Xinyan Jiang

Xinyan Jiang has taught philosophy at the University of Redlands since 2000. Trained in both Chinese and Western philosophy, her research focuses on Chinese philosophy, comparative philosophy, ethics, and feminism. In addition to publishing numerous scholarly articles and several book chapters, she is the author of two books and the editor of two anthologies.

Professor Jiang is the founding chair of the Committee on Asian/Asian American Philosophers and Philosophies of the American Philosophical Association (1998–2002). She also served as secretary of the Association of Chinese Philosophers in North America (1996–2000) and as treasurer (2002–2011) and deputy executive director (2007–2011; 2020–present) of the International Society for Chinese Philosophy.

• B.A. and M.A., philosophy, Peking University (Beijing University 北京大学)
• Ph.D., philosophy, University of Cincinnati

• Lecturer (equivalent of assistant professor in the United States), Peking University
• Visiting scholar, University of St. Andrews, Scotland
• Visiting scholar, Harvard University
• Visiting instructor, Gonzaga University
• Visiting assistant professor, University of Memphis
• Assistant professor, Grand Valley State University

• “Kang Youwei on the Subjection of Women.” Journal of Chinese Philosophy 49 (2022): 227–239.
• John Stuart Mill: For the Well-Being of Mankind. Beijing: Jiuzhou Press, 2013.
• Chinese Philosophy in the English-Speaking World, edited volume. Beijing: China’s People’s University Press, 2009.
• The Examined Life: Chinese Perspectives, edited volume. Binghamton, NY: Global Publications at the State University of New York, 2002.
• “Zhang Dongsun: Pluralist Epistemology and Chinese Philosophy.” In Contemporary Chinese Philosophy, edited by Nick Bunnin and Cheng Chung-ying. Oxford: Blackwell, 2002.
• “The Dilemma Faced by Chinese Feminists.” Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy 15, no. 3 (Summer 2000).
• “What Kind of Knowledge Does a Weak-Willed Person Have?” Philosophy East and West 50, no. 2 (April 2000).
• “The Law of Non-Contradiction and Chinese Philosophy.” History and Philosophy of Logic 13, no. 1 (January 1992): 1–14.

• Award for Outstanding Research/Creative Activity, University of Redlands, 2015–2016
• NEH Grant, 2015 Summer Institute, Buddhist Asia: Traditions, Transmissions, and Transformations, East-West Center, May–June 2015
• Award for Outstanding Research/Creative Activity, University of Redlands, 2001–2002
• NEH Grant, 2001 Summer Institute, Continuities and Crises: The Interplay of Religion and Politics in China, University of Hawai‘i and the East-West Center, June–July 2001
• Charles Phelps Taft Graduate Fellowship, University of Cincinnati, 1992–1993 and 1993–1994
• Sino-British Friendship Scholarship, Chinese State Education Commission and the British Council, October 1987–January 1989