李敏，女，汉族，1962年出生于山东济南，民进成员，2005年评聘为教授，现为外国语学院教授，硕士研究生导师。1982年毕业于山东师范大学，获学士学位；1988年研究生毕业，获山东大学文学硕士学位；2001年起担任英语语言文学方向的硕士生导师。2001赴美国访学一年。出版专著一部，发表核心期刊论文十余篇，主编文化丛书一套、词典一部，参与省、教育厅项目多项。曾获山东省高校优秀科研成果一等奖、山东师范大学优秀教学奖、优秀研究生教学奖，以及校优秀本科生导师、教书育人优秀研究生导师、三八红旗手等荣誉称号。
Li Min
Professor ofEnglish
School of Foreign Languages
Shandong NormalUniversity
Jinan, Shandong Prov.
China
Email:nancylm62@126.com
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EDUCATIONBACKGROUND
M.A. 1985-1988
B.A. 1978-1982
ACADEMICEMPLOYMENT
2005- Professor of English, School of ForeignLanguages, Shandong Normal University
RESEARCHINTERESTS（200 words）
Li Min holds aMaster’s degree from Shandong University and specializes in British andAmerican literature. She spent a yearin the U.S. as a visiting scholar, where she took courses in Americanliterature and began to have a particular interest in African Americanliterature. Her current agenda focuses on the 20^th century AfricanAmerican women novelists and their writings, and is currently exploring therole that religion plays in African American culture, and the expression ofthat religious culture in African American women’s writings. The various causesshe has taught also reflect her academic interest. In addition to the languagescourses, she has taught “The History and Selected Readings of BritishLiterature” to undergraduates, “African American Women’s Literature”, and “EnglishPoetry Reading” to graduate students. She has received a number of awards and honorsfrom Shandong Normal University for her working performance, such as ExcellentTeaching Awards and Distinguished Supervisors for both under- and graduatestudents.
BOOKSPUBLISHED
1. African American Women Writers: A CriticalIntroduction
2. Western Culture Reader Series. ChiefEditor
3. Up-to-date Concise English-ChineseDictionary. Chief Editor
ESSAYS
1. Spirituality inAfrican American Women’s Literature (2016)
2. Monomyth andPaule Marshall’s Praisesong for the Widow(2012)
3. Folkloric Elementsin Paule Marshall’s Praisesong for theWidow (2011)
4. CulturalSignificance of Holden Caulfield(2007)
5. The PrimordialHuman Nature: Reflections on Shakespeare (2005)
6. Simple andBeautiful: Reflections on Shakespeare (2005)
7. NarrativeStrategies in Their Eyes Were WatchingGod and The Color Purple (2004)
RESEARCHAWARDS
Top Award for ExcellentAcademic Achievements in the Colleges of Shandong (2013)