Instructor

  • Instructor (8/2023 – present). TE 341, Teaching and learning of (Bi)multilingual learners, Michigan State University. Teaching a required undergraduate course for elementary and secondary education students.
  • Instructor (6/2015 – present). CEP 891, Social-emotional development of school-aged youth, Michigan State University. Teaching graduate level course with another instructor; teaching social and emotional development issues of youth; a required course for students who enrolled in Chinese Language Teacher Certification Program.
  • Instructor (6/2018). TE 891A, Special topics on teaching Chinese as a foreign language, Michigan State University. Teaching a graduate level required course for students who enrolled in the Chinese Language Teacher Certification Program in College of Education.
  • Instructor (6/2013-present). Teaching credit-bearing online Chinese courses (beginning to AP level) to middle and high school students in the U.S. offered through Michigan Virtual.
  • Instructor (5/2013). IdaStartalk Program, Idaho State Department of Education. Teaching advanced Chinese classes; developing curriculum and teaching materials.
  • Instructor (8/2009 – 5/2010). EDCI 443 (Children and Youth’s Literature) for undergraduate students at UMCP. Teaching undergraduate students how to analyze and evaluate children and youth’s literature.
  • Chinese Teacher (9/2006 – 6/2007). Huagen Chinese School, Gainesville, Florida. Teaching elementary level (grade 3 & 4) Chinese as a foreign language.
  • Chinese Teacher (7/1999 – 9/2003). International College for Chinese Studies at Peking University. Teaching short-term foreign students Chinese language and culture.

Guest Speaker

  • Graduate Course, Design and Use of Learning Technologies with Second Language Learning (Oct 24, 2018). Invited by Dr. Yasmin Kafai from University of Pennsylvania to present research findings about using social media in second/foreign language teaching and learning.
  • CEP 901B, Proseminar in Educational Technology (Jan, 2015). Teaching doctoral students special topics in educational technology through hybrid model.
  • EDCI 667, Multicultural Materials and Instructions for K-12 Readers (April, 2009). Invited by the instructor to introduce different concepts and cultural differences between American and Chinese culture.

Teaching and Graduate Assistant

  • Graduate Assistant, STARTALK Project, National Foreign Language Center, University of Maryland College Park (8/2010 – 10/2012). Analyzing data and writing reports, coordinating annual conferences, and administrative work.
  • Teaching Assistant, for EDCI 661 Content Area Reading, EDCI 397 Principles and methods of teaching in elementary schools, EDCI 464 Assessment for reading, at University of Maryland College Park (6/2008 – 7/2010). Co-teaching the course with the lead instructor, grading assignments, leading discussion during class.
  • Graduate Assistant, Summer Reading Clinic, University of Maryland College Park (6/2008 – 1/2009). Collecting and analyzing data at Summer Reading Clinic Program.