Alvin Lu |
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Alvin, or Ling-Pei (Auburn History Ph.D., 2006) wrote his dissertation "Sound at Heart and Right in Hand: Mobile's Road to Secession" under the direction of Professor Anthony Carey. Alvin was born and grew up in Taipei, Taiwan, the Republic of China (R.O.C). He received his B.A. in history in 1992 and M.A. in American Studies in 1996 from Tamkang University in Taipei, Taiwan. After serving as a second lieutenant in the R.O.C. Army Infantry, in September 1998, Alvin came to the United States and entered the Ph.D. program in history at Auburn University. He majored in Early American History under Dr. Anthony Carey, with minor fields in Early Modern Europe History and Modern American History under Drs. Donna Bohanan and Larry Gerber. Alvin's primary research interest is the antebellum U.S. South, with an emphasis on slavery, sectionalism, and secession. In the Fall of 2006 he accepted a posting a tenure-track position in American history at Soochow University in Taipei City, Taiwan. Soochow was established in 1900 by missionaries of the American Methodist Church and was the first private university in Taiwan and China.
Last updated July 31, 2006. |