PAPERS PRESENTED (selected)
· “Incorporating Online Sources into History Teaching.” Center for Teaching and Learning Faculty Luncheon, April 23, 2008, Truman.
· “Voices of the Heart: Asian American Women on Immigration, Work, and Family.” The 25th Annual Conference of the Association for Asian American Studies, Chicago, April 16-20, 2008.
· “The Great Third Coast-Teaching Asian American Studies in the Midwest and South.” The 25th Annual Conference of the Association for Asian American Studies, Chicago, April 16-20, 2008.
· “Incorporating Online Sources into History Teaching.” TruTech Challenge Competition, 6th Annual Tech Fair, 8th University Conference, Feb. 20, 2008, Truman.
· “New Asian American Urban Communities.” The 24th Annual Conference of the Association for Asian American Studies, New York, April 5-8, 2007.
· “Emerging Voices: Experiences of Underrepresented Asian Americans.” The 24th Annual Conference of the Association for Asian American Studies, New York, April 5-8, 2007.
· “The Third Coast-Teaching Asian American Studies in the Midwest and South.” The 24th Annual Conference of the Association for Asian American Studies, New York, April 5-8, 2007.
· “Reconceptualizing Chinese American Community in St. Louis: From Chinatown to Cultural Community.” The International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas (ISSCO), Pretoria, South Africa, December 4-6, 2006.
· “The Social Integration of the New PRC Immigrants in the U.S: In the Case of Chinese in St. Louis.” The International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas (ISSCO), Pretoria, South Africa, December 4-6, 2006.
· “Teaching Asian American Studies in a Midwest Setting.” The 23rd Annual Conference of the Association for Asian American Studies, Atlanta, March 22-26, 2006.
· “The Recent Development in the St. Louis Chinese American Community.” The 22nd Annual Conference of the Midwest Chinese American Science & Technology Association (MCASTA 2005), Doubletree Hotel in St. Louis, MO, October 15, 2005.
· “A New Model for Asian American Community: Cultural Community.” The Chinese Studies Association of Australia Ninth Biennial Conference and the International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas (ISSCO), Bendigo, Australia, June 30-July 3, 2005.
· “Reconceptualizing Chinese American Community.” The 22nd Annual Conference of the Association for Asian American Studies, Los Angeles, April 20-24, 2005.
· “Reconceptualizing Chinese American Community in St. Louis: From Chinatown to Cultural Community.” The 21st Annual Conference of the Midwest Chinese American Science & technology Association (MCASTA 2004), St. Louis, MO, August 21, 2004.
· “Reconceptualizing Chinese Immigration in North America.” Chair, organizer, and presenter, the 5th International ISSCO Conference, Elsinore, Denmark, May 10-15, 2004.
· “Reconceptualizing Chinese American Community: From Enclave to Cultural Community.” The 21st Annual Conference of the Association for Asian American Studies, Boston, MA, March 24-28, 2004.
· “Negotiating Urban Space: The Occupational Patterns of Chinese Immigrants in St. Louis, 19603-1930.” The 20th Annual Conference of the Association for Asian American Studies, San Francisco, May 7-10, 2003.
· “Reconceptualizing Chinese American Community: From Chinatown to Cultural Community.” The American Historians Association 2003 Annual Meeting, Chicago, January 3, 2003.
· “A Cultural Community: Reconceptualizing Chinese American Community in St. Louis.” The 19th Annual Conference of the Association for Asian American Studies, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 24-28, 2002.
· “The Chinese St. Louisans: From Hop Alley to a Cultural Community.” The 44th Missouri Conference on History, Kansas City, Missouri, April 18-20, 2002.
· “Surviving on the Gold Mountain: Chinese American Women’s Lives through Oral History.” 2001 Meeting of the Oral History Association, St. Louis, Missouri, October 17-21, 2001.
· "St. Louis Chinatown, 1860s-1930s." the 4th International Conference on Overseas Chinese, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, April 25-29, 2001.
· “Myth and Reality of the St. Louis Chinatown, 1860s-1930s.” Social Science Seminar Series, Truman, March 19, 2001.
