2019 Asia Scholar Network Conference

SCHEDULE

Registration, Coffee & Pastries
Room 4003

Welcoming Remarks
Room 4003

LANGUAGE LEARNING
Room 2008/2010

A Quantitative Study of Foreign Language Anxiety of Heritage and Non-Heritage Learners of Persian
Shahla Adel, Teaching Associate Professor, Department of Asian Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

English Education Reform in Asian Countries: The Changes, Challenges, and Needs
Wenyang Sun, Ph.D. Candidate, Cultural Studies and Literacies, UNC School of Education
Xue Lan Rong, Professor, UNC School of Education

Adaptation of Foreign Elements in Japanese Society
Enika D. Banerjee, Lecturer, Department of Languages and Culture Studies, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

CONTEXTUALIZING CINEMA & LITERATURE
Room 4003

Allegorizing Nation: Politics, Ideology, and Cinema
Jinhua Li, Associate Professor of Chinese Studies and Language, University of North Carolina at Asheville

Han Kang and the Circulation of South Korean (De-)Human Rights
Andrew D.H. Kim, Ph.D. Candidate, Comparative Literature, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Model Minority Discourse in Cao Youfang’s American Moon
Su-Ching Huang, Associate Professor, Department of English, East Carolina University

BREAK

Empowering Youth: How Engagement as Young Activist Interns Develops the Critical Consciousness of Southeast Asian Youth
Kathryn Wagner, Instructor, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Narratives of Linguistics and Belonging among Refugees from Burma
Jennifer Boehm, Ph.D. Candidate Linguistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Amy Reynolds, Ph.D. Candidate, Linguistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Becky Butler, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Linguistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The Tropical Gothic as Ethnographic Form and Method
Christina Verano Sornito-Carter, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Appalachian State University

The Development of Chinese Overseas Cooperative Universities and their Role in Chinese Higher Education
Ping Mao, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Public Policy, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Effects of One-Child policy on Gender Socialization and Gendered Deviance
Ting Wang, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Rustifiation Campaign during Mao’s China
Peng Deng, Professor of History, High Point University

LUNCH
Second Floor

Promoting Post-secondary and Secondary Teachers’ and Students’ Collaboration through Community Outreach
Luoyi Cai, Teaching Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Wenjing Liu, Chinese Instructor, Heritage High School
Bonnie Chunmeng Wang, Upper School Chinese Teacher, Durham Academy
Lini Ge Polin, Teaching Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Vast Area, Sparse People: Tai Spaces in Revolutionary Vietnam
Christian C. Lentz, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Commissioner Li and Prefect Huang: Sino-Vietnamese Frontier Trade Networks and Political Alliances in the Southern Song
James A. Anderson, Associate Professor, Department of History University of North Carolina at Greensboro

The Socioeconomic Effects of China’s Forest Restoration and Conservation Programs on Rural Out-Migration
Conghe Song, Professor, Department of Geography, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Infrastructure Governance and Socioecological System Dynamics in the Bengal Delta
Kimberly G. Rogers, Assistant Professor, Department of Coastal Studies, East Carolina University

BREAK

Innovative Approaches to Language Teaching: Cultural Infusion, Digital/Social Media Integration and Skills-Focused Curriculum
Meiqing Sun, Senior Lecturer, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Runlei Zhai, Assistant Professor of Teaching, North Carolina State University
Moran He, Visiting Lecturer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Yi Zhou, Teaching Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The Rise of West Lake: A Cultural Landmark in the Song Dynasty
Xiaolin Duan, Assistant Professor, Department of History, North Carolina State University

M. V. Dhurandhar’s Bombay: Picture Postcards by an Indian Artist of the Raj
Allan R. Life, Emeritus, Department of English and Comparative Literature, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Contrapuntal Digital Humanities: Reflections on the Carolina Asia Center, American Institute of Pakistan Studies, and North Carolina Central University Summer Workshop
Matthew A. Cook, Professor of Postcolonial and South Asian Studies, Language & Literature Department and History Department, North Carolina Central University
Michele S. Ware, Associate Professor, English Department, North Carolina Central University

Contextualizing Mi Fu’s (1015-1107) Eccentricity: Images of a Lietratus-Artist’s in the Song (960-1279) Biji Anecdotes
Xiao Rao, Assistant Professor of Chinese Studies, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

BREAK

Chinese State Trading: Challenges, Motives and Options
Steven Rosefielde, Professor of Economics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

“Flying Cash”: Credit Instruments on the Silk Road
Dan Du, Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Neoliberal China, Illiberal China, or Neither? Provocations on Market Socialism and Everyday Life in the People’s Republic of China
Donald M. Nonini, Professor of Anthropology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

China’s Investment of Artificial Intelligence and Smart Technologies in Africa: Surveillance Expansion or Technological Innovation?
Cheryl L. Brown, Chair/Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Asian Courts and LGBT Rights
Holning Lau, Willie P. Mangum Distinguished Professor of Law, UNC School of Law

Policy Issues Concerning the abandoned NRI wives in India: The case of “holiday brides”
Sonia Kapur, Assistant Professor of International Studies, University of North Carolina at Asheville

Program Development to Expansion and Policy: Peer Support in Shanghai’s Commitment to Chronic Disease Self Management
Patrick Tang, Program Manager, Peers for Progress, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

HIV and other STIs Self-testing to Reduce Risk Compensation Among Men who Have Sex with Men who use Oral Pre-exposure Prophylaxis in China: Protocol for a Randomized Waitlist-Controlled Trial
Jing Zhang, Visiting Scholar, UNC Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases

Concluding Remarks
Atrium

Social Hour Reception
Atrium