Teaching

I teach history because grappling with the past builds empathy and critical distance from the present. Across my courses the aim is the same: to get students thinking carefully about the past, whether by reading a document closely, weighing evidence, or pursuing their own research questions.

Courses in preparation

• The History of Chinese Food Undergraduate seminar, taught in English
• Western Scholarship on the Qing Dynasty Undergraduate lecture course, taught in Chinese
• Writing Your Journal Article with AI Graduate seminar, taught in Chinese
• Early Modern Empire Graduate seminar, taught in Chinese

Previous teaching

• The United States Since 1974 Teaching assistant, Princeton University, Spring 2024
• Independent research mentoring Supervising secondary-school and undergraduate research projects in Chinese, American, and European history, 2021–present
• Writing instruction Princeton University Writing Center Fellow and Petey Greene Program tutor, 2015–2017

My students have published research in The Concord Review and been admitted to Princeton, Harvard, Stanford, New York University, and George Washington University, among other universities.

A full record of courses and mentoring is in the CV.