Huping Ling
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Huping Ling (born 1956) is internationally renowned historian and prolific award-winning writer. She is a Professor of History at Truman State University
, and is the Executive Editor for the Journal of Asian American Studies
, an Adjunct Professor, Wuhan Theoretical Research Center of Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, China, and a Visiting Professor of the Institute of Overseas Chinese Studies at Jinan University. She also serves as a consultant to the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Guangdong Provincial Government and on the Board of Directors of Women Writers Association in Shanxi Province of the Chinese National Writers Association.
, Taiyuan
, Shanxi
, PRC
, with her bachelor's degree in history in 1982. During the time of 1982-1985, she worked as an assistant professor of history at Shanxi University . In 1985, she was a visiting scholar for the history department at Georgetown University . She earned her master's in 1987 at the University of Oregon
, and completed her Ph.D. at Miami University
(1991).
She began teaching as an assistant professor of history at Truman State University
from 1991-1995 . From 1996-2003 she was promoted to associate professor of history at Truman State University
and then promoted as a professor of history in 2004 . She is a visiting professor for Jinan University
(Guangzhou, China) and for Central Normal University (Wuhan, China). Internationally, she serves as a "consultant to the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Guangdong Provincial Government" and as a "consultant for the Female Writers Association in Shanxi Province" . Nationally, in 2004 she was on the "Book Award Committee for the 46th Missouri Conference on History".
She currently serves as the Executive Editor of the Journal of Asian American Studies
. For the same committee, she has served as the "Board Director" and "Representative of the Midwest/Mountain/Canada Region" from 2001-2003. Since 1999, she has been part of the "Steering Committee as a History Caucus" . Her research focuses on Asian American studies including immigration and ethnicity, assimilation and adaptation, family and marriage, feminism, employment patterns, and community structures.
She has been a National Reviewer for The Choice , The Journal of Urban History, International Migration Review , The Journal of American Ethnic History , The Journal of American History for the Organization of American Historians, The Journal of the History of Sexuality for the University of Chicago Press , book manuscripts for the University of Hawaii Press , and textbooks by Prentice Hall .
She received awards and honors the Ford Foundation Book Award.
Ling has published ten books and over a hundred scholarly articles, including:
She has also edited anthologies and was co-editor of Asian American History and Culture: An Encyclopedia.
Truman State University
Truman State University is a public liberal arts and sciences university in Missouri, United States and a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. About 6,000 students attend Truman, pursuing degrees in 43 undergraduate and 9 Graduate programs. It is located in Kirksville in...
, and is the Executive Editor for the Journal of Asian American Studies
Journal of Asian American Studies
The Journal of Asian American Studies is a triannual academic journal established in 1998 and is the official publication of the Association for Asian American Studies. The journal publishes scholarly articles exploring theoretical developments, research interests, policy and pedagogical issues...
, an Adjunct Professor, Wuhan Theoretical Research Center of Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, China, and a Visiting Professor of the Institute of Overseas Chinese Studies at Jinan University. She also serves as a consultant to the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Guangdong Provincial Government and on the Board of Directors of Women Writers Association in Shanxi Province of the Chinese National Writers Association.
Education and career
Ling first began her career in teaching as a high school teacher in Taiyuan,Shanxi, China from 1974 through 1978.. She graduated from Shanxi UniversityShanxi University
Shanxi University is a university located in Shanxi province, China. The University was founded in 1902 and is one of the three earliest established national universities in China...
, Taiyuan
Taiyuan
Taiyuan is the capital and largest city of Shanxi province in North China. At the 2010 census, it had a total population of 4,201,591 inhabitants on 6959 km² whom 3,212,500 are urban on 1,460 km². The name of the city literally means "Great Plains", referring to the location where the Fen River...
, Shanxi
Shanxi
' is a province in Northern China. Its one-character abbreviation is "晋" , after the state of Jin that existed here during the Spring and Autumn Period....
, PRC
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
, with her bachelor's degree in history in 1982. During the time of 1982-1985, she worked as an assistant professor of history at Shanxi University . In 1985, she was a visiting scholar for the history department at Georgetown University . She earned her master's in 1987 at the University of Oregon
University of Oregon
-Colleges and schools:The University of Oregon is organized into eight schools and colleges—six professional schools and colleges, an Arts and Sciences College and an Honors College.- School of Architecture and Allied Arts :...
, and completed her Ph.D. at Miami University
Miami University
Miami University is a coeducational public research university located in Oxford, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1809, it is the 10th oldest public university in the United States and the second oldest university in Ohio, founded four years after Ohio University. In its 2012 edition, U.S...
(1991).
