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Weston Associate Professor of the Humanities, 2011-2012\nAssistant Professor of Comparative Literature, 2007-2011\nResearch Associate, Department of Comparative Literature, 2006-2007\nSun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China\nDistinguished Professor, 2022–\nNortheastern University\nLecturer, Department of History, 2006\nLeadership Positions__________________________\nPresident, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Iota Chapter of Massachusetts, 2023-2025\nVice President/President-Elect, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Iota Chapter of Massachusetts, 2022-2023\nActing Chair, Regional Studies East Asia, 2022-2023\nChair, Regional Studies East Asia, 2013-2014\nDirector of Graduate Studies, Regional Studies East Asia 2014-2016\nCo-Chair, FAS Dean’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences Study Group, 2020-2021\nTasked with “providing informed guidance to the FAS Dean [Claudine Gay] on how to leverage Harvard’s financial resources to support our academic mission and position the FAS for broad-based excellence, innovation, and sustainability.” Included subcommittees on Centers and Administrative Structures, Departments and Administrative Structures, Division of Continuing Education, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Ladder Faculty, Restricted Funds, and Space. \u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www.fas.harvard.edu/files/fas/files/fas_study_group_report_10.13.20211_final-ua.pdf?m=1636463553\" \u0014The FAS Study Group Final Report (harvard.edu)\u0015 serves as a foundation for current strategic planning in the FAS. See \u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://www.fas.harvard.edu/charge-fas-financial-study-group\" \u0014Statement from Claudine Gay, Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences | Faculty of Arts & Sciences (harvard.edu)\u0015.\nActing Director, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard, 2020\nVictor and William Fung Director, Harvard University Asia Center, 2016-2019\nWorking with the Faculty Steering Committee (faculty members from across Harvard, including 9 professional schools), transformed the Asia Center into a fully fledged international research center with strong faculty governance and a diverse array of policies and programs that promoted transparency, accessibility, diversity, inclusion, and belonging and made the Center a leader in the study of Asia in transnational and transregional perspective. The 2018-2019 Asia Center Annual Report can be found \u0013 HYPERLINK \"https://complit.fas.harvard.edu/people/karen-thornber\" \u0014here.\u0015\nChair, Harvard University ","cbCailUYFS8ZIEeu","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailUYFS8ZIEeu","docx",209128,69,"English","# Publication, Research, and Teaching Fields\n## Academic Positions\n## Leadership Positions\n## Education\n## Languages","[{\"question\":\"What are Karen Laura Thornber’s main research and teaching fields?\",\"answer\":\"Her work centers on comparative literature and cultural history across East Asia and the Indian Ocean Rim, including gender and sexuality justice, medical/health humanities, environmental humanities and ecocriticism, displacement and migration, and social justice themes.\"},{\"question\":\"Which academic and leadership roles has she held?\",\"answer\":\"She has held multiple professorship and faculty roles at Harvard, along with leadership positions such as President and Vice President/President-Elect of Phi Beta Kappa, leadership roles at regional studies, and directorships connected to major academic initiatives and institutes.\"},{\"question\":\"What education and languages are listed in the document?\",\"answer\":\"The document includes her Ph.D. at Harvard (2006) and A.B. at Princeton (1996), plus dissertation details and dissertation prizes. 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