EDUCATION

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Ph.D., expected May 2011. East Asian Languages and Civilizations (Middle and Late Imperial Chinese History).
General Examination Fields: Middle Imperial China, Late Imperial and Modern China, Historical Sociology

Princeton-in-Ishikawa Program, Ishikawa, Japan
Certificate of Achievement (shūryō shōsho) from Princeton University’s Japanese Language Program, July 2005

Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Bachelor of Economics, June 2002. Field: International economics.

DISSERTATION

“Managing the Provinces from Afar: The Imperial State and Elites in Sichuan, 755-1279”
Advisors: Professors Peter Bol, Philip Kuhn, Michael Szonyi, and Orlando Patterson

PUBLICATIONS

“Native Incumbency and Elite Networks in Song Dynasty Sichuan: Evidence of the Turn of the Mid-Eleventh Century from China Biographical Database (CBDB),” published online via Society for Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasties Studies, 2008 (http://www.humanities.uci.edu/eastasian/SungYuan/Downloads/Warwick/ChenSong.pdf with color-coded appendices at http://www.humanities.uci.edu/eastasian/SungYuan/Downloads/Warwick/ChenSong_IMAGES.pdf ).

CONFERENCE PAPERS

“Relating the Local to the National: From Transformation to Participation,” presented at the Conference on Ideas, Networks, Places: Rethinking Chinese History of the Middle Period, July 7-8, 2009, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

“Wrestling with the God’s Identity: Dilemma of the State and Literati over the Lord of Wenchang in Late Imperial China (14th -19th Century),” presented at the Eighteenth Graduate Student Conference on East Asia, February 6-7, 2009, Columbia University, New York.

“Preludes to the Method of Delegated Appointments: Policies and Policy Debates Since the 1040s” (in Chinese), presented at the International Conference on History of Song Dynasty jointly held with the Thirteenth Annual Meeting of China’s Association for Song History, July 29 - August 1, 2008, Yunnan University, Kunming, China.

“Regionalization of Bureaucracy and Elite Networks: ‘Delegated Appointments’ and Its Impacts in Song Dynasty Sichuan,” presented at the Workshop on Prosopography of Middle Period China: Using the Database, December 14-15, 2007, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.

“Charm of the River: Population Distribution in Sichuan Basin, 742 - 1391,” presented at Harvard Economic History Tea, March 6, 2006, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

INVITED TALKS

“Online Querying System and Microsoft Access Version of The China Biographical Database (CBDB),” and “Introduction to Using Relational Database and Social Network Analysis in Chinese History Research,” presented at the International Workshop for Chinese History and Computer Technologies, August 31 - September 3, 2010, Peking University, Beijing, China.

“Social Network Analysis for Research on Chinese History,” presented at the Twelfth Annual Harvard East Asian Society Graduate Student Conference, February 27 - March 1, 2009, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
 
“The China Biographical Database (CBDB): Contents, Structure, and Future Development,” presented in collaboration with other speakers at the First International Workshop on Biographical Databases for China's History, November 21-23, 2008, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Harvard University, Core Program (Historical Study), Cambridge, MA
Teaching Fellow, Historical Study course “China: Traditions and Transformations” (Professor Peter Bol and Professor William Kirby), Fall 2009.
Taught one section (15 students) on a survey of Chinese history from the beginning of civilization to present. Designed and graded papers and exams.

Harvard University, Core Program (Foreign Cultures), Cambridge, MA
Teaching Fellow, “The Cultural Revolution” (Professor Roderick MacFarquhar), Spring 2009.
Taught one section (15 students) on social and political history of the Cultural Revolution (1966-76). Graded papers and exams.

Harvard University, Core Program (Literature and Arts), Cambridge, MA
Teaching Fellow, “The Chinese Literati” (Professor Peter Bol), Spring 2007.
Taught two sections (12 students each) on various aspects of literati culture in China from the eighth to the seventeenth century. Topics included political thought, moral philosophy, literary theory and practice. Designed and graded papers and exams. Performed administrative tasks in the role of head teaching fellow.

