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• 2007-present       Happy Goat Productions (Taos, New Mexico)

• Freelance Translator, Author, Lecturer

• 2004 - 2006    Paradigm Publications (Taos, New Mexico)

• Senior Editor, Translator, Author

• 1997, 2003 - 2004    Department of History, Pima Community College (Tucson, Arizona)

• Adjunct Faculty

• 2002 - 2003    University of Arizona, Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics (Tucson, Arizona)

• Translator, interpreter, researcher, and consultant in the preparation of an NIH-funded research project studying the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of Cerebral Palsy.

• 2001 - 2004    Asian Institute of Medical Studies (Tucson, Arizona)

• Faculty

• 2001    Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica (Taipei, Taiwan)

• Visiting Scholar

• 1991 - 2000    Department of East Asian Studies, University of Arizona, (Tucson, Arizona)

• Graduate Teaching Assistant, Research Assistant, Summer Session Faculty

• Fall 1999    Institute for the History of Medicine, Munich University (Munich, Germany)

• Translator for Dr. Paul U. Unschuld

• 1991         Department of German Studies, University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona)

• Language Lab Supervisor, Translator

• University of Arizona, Ph.D. in East Asian Studies (2002)

• Major:  Chinese Studies

• Minor:  Medical Anthropology

• Dissertation:  “The Female Body in Medieval Chinese Medicine:  A Translation and Interpretation of the ‘Women’s Recipes’ in Sun Simiao’s Beiji qianjin yaofang.”

• University of Arizona, A.B.D. in East Asian Studies (1997)

• Major Fields:  Early Chinese Thought and Religion, Chinese Buddhism, Medical Anthropology

• Minor Fields:  Japanese Popular Religion, Chinese Archaeology

• University of Arizona, M.A. in Chinese Studies (1992)

• Thesis:  “Childbirth Customs in Early China.”

• Tunghai-University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China (1989-1990)

• Studies of modern and classical Chinese language

• Fu Jen University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China (1988)

• Studies of modern Chinese language

• Julius-Maximilians-Universität, Würzburg, Germany, Zwischenprüfung [B.A.] (1990)

• Majors:  Chinese Studies and Japanese Studies

• 2002-2003    China Times Cultural Foundation (Taiwan)

• Scholarship for Doctoral Dissertation Research in Chinese Studies

• 2001-2002    Graduate College, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ, USA)

• Dean's Fellowship for Dissertation Research

• Spring 2001    Center for Chinese Studies (Taiwan, Republic of China)

• Research Grant to Assist Foreign Scholars in Chinese Studies

• 1997        Department of East Asian Studies, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ, USA)

• Graduate College Fellowship

• 1991-97, 2000    Department of East Asian Studies, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ, USA)

• Graduate Tuition Waiver and Teaching Assistantships

• 1990-1991    Federation of German-American Clubs (Würzburg, Germany)

• Oscar-von-Grunow Fellowship for Graduate Studies

Languages

• German (native language)

• English (native proficiency)

• Modern Chinese (fluency in reading, speaking, and writing)

• Japanese, French, Italian, Spanish (reading and basic speaking)

• Classical Chinese, Greek, and Latin (reading)