Associate Professor of Chinese; Senior Director of Global Engagement

Contact
Department of Languages
Office: E-302 Martin Building
Email: kdander@clemson.edu

Education
Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University

Curriculum Vitae

Selected Professional Works

Books (Published)

Translation of Yang Hongying’s A Girl’s Diary, Guomai Culture & Media (2019).

Translation of Yang Hongying’s Mia the Mysterious Teacher, Guomai Culture & Media (2019).

Translation Su Tong’s Another Kind of Life for Women and Three-lamp Lantern, Simon & Schuster (2016).

Books (In Production or Under Contract)

Looking Over Vesuvius: A Cultural History of Sino-Italian Exchange (due fall 2021)

Translation of Xue Tao’s September’s Frozen River, China Translation and Publishing House (awaiting publication)

Translation of Yang Hongying’s The Adventures of Silly Piglet, China Translation and Publishing House (awaiting publication).

Journal Articles & Book Chapters (Published)

“Ignorare Petrarca: Ritmando il Sonetto per la Nuova Poesia,” Sulla Via del Catai (Rome: Centro Studi Martino Martini, 2018).

“Un Decamerone Orientale: La Personalizzazione di Storie Moderne,” Sulla Via del Catai (Rome: Centro Studi Martino Martini, 2018).

“When the Yellow Emperor Visited Urbino: Lodovico Arrivabene’s Il Magno Vitei (1597),” The Sixteenth Century Journal 46.2 (Fall 2015): 269-90.

“Chinese Decamerons: Making Sex Revolutionary?” CLIO - A Journal of Literature, History and the Philosophy of History 42.2 (Spring 2013): 209-237.

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Journal Articles & Book Chapters (Accepted or Submitted)

“Looking Back, Moving Forward: How Clemson University is Advancing Intercultural Communication,” AAC&U’s Liberal Education (awaiting publication).

“Scaffolding High Impact Practices for Asian Studies and the Environment,” Asia Network Exchange (awaiting publication).

Edited Journals

PoetrySky, bilingual poetry quarterly (co-editor 2012-2019)

Journalism

“The Old Silk Road to Rome Gets New Life,” The Diplomat (March 2019).

“A politically motivated boycott of Myanmar's universities will punish the young,” Times Higher Education (November 2017).

“Myanmar in transition: Higher ed a likely priority for the NLD-led government,” World Education News & Reviews (March 2016).

Poetry (Published)

“Comfort” and “Donut Run,” New Madrid: Journal of Contemporary Literature X.I (Winter 2015): 116-117.

Creative Works (In Production)

Cloe and the MountainSea (submitted)

Grants

Department of State Serbia Partnership Grant (2020-2022) Advance collaboration between the Department of Political Science (Clemson University) and the Faculty of Political Sciences (University of Belgrade) through international virtual exchange and study abroad programs (co-PI, $133,000).

Department of Education UISFL Grant (2020-2022) Implement Clemson’s first Engineering+Language program: Mechanical Engineering+German. Provide the materials, support, and Global Learning Institute training workshops to incorporate further engineering disciplines and foreign languages in Engineering+Language programs (PI, $178,000).

Fulbright-Hays Group Study Grant (2020-2022) Work with Clemson University’s Honors College to establish new institutional partnerships and conduct official visits to India with faculty and staff to identify new global service-learning opportunities for students (PI, $99,676).

Henry Luce Foundation LIASE Implementation Grant (2016) Expanding LIASE pilot grant at Centre College to incorporate study abroad and high impact learning practices (PI, $400,000).

Henry Luce Foundation LIASE Pilot Grant (2014) Creating new interdisciplinary lab at Centre College on Asia and the environment (PI, $50,000).