second language learning with technology
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. Ph.D., Educational Psychology &Educational Technology(Literacy and Technology) (2007) University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. M.A., East Asian Languagesand Cultures Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China. M.A., Linguistics and Teaching-English-as-a-Foreign-Language Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China. B.A.,English Language and...
2017-Present, Iowa State University, Department of World Languages and Cultures, Assistant Professor of Chinese (tenure-track), Coordinator for the Multi-Section Lower Division Courses in Chinese 2011-2016, Iowa State University, Department of World Languages and Cultures, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Chinese, Coordinator for the Multi-Section Lower Division Courses in Chinese 2008-2011, Wino...
20th century Chinese literature and intellectual history, with a focus on the issues of enlightenment, nationalism, violence, ideological and religious faith, etc.
2009 PhD, Modern Chinese Literature, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL 2005 MA, East Asian Languages and Cultures, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL 1995 MA, Modern Chinese Literature, Beijing Normal Univ., Beijing, China 1992 BA, Chinese Language and Literature, Hebei Normal Univ., Hebei, China
Dept. of World Languages and Cultures, Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA. Assistant Professor of Chinese (Fall 2009-present); Convener for the Chinese Studies Program, (Fall 2010-Spring 2011, Fall 2013- present) Dept. of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, IL. Language Instructor (Fall 2003-Fall 2007) Summer Language Programs, Center for Language Studies, Beloit C...
psychology and methodology of foreign language learning, Etymological knowledge development, cognitive processing of Chinese characters, and Chinese folk culture and folklore
BA at Beijing Normal University, China studied at both La Trobe University in Australia and Iowa State University for Master’s degree in second language acquisition
faculty member at Iowa State University in 2005
modern Chinese history, US foreign relations Cold War international history US relations with China during the Cold War period
Chinese short-short stories Chinese civilization through the short-short genre
Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the State University of New York at Stony Brook (1996)
Chinese language, translation, Chinese cultural tradition and China today