Curiculum Vitae
EDUCATION
7/2000 – 5/2002 M.B.A. School of Business, Miami University, Oxford, OH
9/1996 – 3/1999 M.A. in Foreign Languages Applied Linguistics, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing, China
9/1987 – 7/1991 B.A. in English Literature and Linguistics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
7/2010 – present Lecturer of Chinese Rice University
- Teach first-year, second-year and third-year Chinese
- Co-design teaching and assessment materials appropriate to course objectives for first- and second-year Chinese language course
- Design syllabi and develop teaching and assessment materials appropriate to course objectives for heritage first- and second-year courses
- Advise and place students in language classes
- Supervise student-taught courses
8/2007 – 5/2010 Chinese Course Coordinator Miami University
- Design syllabus for first-year language courses in consultation with supervisor and other instructor
- Coordinate course activities and facilitate consistency of the course
- Facilitate course development through reflection and student evaluations
- Organize and hold meetings of the course instructors to discuss issues affecting student learning, testing and other classroom issues
- Develop teaching and assessment materials appropriate to course objectives
- Open classes to other instructors for visits and observations
8/2006 – 5/2010 Instructor of Chinese Miami University
- Teach first-year, second-year, third-year and fourth-year Chinese (Chinese 101 through Chinese 402)
- Design syllabi, develop teaching and assessment materials appropriate to course objectives for third- and fourth-year Chinese language courses
- Conduct class and course evaluation for third- and fourth-year Chinese class
8/2000 – 5/2002 Instructor of Chinese (TA) Miami University
- Taught third-year Chinese
- Taught third-year Chinese Intensive reading (Independent study)
- Designed syllabi, developed teaching and assessment materials appropriate to course objectives
9/1996 – 3/1999 Instructor of English (TA) Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- Taught first-year college English reading and writing
- Developed curriculum, teaching and assessment materials
9/1991 – 7/1996 Lecturer of English Central China Normal University
- Taught Comprehensive college English reading and writing
- Taught College English listening
- Counseled students on their learning and personal issues
- Worked with team to develop, improve and test curriculum for 1st and 2nd -year courses
ACADEMIC SERVICES
- Board member, The Chinese Language Teachers’ Association, Texas Chapter (CLTA-TX), 08/2011-present
- Supervisor, Rice student-taught course COLL 185: Taiwanese Musicians in the 21st Century, Spring 2012
- Advisor, China-America Business Organization, Miami University, 04/2008-5/2009
- President, Graduate Students Association, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics University, Beijing, China, 9/96-3/99.
- Honorary Editor of Student’s Newspaper, Central China Normal University , 9/91-6/96
- Vice President, Students Association, English Department, Central China Normal University, 9/87-6/91
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES
- Presenter, CSL Workshop: “Motivate Student Learning Through Movie Making”, April, 2012
- Attended 2012 Annual Conference, The Chinese Language Teachers’ Association, Texas Chapter (CLTA-TX), October, 2012
- Member, Reappointment Committee, October-December, 2012
- Chinese Condition Expert to an Immigration Court in New York (March – April, 2013)
- Language/Dialogue Coach to leading actor of play “Chinglish” hosted by Asian Society Texas Center(April-May, 2013)
TEACHING INTERESTS
- Modern Chinese language and culture; Chinese reading and writing; Conversational Chinese; Chinese through multi-media
- Business Chinese
- Chinese-English and English-Chinese translation
LANGUAGES
- Mandarin Chinese (native)
- English (near-native)
- Russian (reading)
CERTIFICATIONS
- College Teaching Certificate, granted by the Ministry of Education in China, 1996
- Mandarin Chinese Certificate, granted by the National Chinese Language Affairs Committee, 1990
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
- Student-selected Nominee of Outstanding Professor, Miami University, 2010
- Student-selected Favorite Professor, Farmer’s Business School, Miami University, 2008
- Distinguished Graduate, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1999
- Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1999
- Guanghua Scholarship in Academic Excellence, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1997
- Dean’s List Graduate, Central China Normal University, 1991
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- The Chinese Language Teachers’ Association (CLTA)
- The Chinese Language Teachers’ Association, Texas (CLTA-Texas)