Dr. LIU Jun, pen name Tong Ming, is a tenured professor at California State University Los Angeles. He received his PhD in English literature from the University of Massachusetts. Prior to teaching, he worked as a translator/interpreter at the UN headquarters in New York from 1981 to 1984. His research interests include theories of literature, American literature, comparative cultural studies, and cultural translation. He has published many books, research papers and translated works in both English and Chinese. He is on the editorial boards of Journal of East-West Thought (JET), China Translators’ Journal, and Foreign Literature.