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CURRICULUM VITAE
Manhattanville College 7 High Street
2900 Purchase Street Greenwich, CT 06830
Purchase, NY 10577 (203) 531-0273
(914) 323-5152
Theresa.Kelleher@mville.edu
Ph.D., 1982, Columbia University, Chinese thought, East Asian Languages and
Cultures Department
M.A., 1973, University of Hawaii, Chinese literature, Asian Languages Department
B.A., 1971, Manhattanville College, Asian Studies
1992 – present Manhattanville College, Associate Professor of Asian Studies and
World Religions
1984-92 Assistant Professor of Asian Studies and Religion
1983-84
1982-83
Rider College, Visiting Assistant Professor of History
Manhattanville College, adjunct Assistant Professor of Asian Studies
Springs 1982, ‘83 Columbia University, Associate in East Asian Languages and
Cultures Department
Summers 1982, ’83 College of Mount St. Vincent, adjunct lecturer
1977-78 Columbia University, preceptor

1989-90 --- Research Fellow, Oriental Studies Program,
Columbia University
1985-86 --- Research Associate, Center for Chinese Studies,
University of California at Berkeley, and Assistant Specialist,
Department of History, University of California at Davis
World Religions
Asian Religions
Introduction to Asian Studies
Religions of China
Religions of Japan
Religions of India
History of Traditional China
History of Traditional Japan
History of Modern China
History of Modern Japan
World History Before 1500
Scholars, Sages and Samurai: the Role of Confucianism in East Asia
Seminar on Buddhism
Women in Chinese and Japanese Religions
Religious & Cultural Imperialism: American Missionaries in China
Monks and Merchants: Religions and Cultures of the Silk Road
Senior Honors Seminar
Preceptorial
Religious Autobiography: East and West
Introduction to Japanese Literature
Chinese Literature in Translation
Women in Western Religions
April 12, 2013 “Looking at the Quotidian Dimensions of Neo-Confucianism:
Excerpts from the Journal of Wu Yubi (1392-1469)," Seminar
in Neo-Confucianism, Columbia University, New York City.
April 3, 2011 “It’s a Rocky Road to Sagehood but Confucius and Zhu Xi
Are There to Guide Me: Wu Yubi and His Diary”
Honolulu, Hawaii, joint meeting of Association of Asian

Studies and International Convention of Asian Studies ,
March 31-April 3, 2011
Mar. 15, 2008 “Teaching the Confucian Way to Sagehood through Daily
Self-examination: Wu Yubi (1392-1469) and His Journal
”
for panel Perspectives on Confucius as a Paradigmatic
Scholar-Teacher , Annual Meeting of ASIANetwor k, San Antonio, TX
April 23, 2006 “Teaching the Catholic Missionary Experience in China,” for panel,
Teaching the American Christian Missionary Experience in East
Asia , annual meeting of ASIANetwork , Chicago, IL
Oct. 1, 2005 “A Religious Order of Their Own: Hakka Sister Catechists and
Maryknoll Sisters in Republican China,” for panel, Facing East,
Facing West: Encounters Along China’s Cultural Boundaries ,
Annual meeting, New York Conference on Asian Studies , SUNY-
New Paltz
April 3, 2005 “Female Roles in Flux: American Maryknoll Sisters and Hakka Women
in Republican China,” for panel, Westerners in China’s Borderlands and
Beyond , at annual meeting, Association of Asian Studies , Chicago, IL
Oct. 29, 2004 “’Are You a Man or a Woman?’: Maryknoll Sisters Explore New Paths
for Chinese Women and Themselves,” for panel, “Crossing Borders
with the Cross: Facets of American Missionary Work in 19 th
and 20 th
Century China, annual meeting, New York Conference on Asian
Studies , Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
April 1991 “The Use of Diaries in Self-Cultivation,” for panel “
The Use of Written
Records in Chinese Self-Cultivation ,” annual meeting, Society for the
Study of Chinese Religions , in conjunction with annual meeting of
the Association for Asian Studies , New Orleans, Louisiana
April 1991 “The Use of Diaries in Self-Cultivation: the Case of Wu Yu-pi,”
Columbia University Faculty Seminar on Oriental Thought and Religion
August 1990 “Education for Women in the Ming: the Role of Instructional Texts,”
for panel “ Education in Pre-modern East Asia: Part II, China
,” 33rd
International Congress of Asian and North African Studies, Toronto
Dec. 1988 “The Confucian Notion of Education as a Moral, Emotional, and
Intellectual Enterprise,” for panel “ Civilizations and the Training of
Young Minds: China, Greece, and the Ottoman Turks ,” World History
Association meeting, in conjunction with Annual meeting, American
Historical Association , Cincinnati, Ohio

