Teaching & Mentoring
MENTORING
I have been engaged in a Chinese academic community, ConnectEd, since 2022. It aims to share research resources and findings, conduct online academic exchange lectures, and create a community for academics to connect and collaborate.
I actively participate in
- Sharing my experience with the PhD application process.
- Serving as a teaching assistant for a Meta-Analysis Online Course for 250 Chinese students
TEACHING
Teaching Philosophy
As an instructional designer and language teacher. I’m passionate about how people today are learning, about advanced digital technology and authoring tools, as well as various cultures. My view of teaching Chinese aims not just to master the traditional “four skills” through accuracy and fluency, but to develop students’ intercultural competence and critical thinking. Except for language itself, my success depends on whether my students are equipped to speak their minds with confidence and to ask critical questions about their own and other cultures.
Teaching Evidence
Purdue University West lafayette, IN
- Co-Instructor: EDCI 676 Writing Literature Review in Learning Design and Technology (Graduate Level)
CONNETED Irvine, CA
- MET201 Associate Instructor: Meta-analysis (ConnectEd) (Jan 2023 - May 2023)
BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY Beijing, CHINA College of Education (May 2022 – June 2022)
- Co-teacher with Dr. Pawan: English Language Teacher Professionalism (Graduate Level)
INDIANA UNIVERSITY Bloomington, IN Department of East Asian Language and Cultures (June 2020 - May 2023)
- SGIS-S 300 Instructor: Advanced Academic Chinese Essay Writing
- EALC-X 490 Instructor: Independent Study for Capstone students
- EALC-C 409 Instructor: Chinese Language Practice
- EALC-C 401 Associate Instructor: Elementary Chinese
- EALC-C 101 Associate Instructor: Fourth-Year Chinese
- EALC-C 457 Guest Instructor: Chinese in Humanities