Teaching

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Assistant Professor, Department of English, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, July, 2005 - Present

Honors Freshman Composition (English 030)

Writing in the Social Sciences (English 202A)

World Rhetorics (English 303M)

Advanced Expository Writing (English 421)

Classical Rhetorics and American Movies (English 471)

Ethnic Rhetorics (English 474)

Rhetoric: East Meets West (Senior Seminar, English 487W)

Theory and the Teaching of Writing (English 502)

Supervised Experience in Teaching College Writing (English 602)

Graduate Instructor , Department of English, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (taught in computer classrooms except for English 101, responsible for the entire course: syllabus design, assignments, lecturing, grading, and conferencing), August, 2000 - May 2005.

Introductory Writing (English 101, 3 sections)

Introductory Writing for ESL students (English 101I, 2 sections)

Introductory Writing for Agricultural Education freshmen (English 106R, 1 section)

Academic Writing (English 102, 4 sections)

Professional Writing (English 420, 3 sections)

Written Communication for ESL Graduate Students (English 002, 2 sections)

Lecturer, Department of Foreign Languages, Northwestern Polytechnic University, Xi’an, P. R. China (taught both graduate- and undergraduate-level courses to Chinese students in English, responsible for the entire course: syllabus design, assignments, lecturing, grading, and conferencing), May, 1998 - July, 2000

Introduction to Linguistics and Applied Linguistics (for Master students of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics)

American Literature (for English-major senior students)

Intensive English (ESL) Reading (for non English-major freshman and sophomore classes)

Listening Comprehension (ESL) (for non English-major freshman and sophomore classes)

English (ESL) Conversation, American Newspaper and Magazine Reading (for adult trainees)

Instructor and Coordinator, Office of Foreign Academic Exchanges Affairs, Northwestern Polytechnic University, Xi’an, P.R. China (taught pre-university admission intensive Chinese classes to international students and coordinating international academic exchange programs and conferences), September, 1996 - April, 1998

Chinese Intensive Reading (beginner, intermediate and advanced)

Chinese Newspapers and Periodical Reading (advanced)

Chinese Calligraphy (beginner)

Pre-major Advisor, Department of Foreign Languages, Northwestern Polytechnic University, Xi’an, P.R. China (supervised the Students' Union of the Department and advising the undergraduate students in their coursework and life issues), September, 1996 – July, 1999

Graduate Instructor , Department of Foreign Languages, Northwestern Polytechnic University, Xi’an, P.R. China (taught undergraduate-level courses to Chinese students in English, being responsible for the entire course: syllabus design, assignments, lecturing, grading, and conferencing), September, 1995 – April, 1998

American and British Culture (for English-major sophomore class)

Intensive English (ESL) Reading (for non English-major freshman and sophomore classes)

Listening Comprehension (ESL) (for non English-major freshman and sophomore classes)

Private ESL Tutor, Xi’an, P.R. China (for children ranging from age 10 to 15), September, 1995 - July, 2000