The Daily e-mailed faculty a short questionnaire that strayed beyond their work at Stanford. Here is a glimpse into the personalities behind your professors.

Hometown: Oakland, Calif.

Undergrad: UC-Berkeley, comparative literature and Chinese

Grad school: UC-Berkeley, doctorate in comparative literature

Fan of: the Cardinal!

Hobbies: hiking, music, meditation

No. 1 on my playlist: Two: Albert King, “As the Years Go Passing By,” and Derek and the Dominoes, “Layla”

Favorite book: ”100 Years of Solitude”

Favorite movie: Two: “Being There” and “Shoot the Piano Player”

If you could only eat one food group for the rest of your life, would it be grains, meat, vegetables or fruit? Veggies

If you hadn’t gone into academia, you’d be: a journalist

Department: Comparative Literature

Classes taught: This fall, “Introduction to Asian American Culture and Community.” Winter, “What is Literature?” Spring, “Ethnicity and Literature.”

Primary research interest/project: finishing a book on the relationship between literature, globalization and ethics