Nov. 1988 “A Theory of Women in World Religions: a Confucian Response,” for
panel, “ Women in World Religions
,” annual meeting,
American Academy of Religion , Chicago, IL
April 1987 “The Four Books for Women – the Nü Ssu-shu ,” Columbia University
Faculty Seminar in Neo-Confucian Studies
June 1986 “How to Be the Perfect Woman: Chinese Instructional Texts for Women,”
for panel “Writing for and About Women in Traditional China,” annual
meeting, Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast Association , Monterey, CA
March 1985 “Reflections on Persons at Hand: Ch’eng-Chu Neo-Confucian Writings
about Women,” annual meeting, Association for Asian St udies,
Philadelphia, PA
Feb. 1985 “Ritual and Role Models: Neo-Confucian Moral Education for Youth,”
Columbia University Faculty Seminar in Neo-Confucian Studies
Aug. 1984 “Content Analysis of the
Hsiao-hsüeh (Elementary Learning),” for
Conference on Neo-Confucian Education: the Formative Stage , Chauncey
Conference Center, Princeton, NJ
Oct. 1980 “Interplay of Darkness and Light in the Journal of Wu Yu-pi,” Columbia
University Faculty Seminar in Neo-Confucian Studies
since last review)
April 2011 “Sagehood and Self-Cultivation: Diverse Approaches Taken by Late
Imperial Confucians” for annual meeting of Association of Asian Studies
Honolulu, HI
April 2006 “Teaching the American Christian Missionary Experience in East Asia” for
annual meeting of ASIANetwork
2013 The Journal of Wu Yubi: the Path to Sagehood , translated with Introduction
and Commentary by M. Theresa Kelleher. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Co.
1999 “Introduction” to and Translations for the section, “Women’s Education” in
Sources of Chinese Tradition , vol. 1, rev. ed. Ed. Wm. Theodore deBary and
Irene Bloom. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 819-833.
1993 Syllabus and Reading List for “Women in Chinese and Japanese Religions”
Course. In Strain, Charles. Beyond the Western Classics: Multicultural

Education in Graduate Liberal Studies Programs.
Association for Graduate
Studies program.
1991 “Writing One’s Way to Sagehood: Wu Yu-pi and His Journal.” Special Issue:
Autobiography and Mysticism , a/b: Auto/Biography Studies 6 (Fall 1991):
183-197.
1989 “Back to Basics: Chu Hsi’s
Elementary Learning ( Hsiao-hsüeh
).” In
Neo-
Confucian Education: the Formative Stage . Ed. Wm. Theodore deBary and John
Chaffee. Berkeley: University of California Press.
1987 “Confucianism.” In
Women in World Religions . Ed. Arvind Sharma. Albany:
State University of New York Press.
1982 “Comments, Carolyn Brown’s Paper on
Dream of the Red Chamber and Dr.
Margaret Berry’s Paper on The Tale of Genji .” The CEA Critic 44 (May):
26-28
1999 Updated “Further Readings” for earlier written entries, “Confucianism” and “The
Lieh-nü chuan
” in Women’s Studies Encyclopedia
.
1991 “Confucianism” and “
The Lieh-nü chuan
” entries. Women’s Studies
Encyclopedia . Ed. Helen Tierney. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing.
1991 Review, Patricia Ebrey, tr.
Chu Hsi’s Family Rituals
(Princeton University Press,
1991) for Journal of Chinese Religions 19 (Fall 1991): 143-144.
1991 Review, Wm. Theodore deBary,
Learning for One’s Self: Essays on the Individual in Neo-Confucian Thought (NY: Columbia University Press, 1991) for Journal of
Chinese Religions 19 (Fall 1991): 138-139.
1989 Review, Mikiso Hane, Reflections on the Way to the Gallows: Rebel Women in
Prewar Japan (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988). Asian Thought &
Society: an International Review 14 (May 1989): 158-159.
Meetings and Symposia Attended Since Last Review:
2014 Annual Meeting, Association of Asian Studies, Philadelphia, PA, March 30-
April 3