· “Hop Alley: Myth and Reality of the St. Louis Chinatown, 1860s-1930s.” 2000 Conference of the International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas (ISSCO), Sangnam Institute of Management, Yonsei University, Seoul, June 12-14, 2000.
· “Chinese Women of St. Louis: From Chinatown to Suburbia.” The 17th National Conference of the Association for Asian American Studies, Scottsdale, Arizona, May 24-28, 2000.
· “Chinese St. Louisans: From Chinatown Residents to Suburban Chinese Americans.” 47th Annual Meeting of Missouri Conference on History, St. Louis, MO, March 30-April 2, 2000.
· “Chinese St. Louisans: From Chinatown Residents to Suburban Chinese Americans.” The Association for Asian American Studies 16th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, March 31-April 3, 1999.
· “Family and Marriage of Late-Nineteenth and Early-Twentieth Century Chinese Immigrant Women.” International Conference on the Ethnic Chinese, Manila, Philippines, November 26-28, 1998.
· “Chinese Female Students and the Sino-U.S. Relations.” International Conference on Qiaoxiang Studies, Jinjiang, Fujian, China, October 27-31, 1998.
· “Sze-Kew Dun, A Chinese American Woman’s Experiences in Kirksville, Missouri.” 40th Missouri Conference on History, Columbia, Missouri, April 17-18, 1998.
· “Women’s Involvement in Politics and Economy in China.” Women and Politics: A Truman Conference in Honor of Women’s History Month, Truman, March 22-23, 1997.
· “Chinese American Professional Women in the Midwest.” International Conference on the Ethnic Chinese, History and Prospective: Ethnic Chinese at Turn of Century, Xiamen, China, November 18-22, 1996.
· “Women’s Political Participation in China.” Women and Politics, Women’s Resource Center, Truman, October 24, 1996.
· “Chinese American Business Women in Midwestern Small Towns.” The 13th Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian American Studies, Washington, D.C., May 29-June 2, 1996.
· “Chinese American Professional and Business Women in Midwestern Small Towns.” The 38th Missouri Conference on History, Truman, April 11-13, 1996.
· “Women in Ethnicity Forum.” The Women’s Resource Center, Truman, April 5, 1995.
· “Studying Asian American Women in Midwest Small Towns.” History Colloquium Series, Truman, March 22, 1995
· “History of Chinese Women Students in the United States, 1880s-1990s.” International Conference, the Last Half Century of Chinese Overseas Conference, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, December 19-21, 1994.
· “Chinese American Women in Midwestern Small Towns.” Chinese American Experience Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 17-19, 1994.
· “Chinese Stone Seal Carving: An Ancient Art.” Truman, March 24, 1993.
· “A Discourse on China’s Future by Scholars from China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.” Organizer and chair, Social Science Lecture, Truman, October 22, 1992.
· “Chinese Merchant Wives in the United States, 1840-1945.” Conference on Chinese Americans, California State University, Los Angeles, August 28-30, 1992.
· “Chinese Women Students in the United States.” Association for Asian American Studies 1992 Annual Meeting, San Jose, CA, May 28-31, 1992.
· “Women’s History in China and America: A Comparison.” Women’s Resource Center, Truman, March 31, 1992.
· “Chinese Diaspora—Chinese Women Students in the United States.” Seminar “Women: A World View,” Truman, January 15, 1992.
· Speaker at the Symposium on “I Have a Dream” in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in January 1992 at Northeast Missouri State University.
· “Asian American Women—Interracial marriage among Asian American Women.” Social Science Lecture, Truman, October 31, 1991
· “Early Chinese Immigrant Women and Their Family Lives.” Association for Asian American Studies 1991 Annual Meeting, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 29-31, 1991.
· Chair of the panel “Women, Work and Political Activism,” Association for Asian American Studies 1990 Annual Meeting, University of California, Santa Barbara, May 18-20, 1990.
· “Chinese Women in America.” Ohio Social History Conference, University of Cincinnati, October 22, 1988.