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School of Foreign Studies
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
777 Guoding Rd. Yangpu, Shanghai, China
shenxianminhh@hotmail.com
Education
2010-2015 Ph.D., Comparative Literature, University of South Carolina, Columbia
2010 M.A., English Language and Literature, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
2007 B.A.,English Language and Literature, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
2005-2006 Tsinghua-Depauw Exchange, Depauw University, Indiana
Research Interests
Comparative Literature, gender studies, postcolonia studies, ecocriticism, cultural studies, subaltern studies, 20th century American literature, Hong Kong literature
Conference Presentations
2013 “Passion for Wolves: Reading Jiang Rong’s Wolf Totem.” Annual Conference of the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Annual Conference, Vancouver, Washington, October 10-12, 2013.
2012 “When Time Freezes: Reading Eileen Chang’s Love in a Fallen City and Sealed-off,” Annual Conference of American Comparative Literature Association, Brown University, Rhode Island, March 31-April 1, 2012.
Fellowships, Awards and Honors
2014 Seung Youn Kim Dissertation Award
2013 Carroll T. and Edward B. Cantey, Jr. Bicentennial Fellowship in Liberal Arts, Comparative Literature Program, University of South Carolina
2013 Ceny Walker Graduate Fellowship, Walker Institute, University of South Carolina
2008-2010 Graduate Fellowships, Research Grants Council, Hong Kong
2005, 2004 Wu Zhande Couple Scholarship, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Courses Taught
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, since Fall 2015
College English I (B)
20th Century U.S. Women Writers
University of South Carolina, 2011-2015
Elementary Chinese 121, Fall 2011, 2012, 2013
Elementary Chinese 122, Spring 2012, 2013, 2014, Summer, 2014
Intermediate Chinese 222, Summer, 2014
Advanced Chinese 321, Fall 2014
World Literature 270, Spring 2014