Huping Ling, professor of history and executive editor for the Journal of Asian American Studies, served as a visiting professor of history at the University of Missouri-Columbia during the 2009-2010 academic year, where she was actively engaged in a variety of research and service activities.<\/p>\n
Ling interviewed Asian Americans in Mid-Missouri, researched in area archives and museums and wrote a book manuscript entitled \u201cChinese Chicago: Race, Transnational Migration, and Community.\u201d Additionally, Ling gave public lectures on Asian American studies to classes and student organizations at the University of Missouri-Columbia, public schools and libraries, as well as to community organizations. She also presented papers at national and international professional conferences and conducted a lecture tour in Asian countries.<\/p>\n
In May 2010, Ling was invited to give a lecture tour as a Distinguished Lecturer on various topics on Asian American studies at universities, research institutions and government agencies in Asian countries including Singapore, Malaysia, China and Korea.<\/p>\n
The topics of Ling\u2019s lectures included \u201cThe Rise of China as Reflected in the Changing Images of the Chinese Americans,\u201d and a lecture series on the following topics: \u201cThe Critical Issues of Asian American Studies,\u201d \u201cA Critical Review of Chinese American Women Studies,\u201d \u201cCultural Community\u2014A New Theory on Ethnic American History,\u201d \u201cRethinking Transnationalism: Ethnic Networking and the Overseas Chinese Communities\u201d and \u201cChinese Chicago: Connections between the Transnational Communities and the Native Places.\u201d<\/p>\n