Dr. Margaret Tillman

Associate Professor

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Biography

Margaret Mih Tillman is an Associate Professor in the College of Liberal Arts at Purdue University, with research interests focusing on cross-cultural contestations, identity formation, and knowledge production in China during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Her notable monograph, 'Raising China’s Revolutionaries' (Columbia University Press, 2018), examines the transnational establishment of child welfare through the lens of childhood innocence and sentimentalization. Currently, she is engaged in a research project investigating how Chinese youth have responded to curricular changes and academic promotion amidst wartime experiences. She has received grants from the American Council of Learned Societies and Taiwan Fulbright for her research endeavors. Her work also expands into examining transnational issues and diasporic labor as seen in contexts like eighteenth-century Cuba and postwar UNESCO. Dr. Tillman is actively mentoring graduate students in areas concerning twentieth-century China, diasporic China, and global childhood.

Research Interests

Courses

SCLA 101: Transformative Texts History 240: Premodern East Asia History 241: Modern East Asia History 339: Premodern China History 340: Modern China History 439: Communist China History 611: Graduate Practicum

Requirements for Purdue University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:22
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:100
IELTS
Listening
Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7.5
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:135
Overall
Required:135
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in CS or related field Foundational concepts of computer science Data structures Computer architecture Operating systems Mathematics through differential equations Linear and matrix algebra
Application Checklist
  • Official Transcripts
  • Academic Statement of Purpose
  • Personal History Statement
  • Resume
  • Three Letters of Recommendation
  • CS Supplementary Form
Specialization Notes

GRE is not required.