Title: Professor of History
Department: History, Anthropology, Religious Studies and Philosophy
Office Location: Jordan Hall 303C
Phone: 641-628-5323
Email: chian@central.edu
B.A. from Beijing Normal University
M.A. from Illinois State University
Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University
Chinese and East Asian history, with publications specializing in the Qing imperial administration to non-Chinese regions in Inner Asia (Manchuria, Mongolia, Xinjiang, and Tibet); China’s frontier history; women in China’s frontier relationships; China’s minority nationalities; Asian-American studies in relation to Asian studies