Teaching Experience
Associate Professor, Department of History, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, 2010-present
Assistant Professor, Department of History, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, 2005-2010
Outstanding Graduate Faculty Mentor Award, The Graduate School, Eastern Illinois University, 2007
Founding Coordinator of Asian Studies (elected), Eastern Illinois University, 2006-present
Visiting Professor, International Summer School, University of Seoul, Korea, Summer of 2011
Visiting Professor, National Museum of Japanese History/National Institute for the Humanities, Sakura-shi, Japan, Summer of 2010
Visiting Professor, International Summer School, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea, Summer of 2008 and 2009
Visiting Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Illinois, Spring 2008
Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Department of History, Fort Hays State University, KS, 2004-2005
Graduate Instructor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1997-2003
Excellent Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2002
Graduate Teacher Certificate, The Office of Instructional Resources, University of Illinois, 2000




