Educational Background

2017-2021: Bachelor of Arts in History, Beijing Normal University

2021-2023: Master of Arts in Global, International, and Comparative History, Georgetown University

2023-present: PhD Student in World History, University of Hawai’i at Manoa

Publications

Reviews of Tracks on the Ocean: A History of Trailblazing, Maps, and Maritime Travel by Sara Caputo (University of Chicago Press, 2024), published on H-Oceans, April 2025.

“Documenting the Sea: Mental Maps and Knowledge Transmission in 1826 Qing China” (“Revise & Resubmit” Status, Global Nineteenth-Century Studies)

“Toxic Disinfection: Protecting the Body, Everyday Life, and the Nation” (“Revise & Resubmit” Status, Sickness and Capitalism)

Panel Organized

2024 “Transformed Epistemology in Pre-modern and Modern China,” Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs (MCAA). University of Notre Dame, Sept 13-15.

Conference Presentation

April 2023: “Consult with Deities: Superstition and Violence in the 19th-Century Guangdong”, presented at the “25th Annul Brian Bertoti Innovative Perspectives in History Conference”, Blacksburg, West Virginia, US.

September 2023: “Resistance From the Weak: Chinese Indentured Laborers in Samoa Between 1903 and 1948”, presented at the “The Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs 2023”, Champaign, Illinois, US.

September 2024: “Floating Frontiers: The Miaodao Archipelago and the Shaping of the Bohai Sea in the Qing Dynasty,” presented at “73rd Annual Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs 2024,” South Bend, Indiana, US.

February 13-15 2025: “Navigators of the East: Mental Maps and the Dissemination of Maritime Knowledge in the Qing Empire,”presented at “East West Center Educational Program: International Graduate Student Conference (IGSC)”, Honolulu, Hawaii, US.

Grants and Awards

GAships in Department of History at UHM, 2023-2024; 2024-2025.

Recipient of the Robert Sakai Award(2023) for presenting at MCAA, securing funding of $1,000.

Recipient of the Robert Sakai Award(2024) for presenting at MCAA, securing funding of $1,250.

Recipient of the Department of History Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, 2023-2024, $350.

Recipient of the East West Center student affiliation Scholarship, 2024-2025.

Recipient of Hung Family Stipend, 2025-2026, $12,000.

Workshop

Manchu Group Workshop 24’ summer, Intermediate Seminar.

New Horizons: Workshops for Emerging Scholars in Maritime History, Fall 2024.

Teaching

Student Drill Instructor, Department of East Asian Language & Cultures, Georgetown University, 2022 Fall.

Teaching Assistant, HIST 151 World History Before 1500, HIST 152 World History Since 1500, HIST 158 Global Food History.

Giving A Lecture at UHM, entitled “Why Seafood Matters”, HIST 158, 2024 FALL.

Giving A Guest Lecture at OSU, entitled “How to imagine a Transforming East Asian Maritime Space”, HIST 2401, 2025 SPRING.