Jiu-Hwa Upshur is Professor of History at Eastern Michigan University. She received her B.A. from the University of Sydney and her Ph.D. in Chinese history from the University of Michigan, where she was a Rackham Prize Fellow. She is the author of book reviews and numerous articles on Chinese history and two catalogs on Chinese art. She is co-author, along with Goff and Terry, of World History, and co-editor of Lives and Times: Readings in World History and (with Moss and Terry) The Twentieth Century: Readings in Global History. She is also co-editor of the Encyclopedia of World History to be published by Facts on File. She has chaired the College Board World History Committee and served on the Social Studies National Advisory Committee. She has lived and traveled extensively in East Asia, India and Australia.
