Huping Ling

Huping Ling (Chinese: 令狐萍; pinyin: Lìng Húpíng; born 1956) is a professor of history and past department chair at Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri, where she founded the Asian studies program.[1]

Huping Ling

Her research focuses on Asian American studies, including immigration and ethnicity, assimilation and adaptation, family and marriage, feminism, employment patterns, and community structures. A Ford Foundation Prize-winning author, she has published eleven 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.

Education and career

Ling began her career in teaching as a high school teacher in Taiyuan, Shanxi, China, from 1974 through 1978.[2] In 1982, she graduated from Taiyuan's Shanxi University first in her class with a bachelor's degree in history. From 1982-85, she worked as an assistant professor of history at Shanxi University.[2] In 1985, she was a visiting scholar at the history department at Georgetown University.[2] 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.[2] In 1996, she became associate professor of history [2] and full professor in 2004.[2]

She is a visiting professor with the Institute of Overseas Chinese Studies at Jinan University in Guangzhou, China. She is the Changjiang Scholar Chair Professor by the Chinese Ministry of Education at Wuhan Theoretical Research Center of Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council and China Central Normal University in Wuhan.

She also serves as:

  • Consultant to the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Guangdong Provincial Government.
  • Consultant for the Female Writers Association in Shanxi Province.[2]
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Women Writers Association in Shanxi Province of the Chinese National Writers Association.
  • Executive editor of the Journal of Asian American Studies, the official journal of the Association for Asian American Studies.[2] For the same organization, she has served as the Board Director[2] and Representative of the Midwest/Mountain/Canada Region" from 2001-2003.[2] Since 1999, she has been part of the "Steering Committee as a History Caucus."[2]

She is the inaugural editor of the Rutgers University Press book series Asian American Studies Today. She has been a National Reviewer for The Choice,[2] The Journal of Urban History,[2] International Migration Review,[2] The Journal of American Ethnic History,[2] The Journal of American History for the Organization of American Historians,[2] The Journal of the History of Sexuality for the University of Chicago Press,[2] book manuscripts for the University of Hawaii Press,[2] and textbooks by Prentice Hall.[2] In 2004, she served on the Book Award Committee for the 46th Missouri Conference on History.[2]

Courses

Among the courses she has taught at Truman:[3]

  • Asian American History[3]
  • Asian American Women[3]
  • Seminar on Chinese American Women[3]
  • East Asian Civilization 1[3] & 2[3]
  • History of China 1[3] & 2[3]
  • History of Japan 1[3] & 2[3]
  • U.S. History[3]

Books and articles

She has published 11 books and more than 100 articles on Asian American studies, including immigration and ethnicity, assimilation and adaptation, transnationalism, family and marriage, employment patterns, and community structures.

Those published works include:

She has also edited anthologies and was co-editor of Asian American History and Culture: An Encyclopedia.

Honors
  • Ford Foundation Book Award.[4]
  • 2006: Walker and Doris Allen Fellowship award for faculty excellence, with a prize of $10,000.[2] She was also a finalist for the same award for the previous year.[2]
  • 2006 Best Article Award[2] at Missouri Conference on History[2]
  • 2004: Golden Apple Award from the Order of Omega and Truman State University's Greek Community.[2]
  • 2010: Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin Editors' Choice Award.[3]

She has also been a semi-finalist several times for Truman's Educator of the Year award[2]

Public appearances

Ling has made many public appearances.[2] She has been featured in Top China, The World Journal, Chicago Daily Herald, Dallas Morning News, West End Word, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis Chinese American News, St. Louis Chinese Journal, the Overseas Chinese World, River Front Times, among others. She has appeared on radio talk programs including "Charles Brennan Show" KMOX 1120, "Voice of St. Louis", and KWMU 90.7 (NPR in St. Louis) "St. Louis on the Air".[2] She has also been included in many books/encyclopedias on famous Chinese Americans and authors .[2] 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.[2]

She has been featured in The World Journal (Feb. 2, 2012, 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. She has also been included in many books/encyclopedias on famous Chinese Americans and authors, and has been frequently invited to lecture on Asian cultures and Asian American experiences at conferences, universities, schools, libraries, government and private agencies, and community organizations [3]

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See also
  • Chinese in St. Louis

Notes
  1. Visiting Faculty.
  2. Shao Center.
  3. Huping Ling.
  4. Chinese St. Louisans.

References
  • "Shao Center Database on Scholars and Librarians in Chinese Overseas Studies". Dr. Huping Ling. Ohio University Libraries. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  • "Huping Ling Faculty Page". Huping Ling. Truman State University.
  • "Visiting Faculty". Huping Ling. University of Missouri.
  • "Chinese St. Louisans". Chinese Culture and Education Foundation. Archived from the original on 2012-01-10.
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