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Hongyuan Dong

美国 The George Washington University Associate Professor East Asian Languages & Literatures


Semantic Theory, Historical Linguistics, Language Policy. Formal Diachronic Semantics History of China's Language Policy


Ph.D. in Linguistics, Cornell University

Qingming Zhou

美国 The George Washington University Adjunct Instructor in Chinese East Asian Languages & Literatures


bachelor of arts degree in archaeology from Peking University, two master of arts degrees in anthropology (from Washington University in St. Louis, and from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing) a Master of Library Science degree from the University at Albany – SUNY.

Xiaofei Kang

美国 The George Washington University Associate Professor East Asian Languages & Literatures


Religions of China


B.A. and M.A. in Chinese language and literature from Beijing University (1983 and 1987) M.A in Asian Studies from University of California at Santa Barbara Ph.D. in Chinese history from Columbia University (2000).


taught at St. Mary's College of Maryland and Carnegie Mellon University in fall 2010, joined the faculty of George Washington University

Yan He

美国 The George Washington University China Documentation Center Librarian Gelman Library

Hang Zhang

美国 The George Washington University Associate Professor East Asian Languages & Literatures


Second language acquisition; Tones; Chinese linguistics; Chinese language pedagogy. Second language acquisition; Tones; Chinese linguistics; Chinese language pedagogy.


MA and PhD in Linguistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Jonathan Chaves

美国 The George Washington University Professor of Chinese Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures


Chinese poetry, relationships among poetry, painting and calligraphy in China, Chinese literature in Japan.


Columbia University 2/65-5/71: MA 12/66, PhD 5/71 (both degrees, Chinese Literature) Brooklyn College 9/60-2/65: BA 2/65


9/79- present The George Washington University, Professor. Chinese language and literature. 9/77-6/79 Cornell University, Classical Chinese language and literature. 9/73-8/77 S.U.N.Y. Binghamton, Assistant Professor. Classical Chinese language and literature, Chinese art, Japanese Literature (in translation). 9/70-6/73 Brooklyn College, Instructor and Assistant Professor. Chinese language and l...

Liana Chen

美国 The George Washington University Assistant Professor East Asian Languages & Literatures


College-level modern and classical Chinese (all levels); traditional and modern Chinese drama and theatre; performance studies; Chinese literature of the Ming and Qing dynasties; Taiwanese literature and film.


PhD from Stanford University MA from National Taiwan University

Matt Coss

美国 The George Washington University Lecturer East Asian Languages & Literatures


second language acquisition and language teaching


MA in Second Language Acquisition from the University of Maryland College Park BA in Hispanic Linguistics and Asian Studies (Chinese) with a minor in Entrepreneurship from UNC Chapel Hill

Chen Yang

美国 The George Washington University Professorial Lecturer East Asian Languages & Literatures


Characteristics of Chinese language acquisition by non-native speakers; Speaking Proficiency Test (SPT) in ILR; Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK); ACE Evaluation and Review of Chinese Studies programs and courses; Chinese Culture and Philosophy; U.S.-China relations, Law Enforcement in particular.


Ph.D. George Mason University (1995)

魏妙纯Miaochun Wei

美国 The George Washington University Teaching Assistant Professor of Chinese East Asian Languages & Literatures


Second language acquisition, language assessment, hidden curriculum, model minority, and teacher’s professional development


Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, George Washington University (2017) M.A. in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, National Taiwan Normal University (2006) B.A. in Foreign Languages and Literatures, National Cheng Kung University (2003)


teaching assistant for distance instruction with Keio University in Japan, an instructor at both the Mandarin Training Center at National Taiwan Normal University in Taiwan and in Princeton in Beijing, China taught Chinese at Hamilton College, and ACC-STARTALK in New York at the George Washington University since 2007.

Phyllis N. Zhang

美国 The George Washington University Associate Professor East Asian Languages & Literatures


Chinese linguistics (syntax and pedagogical grammar), technology-enhanced foreign language pedagogy; Chinese proficiency development and assessment


Doctor of Education, Columbia University

Steven J. Balla

美国 The George Washington University Associate Professor Political Science, Public Policy and Public Administration, and International Affairs


Ph.D., 1995, Political Science, Duke University M.A., 1992, Political Science, Duke University B.A., 1989, Government and Economics, Franklin & Marshall College