Kathleen L. Lodwick is an American educator, historian, biographer and author. She holds a Ph.D.

Ph.D.

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 in Chinese history from the University of Arizona

University of Arizona

The University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885...

 and is a professor

Professor

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 of history

History

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 at Pennsylvania State University

Pennsylvania State University

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 and the Lehigh Valley Campus of Penn State Berks-Lehigh Valley College

Penn State Berks

Penn State Berks is a commonwealth campus of Pennsylvania State University located in Spring Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.-History:First known as Wyomissing Polytechnic Institute, Penn State Berks became part of the Penn State system in 1958. The Berks campus has experienced many changes...

 teaching courses on traditional, modern and twentieth-century China

China

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. Lodwick has written several books and articles on Chinese history and, as of 2007, is presently writing a history of the Nanjing Theological Seminary under a grant from the Foundation for Theological Education. According to Lodwick, her grandfather Edward Stephen Worthington was a direct descendent of Kentucky frontiersman Edward Worthington

Edward Worthington

Edward Worthington was an 18th-century American pioneer and soldier who explored and later helped settle the Kentucky frontier. A veteran of the American Revolution and the Indian Wars, he also served as a paymaster under George Rogers Clark during the Illinois campaign. His grandson, William H...

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