Dr. Tom Lavallee
Assistant Professor

Department of Foreign Languages and Literature

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Office: Peck 2324
Phone: (618) 650-3301
tlavale@siue.edu

Asian Studies Minor Coordinator
Information about Asian Studies Minor

Courses

Elementary Chinese 101 & 102  Chinese Class Blog

Intermediate Chinese 201 & 202

FL111D Introduction to Chinese Culture

IS324 Interdisciplinary Studies:  Land and People of Asia

IS400 History, Culture and Language of China – Beijing Human Geography and Chinese Language Field School

GBA 489 School of Business Travel Study to China

http://www.siue.edu/business/international/trav_china.shtml

For more information on study abroad in China please visit the Study Abroad website:

http://www.siue.edu/studyabroad/

Faculty advisor for The East Asian Culture Organization (TEACO) 

Education

B.A. English, University of Massachusetts/Amherst, 1989

B.A. Chinese, University of Massachusetts/Amherst, 1992

M.A. Chinese Literature, Washington University, 1994

PhD Chinese and Comparative Literature, Washington University, 2004

Research Interests

Tourism and Leisure in China, Chinese poetry, Chinese film, advertising strategies in China, Chinese art history, social customs of China, Taiwan Studies.

                                                           
      Department Of Foreign Languages and Literature

     SIUE