Louis Liuxi Meng

Professor of Chinese and Asian Studies     

Dr. Louis Liuxi Meng (孟留喜) teaches Chinese language, literature, culture, and civilization, as well as courses in Asian Studies and World Languages and Cultures. Before joining KSU in 2006, he taught at universities in Beijing and at the University of British Columbia, Carleton College, and Central Washington University.

His research focuses on Chinese language pedagogy, classical Chinese literature, and women’s literature in East Asia. He has published books and articles in both English and Chinese, including Poetry as Power: Yuan Mei’s Female Disciple Qu Bingyun (1767–1810) (Lexington Books, 2007), translated into Chinese and published by Jiangsu People’s Publishing House in 2020. His articles address Chinese poetic imagery, literary metaphors, women poets, and classical theories of writing.

Dr. Meng is currently revising a scholarly monograph following peer review by the University of Michigan Press. He also serves as general editor of Reading Traditional Chinese Literature: A Cultural Approach, under contract with Palgrave Macmillan.

Ph.D. – The University of British Columbia, Asian Studies (Literature)

M.A. – State University of New York at Oswego, English Literature

B.A. – Renmin University of China, Chinese Language and Literature