Logan Dosher’s interest in studying Chinese was sparked during an immersive Mandarin language program in Xi’an, China. Dosher, a UNC senior from Winston-Salem, traveled there on a full scholarship after his junior year of high school as part of the … Read more

Alumni of our programs here in DAMES go on to do great things. The very first student to defend her thesis in our new graduate program, Caroline Williams, is no exception! Caroline has accepted a Social Studies teaching position in … Read more

Congratulations are in order! Teaching Associate Professor Luoyi has earned a Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. Professor Cai has a very deep commitment to authenticity in language teaching. She is caring, generous, flexible, enthusiastic like all good teachers. … Read more

I recently interviewed Professor Lini Ge Polin about the Carolina Asia Center (CAC) STARTALK, a program she and her colleagues here in DAMES, not to mention the local community, have created for teachers of Chinese from across the country! Professor … Read more

Here in DAMES, our professors do more than teach. They inspire, they collaborate, they research, they write… and they publish! During the annual meeting of the Southeast Conference of the Association for Asian Studies this year, the 2024 article prize … Read more

Sound the trumpets! Incoming student achievement in 3, 2, 1… During this year’s annual meeting of the Southeast Conference of the Association for Asian Studies, the 2024 undergraduate paper prize went to Sam Dietrich of UNC-Chapel Hill for his paper … Read more

Please join us here in DAMES in congratulating Dr. Pamela Lothspeich, whose 42-chapter edited volume, The Epic World (Routledge, 2023) is now out. The edited volume can be seen below: https://www.routledge.com/The-Epic-World/Lothspeich/p/book/9780367252366 Another note: chapter 37 of this volume was authored … Read more

What’s it like being a grad student here in DAMES, you ask? I had that same question, so I sat down with one of our second-year grad students, Ivy Janson, to get the scoop. 1) First, for those who might … Read more

Q: Tell us about yourself! Hi! I’m Julia Arciola (soon to be Julia Hier in June 2024!), a first-year master’s student in DAMES. I’m originally from Boca Raton, FL. I graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for my … Read more

Q: Tell us about yourself! My legal name is Xingyu Chen. Katherine can be used to address me. Q: What program track did you choose in DAMES, and why? I am one of the new grad students of DAMES in the … Read more