Associate Professor, History
Gina grew up in Lakewood, Colorado. After she received her Bachelor's degree from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, she matriculated at Stanford in 2009, where she completed her Ph.D. in modern Chinese history. Her dissertation, entitled Sounding the Nation: Dialect and the Making of Modern China, explores the significance of local languages on Chinese ethnic and civic identity in the twentieth century. At Trinity, she teaches classes on East Asian history that speak to her interest in identity and culture. In addition to surveys on East Asian history and Chinese history, she also teaches classes on Race and Ethnicity in East Asia, Gender in China, and the Global History of Empire. In her spare time, she loves to cook, travel, and explore San Antonio's local cuisine.
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About Gina Anne Tam
Gina grew up in Lakewood, Colorado. After she received her Bachelor's degree from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, she matriculated at Stanford in 2009, where she completed her Ph.D. in modern Chinese history. Her dissertation, entitled Sounding the Nation: Dialect and the Making of Modern China, explores the significance of local languages on Chinese ethnic and civic identity in the twentieth century. At Trinity, she teaches classes on East Asian history that speak to her interest in identity and culture. In addition to surveys on East Asian history and Chinese history, she also teaches classes on Race and Ethnicity in East Asia, Gender in China, and the Global History of Empire. In her spare time, she loves to cook, travel, and explore San Antonio's local cuisine.
| Present | Associate Professor, History, Trinity University ‐ Department of History | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Professional Service and Affiliations
| 2016 | Conference Organizer, Berkeley-Stanford Graduate Student Conference in Modern Chinese Humanities | 2016 | Panel Organizer, Int'l Assn of Asian Stud Conf. Lang., Power & Identity in Asia: Creating & Crossing Lang. Boundaries | 2014 - 2015 | Student Representative, Graduate Student Admissions Committee | 2015 | Founder, Academic Publishing Writing Group | 2015 | Panel Organizer, “National Language, Dialect, and Identity in Twentieth-Century China.” Association of Asian Studies | 2006 - 2013 | Group Organizer, East Asia History Reading |
Honors and Awards
- Women's Book Club Fellowship, 2006
- Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Scholarship, 2006-2007
- Woodenfish Humanistic Buddhism Monastic Life Program Fellowship, 2007
- Fulbright IIE Research Grant, 2008-2009
- Foreign Area Language Studies, 2010-2011
- Taiwan Ministry of Education Scholarship for Advanced Mandarin Studies (declined), 2011-2012
- Blakemore Foundation Fellowship, 2011-2012
- Fulbright Hays Doctoral Dissertation Abroad Grant, 2013-2014
- Graduate Research Opportunities Grant, 2014
- Mellon Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, 2015-2016
- Stanford History Department Weter Fellowship, 2015-2016
Courses
- History of Gender in China
- History of Race and Ethnicity in East Asia
- Being Young in Asia
- History of Modern East Asia
- History of China
| 2009 - 2016 | PhD, Stanford University ‐ History | |
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| 2010 - 2012 | International Chinese Language Program, Taipei, Taiwan ‐ Classical Chinese and Chinese linguistic studies | |
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| 2008 | BA, Indiana University of Pennsylvania ‐ Robert E Cook Honors College, History & Asian Studies | |
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