Harvard University, Core Program (Moral Reasoning), Cambridge, MA
Teaching Fellow, “Classical Chinese Ethical and Political Theory” (Professor Michael Puett), Fall 2006
Taught two sections (18 and 19 students respectively) on philosophical debates over state, individual, and morality in Early China (ca. the fifth through the first century BCE). Designed and graded papers and exams.

Harvard University, Core Program (Historical Study), Cambridge, MA
Teaching Fellow, Historical Study course “China: Traditions and Transformations” (Professor Peter Bol and Professor Mark Elliott), Fall 2005
Taught two sections (14 and 8 students respectively) on a survey of Chinese history from the beginning of civilization to present. Designed and graded papers and exams.

EXPERIENCE IN DIGITAL HUMANITIES

China Biographical Database (CBDB), Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Project Manager, 2006-2010
Developed Microsoft Access interface of the CBDB; revised code tables; communicated with top academic institutions in Chinese mainland and Taiwan on data entry, the design of online inputting system, and online querying algorithms; created bilingual public websites for the project; and collaborated with Harvard computer scientists on text-mining of ancient Chinese sources using regular expressions and other approaches. http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k16229&pageid=icb.page129708

International Workshop for Chinese History and Computer Technologies, Peking University, Beijing, China
Speaker, August 31 - September 3, 2010
Ran a full-day hands-on workshop for forty-three students and faculty members, selected from various Chinese academic institutions, on the use of relational databases and network analysis tools in the study of Chinese history.

NEH Institute for Advanced Topics in Digital Humanities, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Participant, August 15-27, 2010
Participated in the NEH Institute for Advanced Topics in Digital Humanities, hosted by UCLA’s Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics. The theme was “Networks and Network Analysis for the Humanities.”

Graduate Seminar “Computational Methods for Historical Analysis,” Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Assistant to Course Head Professor Peter Bol, Spring 2008
Led hands-on workshops for graduate students on the use of relational databases and network analysis tools for research in the humanities.

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS 

Harvard University GSAS Dissertation Completion Fellowship, 2010
Harvard University Graduate Society Fellowship Term Time Award, 2007
Harvard University Reischauer Institute Summer Language Study Grants, 2005
Yun-Cheng Sa Memorial Fellowship, 2004
Harvard University Financial Aid Package, 2003
Fudan University Star of Economics, 2000
Unilever Scholarship, 2000
Fudan University Excellence Scholarship, 2000
Fudan University People’s Scholarships, 1998-2000

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Interpreter, 2009-2010
Provided English to Chinese and Chinese to English interpretation in international workshops, conferences, and Harvard Business School case study classes.

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Conference co-organizer, July 2009
Co-organized the International Conference on “Ideas, Networks, Places: Rethinking Chinese History of the Middle Period,” consisting of six panels and twenty-three presenters from United States, United Kingdom, Singapore, Korea, and Chinese mainland and Taiwan.

China Europe International Business School, Department of Faculty Support, Shanghai, China
Program Assistant, 2002 - 2003
Assisted Professor Linda G. Sprague in organizing the Seventh International Conference of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) combined with the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Region of the DSI.

Fudan University, Department of World Economy, Shanghai, China
Research Assistant, 2001
Assisted Professor Xuecheng Li in a research project on contemporary Chinese corporate culture.

FIELDWORK

Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, China
On local history, summer 2004
Investigated the revival of popular religion and lineage organizations; interviewed local villagers in Jinhua Prefecture under the guidance of Professor Peter K. Bol and with assistance of Earth Watch volunteers.

Jiangsu Province, China
On agricultural economy in an international setting, summer 1999
Interviewed farmers, entrepreneurs and officials in charge of agriculture and foreign trade to predict the impact on agriculture of China’s then prospective entry into WTO.

RESEARCH AFFILIATIONS

Graduate Student Associate, Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA,2009-2011

LANGUAGES
Chinese: native. Japanese: 3 years of modern Japanese. French: reading knowledge.