Research and Personal Interests:
Research interests: Analysis of archaeological or historical textiles, and teaching/learning pedagogy applications.  

Personal interest: spending time together with my little boy Junting.

Education:
PhD from the Ohio State University
M.S. from Bowling Green University
B.S from Donghua University, Shanghai, P.R. China

Awards won and who awarded them to you:
ITAA Best Paper Award (2006) By International Textile and Apparel Association Annual Conference.
East Carolina University Teacher Scholar Award, 2003-2004.

What City, State, or Country are you originally from?
HeBei Province, People’s Republic of China

Some type of quote you live by:
“We live in a free society, and privilege confers responsibility.” (Chomsky, 2003)