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Dr. LISA TRAN

History of China

Lisa Tran’s interest in Chinese history and women’s studies began as an undergraduate at Pomona College of the Claremont Colleges, where she graduated magna cum laude in 1996.  After a two-year hiatus, she pursued graduate studies at UCLA, earning an M.A. (2000) and Ph.D. (2005) in modern Chinese history.  She situates her research at the intersection of women’s history and legal history, focusing on the impact of changes in legal thinking and courtroom practice on the lived realities of ordinary women.  She is currently revising a manuscript on concubines under modern Chinese law.  Generous support from organizations like the Fulbright Association and the Association for Asian Studies have funded her research in China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.  She began her career at CSUF in 2005, where she teaches courses on world civilization, modern China and women’s history.  She is developing courses on discourses of Orientalism and the Chinese diaspora.

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