Huping Ling (Chinese: 令狐萍; pinyin: Línghú Píng) (born 1956) is a Professor of History at Truman State University and an award-winning author. She is an expert on the history of the Chinese diaspora in the United States of America, an editor for the Journal of Asian American Studies, an Adjunct Professor, Wuhan Theoretical Research Center of Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, China, and a Visiting Professor of the Institute of Overseas Chinese Studies at Jinan University. She also serves as a consultant to the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Guangdong Provincial Government and on the Board of Directors of Women Writers Association in Shanxi Province of the Chinese National Writers Association.
Contents |
Ling first began her career in teaching as a high school teacher in Taiyuan,Shanxi, China from 1974 through 1978.[1] She graduated from Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, PRC, with her bachelor's degree in history,ranked first in her class, in 1982. During the time of 1982-1985, she worked as an assistant professor of history at Shanxi University[1]. In 1985, she was a visiting scholar for the history department at Georgetown University.[1] 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.[1] From 1996-2003 she was promoted to associate professor of history at Truman State University[1] and then promoted as a professor of history in 2004.[1] She is a visiting professor for Jinan University (Guangzhou, China) and for Central Normal University (Wuhan, China). Internationally, she serves as a "consultant to the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Guangdong Provincial Government"[1] and as a "consultant for the Female Writers Association in Shanxi Province".[1] Nationally, in 2004 she was on the "Book Award Committee for the 46th Missouri Conference on History."[1]
She currently serves as the Executive Editor of the Journal of Asian American Studies, the official journal of the Association for Asian American Studies.[1] For the same organization, she has served as the "Board Director"[1] and "Representative of the Midwest/Mountain/Canada Region" from 2001-2003.[1] Since 1999, she has been part of the "Steering Committee as a History Caucus."[1] She is also "the founder of the Asian Studies Program at Truman" University.[2] Her research focuses on Asian American studies including immigration and ethnicity, assimilation and adaptation, family and marriage, feminism, employment patterns, and community structures.
She has been a National Reviewer for The Choice[1], The Journal of Urban History[1], International Migration Review[1], The Journal of American Ethnic History[1], The Journal of American History for the Organization of American Historians[1], The Journal of the History of Sexuality for the University of Chicago Press[1], book manuscripts for the University of Hawaii Press[1], and textbooks by Prentice Hall[1].
She teaches a wide range of courses including:[3]
She has published more than ten 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. She has been featured in The World Journal (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.
Ling has published over 10 books and over a hundred scholarly articles, including:
She has also edited anthologies and was co-editor of Asian American History and Culture: An Encyclopedia.
Dr. Ling is highly respected and has won several awards for many different categories.[1] She has been awarded with the Ford Foundation Book Award.[3] She was the winner for the "Walker and Doris Allen Fellowship award for Faculty Excellence" in 2006, which was a "prize of $10,000."[1] She was also a finalist for the same award for the previous year.[1] She won the "Best Article Award"[1] at the "2006 Missouri Conference on History."[1] She is the winner of the "Golden Apple Award" for the "Order of Omega and Truman State University's Greek Community" in 2004.[1] She was awarded the Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin Editors' Choice Award in 2010.[3] She has been a Semi-Finalist several times for the "Educator of the Year" award at Truman University[1], as well as a nominee for many awards and winner of several grants for Truman University.[1]
Dr. Ling has also made many public appearances.[1] She has made numerous appearances for public book signings on behalf of several of her books.[1] She has made numerous presentations both in the U.S. and internationally.[1] She was a guest on "the Charles Brennan Show"[1] for KMOX Radio Station, titled "Voice of St. Louis"[1] in 2005.[1] Ling also was featured as a guest speaker on "St. Louis on the Air"[1] at KWMU 90.7 in 2005.[1] She has also made many appearances as guest speaker.[1]
Contact information for Dr. Huping Ling can be found at http://www2.truman.edu/~hling/[3]