Wherever I am, the world comes after me.
It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it.
Now I understand why the old poets of China went so far
and high into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist.
"The Old Poets of China" by Mary Oliver

▼ EDUCATION AND COURSES TAUGHT

Education and Research

    • Doctor of Philosophy, Institute of China and Asia-Pacific Studies, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2020
    • MA in International Development, International University of Japan, 2002
    • Diploma in English Language (BA equivalent), Kazakh State University of International Relations and Foreign Languages, 1999

Courses Taught

    • AS 212: Regionalism and Community Building in Asia
    • AS 255.1: Social and Economic Development in Southeast Asia
    • AS 298: Special Topics in Asian Studies
    • PS 221: Philippine Political Transformation and Governance from a Comparative Perspective