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| Carl Robertson
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 Dr. Carl A. Robertson is committed to building a solid program of education on Chinese
language and culture to complement the objectives of the students at Southwestern University. Dr. Robertson received his PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Oregon in July 2002, where he also taught as a full-time instructor from 1996 to
2002. He received his MA in Comparative Literature from the University of Oregon, 1995; an AM in Chinese Literature from Washington University in St. Louis, 1991; and a BA in History from Brigham Young University, 1987. Research interests include: late
imperial (Ming-Qing) fiction, Chinese language pedagogy, Chinese religion, comparative modernisms, and lyric theory and narratology.
Other faculty members at Southwestern University with related interests include: Dr. Steven Davidson (History/sabbatical), Dr. Yuan Zujie (History/visiting), Yu Hong (library), Dr. Alisa Gaunder (Political Science), and Dr. Ken Roberts (Economics), among others.
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| Patricia Schiaffini
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 Patricia Schiaffini (Ph.D., Chinese Literature, University of Pennsylvania, 2002) is Part-Time Assistant Professor of Chinese. She has taught Chinese language at the University of Pennsylvania and Pomona College, where she also directed the Oldenborg Center for Modern Languages and International Relations. Her articles on different aspects of sinophone modern Tibetan literature and modern Chinese literature, as well as some interviews with prominent Tibetan writers, have been published in the Journal of International Affairs, World Literature Today, Latse Library Newsletter, Quimera, Estudios de Asia y África, Revista Española del Pacífico and Contemporary Tibetan Literary Studies (Leiden: Brill, 2006). Her book Modern Tibetan Literature and Social Change, co-edited with Dr. Lauran Hartley, will be published by Duke University Press in 2008. Patricia Schiaffini is also President and Founder of the non-profit organization Tibetan Arts and Literature Initiative (www.talitibet.org), which supports projects that promote Tibetan culture and language in Tibetan areas within the People’s Republic of China.
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