A. English-Lueck. Chinese Intellectuals on the World Frontier: Blazing the Black Path. Reviewed in China Review International, Fall 1998.

• Maysing H. Yang, ed. Taiwan's Expanding Role in the International Arena. Reviewed in China Information. Spring 1998.

• Morgan. The Vietnam Lobby. Reviewed in the American Historical Review. 1998.

• Gregor Benton, editor. Chen Duxiu's Last Articles and Letters, 1937-1942. Reviewed in The China Quarterly. 1999.

• Chen Jian. China's Road to the Korean War: the Making of the Sino-American Confrontation. Reviewed in China Review International. 1999.

• Gregory B. Lee. Troubadours, Trumpeters, Troubled Makers: Lyricism, Nationalism, and Hybridity in China and Its Others. Reviewed in China Information, 1999.

• Duong Van Mai Elliott. The Sacred Willow: Four Generations in the Life of a Vietnamese Family. Reviewed in the Minneapolis Star Tribune. April 18, 1999.

• Book Review on Cynthia Gralla. The Floating World. Ballantine (Random House). New York. 2003. $15.00. Published in the Asian American Press.

• Last Witnesses: Reflections on Wartime Internment of Japanese Americans,published by Asian American Press. Minnesota. 2003.

• Standard Deviations: Growing Up and Coming Down in the New Asia, published by Asian American Press. Minnesota. 2003.

• Newspaper articles on: Taiwan’s military policies; The foreign policy of China; Jeju Island—a travel piece; book review on Japanese cuisine.

Video Review:

• Taiwan: Tug-of-War. Reviewed in the Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars. 1999.

Conferences:

• Taipei, Taiwan. Taiwan Democracy Foundation. Speaker on the Elections. December, 2004.

• Taipei, Taiwan. Roundtable on Taiwan's elections for the Democratic Progressive Party. December, 2004.

• Gyeongju, Korea. Asian Pacific Association on Controlling Tobacco. Plenary Speaker on Human Rights and Tobacco. September, 2004.

• Formosa Foundation Seminar on Taiwan's history. Los Angeles. June. 2004.

• Sapporo, Japan. Speaker on Security issues in North East Asia. February, 2004.

• University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Conference on Terrorism. Summer, 2003.

• The Asian Studies Conference in Japan. 1999. A paper on Chen Shui-bian.

• With Marilyn Levine, I co-authored a Study Guide for Vietnamese History and Culture. Fall. 1999. We presented this to a secondary school teacher's two day workshop.

• The Regional Asian Studies Conference in Texas. State University at San Marcos, October, 1999. Delivered a paper on Asian Perspectives of Vietnam War.

• Boston. Association for Asian Studies Convention, Spring 1999. Delivered a paper on Taiwan's politics.

• University of Minnesota. Global Studies Seminar. Delivered a paper on Modern Art in Taiwan, 1998.

• Washington D.C. Association for Asian Studies. Delivered a paper on the Treatment of Indigenous People in Taiwan. Spring, 1998.

• Copenhagen. 1998. Delivered a Paper on Japanese Human Rights. Tokyo.

• Idaho. 1997. Association for Asian Studies. Delivered a paper on the Asian Views of the Vietnam War.