2013 Annual Meeting, American Academy of Religion, Baltimore, MD,
November 23-26
2011 Annual Meeting, Association of Asian Studies, Honolulu, HI
March 31-April 3
2010 Annual Meeting, Association of Asian Studies, Philadelphia, PA
March 25-28
2009 “Confucian Education,” day-long symposium at Confucian Institute, May 5, 2009,
Pace University, NYC campus.
2008 “Silk Road Symposium: Integrating Asian Studies Across the Curriculum,” Iona
College, May 2-3, 2008
2008 Annual Meeting ASIANetwork, hosted by Trinity University, San Antonio, TX
March 14-16
2008 “Classics for an Emerging World,” International Conference on General Education
and Core Curriculum, January 19-20, 2008, Columbia University, sponsored by
the Heyman Center for the Humanities & the Committee for Asia & Middle
East, Columbia University.
2007 Annual Meeting, ASIANetwork, Marriott Conference Center, Lisle, IL
March 13-15.
2006 Annual Meeting, ASIANetwork, Marriott Conference Center, Lisle, IL
April 21-23
Previous Professional Activities
Fall ’91, ’92 Guest lectures on Chinese Women for “Introduction to Chinese
Civilization” course, New School for Social Research, New York
1990-92 Editorial Board, Women in World Religions Journal
1989-91 Chair, Columbia University Faculty Seminar in Neo-Confucian Studies
Fall 1988 Consultant and docent, Chinese Funerary Artifact exhibit, Bruce Museum,
Greenwich, CT
Nov. 1986 Lecture, “Chinese Instructional Texts for Women,” for Asia Society’s
Focus on Women series, New York City
July 1982 Rapporteur and Junior Fellow, International Conference on Chu Hsi,

Honolulu, HI
June 1981 Rapporteur, Conference on “Individualism and Holism: Confucian and
Taoist Perspectives,” Breckinridge Center, York, Maine
Summer ’80 Junior Fellow, Ming History Workshop, Princeton University
American Academy of Religion
ASIANetwork
Association for Asian Studies
China Institute of America
China Mission Group of the Association of Asian Studies
Columbia University Faculty Seminar on Neo-Confucian Studies
Ming Studies Group
New York Conference on Asian Studies
Research: Chinese, Japanese
Studied: French, Sanskrit, Russian
Standing Committees :
Fall 2014- Review Committee
Fall 2011- 2012 Review Committee
Spring 2007-Spring 2010 Status Committee
Fall 2005 Status Committee
1997-2003 Faculty Service Committee
1990-1992 Admissions Committee
1987-1988 Academic Policy Committee
Department Chair , Asian Studies: 1986 – 1989
Spring 1992
1995 --- present
Religion Department Spring 1998

Faculty Advisor: 2010-present Animation Club
Library Lectures :
November, 2013 Readings from my newly published book, The Journal of Wu Yubi: the Path to Sagehood
March 9, 2011 “Mirroring the Role of Confucius as Moral Teacher: the Case of
Wu Yubi of the Ming Dynasty”
Sept. 23, 2009 “The Rocky Road to Sagehood: the Diary of a Confucian Scholar,
Wu Yubi”
April 2, 2008 “Are You a Man or a Woman?: American Catholic Maryknoll Sisters
Working with Hakka Women in Republican China”
Miscellaneous:
Spring 2007 Organized the External Review for Asian Studies Department
Spring 2007 Taught Seminar for Castle Scholar Program
Spring 2005 “Does Religion Cause Sexual Repression?” World Religions panel.
Fall 2005 Global Learning Initiative committee
1996-1997 College representative, Westchester Consortium for International Studies
March 1991 Organized Religion Department’s Contribution to the Celebration of
Manhattanville’s Sesquicentennial, “Women and Religion: the Last
150 Years”
Spring 1987 Organized and Ran Lecture Series “Ancient China and Its Heritage” for
Adele & Seymour Marrow Ancient Civilization Series, for Art History Dept.
1991 Received Alumni Association’s “Junior Faculty of the Year” Award