PhD Student
East Asia: China
Bio
I am a PhD student in Chinese history in the Department of History at the University of California Berkeley. I earned my Bachelor's degree at Colorado College where I researched the history of study-abroad Chinese students in the American southwest in the early 20th century and their conceptualization of nationalism/national identities as racial minorities abroad at the time of Exclusion. My current research focuses on environment, urban space, and landscape surrounding water in the southwest of China in the late 19th and 20th century. I seek to explore various modes of Chinese urban modernity in relation with the natural and built environment. As a bookbinder and former letterpress printer, I'm also broadly interested in the history of print culture, popular culture, and mass media in East Asia and beyond.
Awards and Fellowships
The William R. Hochman Prize for Distinguished Student Research & Writing in History, Colorado College History Department (2024)
The William Hochman Prize in War, Peace, and Human Values, Colorado College History Department (2024)
ASIANetwork McJimsey Student Essay Award, ASIANetwork Annual Conference in Columbus (2023)
Robert D. McJimsey Summer Research Fellowship, History Department, Colorado College (2023)
Gaylord Prize for Independent Study Research in Asian Studies, Asian Studies Program, Colorado College (2023)
James Nevin Trissel Prize for Excellence in Book Studies, Colorado College All-College Awards (2023, 2024)
Kelly Family Venture Grants, Colorado College (2023)
Publications
“The Coral Tree: Chinese Students at Colorado College as Racial Minorities in the Early 20th Century”, in Ron Green and Susan Bergeron, eds., ASIANetwork Exchange, forthcoming (under review)
Education
Bachelor of Arts in History and Asian Studies with Distinction, Colorado College (Magna Cum Laude), 2024