She began teaching as an assistant professor of history at Truman State University
Truman State University
Truman State University is a public liberal arts and sciences university in Missouri, United States and a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. About 6,000 students attend Truman, pursuing degrees in 43 undergraduate and 9 Graduate programs. It is located in Kirksville in...
from 1991-1995 . From 1996-2003 she was promoted to associate professor of history at Truman State University
Truman State University
Truman State University is a public liberal arts and sciences university in Missouri, United States and a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. About 6,000 students attend Truman, pursuing degrees in 43 undergraduate and 9 Graduate programs. It is located in Kirksville in...
and then promoted as a professor of history in 2004 . She is a visiting professor for Jinan University
Jinan University
Jinan University is a public research and comprehensive university based in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China. It is one of the oldest universities established on mainland China tracing back to the Qing Empire...
(Guangzhou, China) and for Central Normal University (Wuhan, China). Internationally, she serves as a "consultant to the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Guangdong Provincial Government" and as a "consultant for the Female Writers Association in Shanxi Province" . Nationally, in 2004 she was on the "Book Award Committee for the 46th Missouri Conference on History".
She currently serves as the Executive Editor of the Journal of Asian American Studies
Journal of Asian American Studies
The Journal of Asian American Studies is a triannual academic journal established in 1998 and is the official publication of the Association for Asian American Studies. The journal publishes scholarly articles exploring theoretical developments, research interests, policy and pedagogical issues...
. For the same committee, she has served as the "Board Director" and "Representative of the Midwest/Mountain/Canada Region" from 2001-2003. Since 1999, she has been part of the "Steering Committee as a History Caucus" . Her research focuses on Asian American studies including immigration and ethnicity, assimilation and adaptation, family and marriage, feminism, employment patterns, and community structures.
She has been a National Reviewer for The Choice , The Journal of Urban History, International Migration Review , The Journal of American Ethnic History , The Journal of American History for the Organization of American Historians, The Journal of the History of Sexuality for the University of Chicago Press , book manuscripts for the University of Hawaii Press , and textbooks by Prentice Hall .
She received awards and honors the Ford Foundation Book Award.
Books and reviews
A Ford Foundation Prize-winning author, she has published more than ten books and over hundred articles on Asian American studies, including immigration and ethnicity, assimilation and adaptation, transnationalism, family and marriage, employment patterns, and community structures. She has been featured in The World Journal (Jan. 15, 2006), the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Feb. 2, 2005), West End Word (Feb. 4, 2005), St. Louis Chinese American News, St. Louis Chinese Journal ,the Overseas Chinese World, River Front Times, among others, and appeared at “Charles Brennan Show” KMOX 1120, “Voice of St. Louis” (Feb. 4, 2005), KWMU 90.7 (NPR in St. Louis) “St. Louis on the Air” (July 5, 2005), among others. She has also been included in many books/encyclopedias on famous Chinese Americans and authors. She is frequently invited to lecture on Asian cultures and Asian American experiences at conferences, universities, schools, libraries, government and private agencies, and community organizations, nationally and internationally.Ling has published ten books and over a hundred scholarly articles, including:
- Surviving on the Gold Mountain: A History of Chinese American Women and Their Lives (The State University of New York, 1998). ISBN 0791438643
- Chinese St. Louis: From Enclave to Cultural Community (Temple University Press, 2004). ISBN 1592130399 which she writes about the history of "a Midwestern Chinese American Community" and the journey that the community faces, and its impact on Chinese culture by maintaining its cultural background through such a difficult time . She writes about the experiences that the community undergoes and how and what it did to stand its ground, and its effect on the current Chinese culture of St. Louis .
- Voices of the Heart: Asian American Women on Immigration, Work, and Family (Truman State University Press, 2007). ISBN 9781931112680. For reviews in ChineseChinese languageThe Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
, click here and here. - Chinese in St. Louis: 1857-2007. Arcadia Publishing, 2007. Pp. 128. ISBN 978-0-7385-5145-6.
- 《金山謠–美國華裔婦女史》中國社會科學出版社﹐1999年﹐ 該書獲美國福特基金出版獎。 Jinshan Yao: A History of Chinese American Women. Beijing: Chinese Social Sciences Publishing House, 1999. ISBN 7-5004-2504-X. Chinese review
- 萍飄美國–新移民實錄》山西北岳文藝出版社﹐2003。 Ping Piao Mei Guo: New Immigrants in America. Shanxi, China: Beiyue Literature and Art Publishing House, 2003. ISBN 7-5378-2504-1.
She has also edited anthologies and was co-editor of Asian American History and Culture: An Encyclopedia.