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)