1990 Ph.D., Chinese literature and language, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1990年，华盛顿大学中国语言文学博士

1987-88 Ph.D. Candidate Fellowship, Department of Chinese, National Taiwan University, Taipei
1987-1988年，国立台湾大学中文系博士候选人奖学金

1986 Master of Arts, Chinese literature and language, University of Washington
1986年，华盛顿大学中国语言文学硕士

1983 Bachelor of Arts, Chinese literature and language, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
1983年，波莫纳学院中国语言文学学士

1981 Exchange student, Department of Chinese, Nanjing University, PRC
1981年，南京大学中文系交换生