Personnel
Programs
Intermediate Summer Language Program in Qingdao
Intensive Advanced Summer Language Program in Shanghai
Training
for Teachers of Chinese as a Foreign language
General Information
Personnel
Galal Walker
Director, National East Asian Languages Resource Center,
Director, Chinese language Program,
Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures,
The Ohio State University
Ph.D., East Asian Literatures,
Cornell, 1980
Areas of research include Chinese language pedagogy,
early Chinese poetry, computer applications to language instruction.
155 Cunz Hall
Phone: (614)292-4243
Fax: (614)292-2682
(walker.17@osu.edu)
Chen Chung-min
Director of the East Asian Studies Center;
Associate Professor of Anthropology,
The Ohio State University
Ph.D., Anthropology, Michigan State, 1976
Taiwan National University
Research focuses on cultural change in Chinese society as well as
overseas Chinese communities. Current interests include factors
in agricultural decision-making.
318 Oxley Hall
Phone: (614)292-9660
Fax: (614)292-4273
(chen.31@osu.edu)
Jian Xiaobin
Coordinator, Chinese Language Program;
Associate Professor, Department of Chinese Languages and
Literatures, College of William and Mary
Ph.D., East Asian Languages and Literatures,
Ohio State University, 1990
PRC,
Jinan University
Research focuses on Chinese and Cantonese Languages, Chinese culture, and early
Chinese narrative.
(xxjian@wm.edu)
Wang Jianqi
Assistant Professor, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, The Ohio State UniversityPh.D.,Chinese Linguistics, University of Hawaii, 1998
Research focuses on Chinese pedagogy, computer assisted language learning and teaching and Chinese linguistics.
319 Cunz Hall
Phone: (614)-292-1908
(wang.551@osu.edu)
Jin Zhiliang
Deputy Director, International Cooperation & Exchange Office, Qingdao Ocean University
MS, Fishery Resources, Qingdao Ocean University
Specializes in international exchange programs, particularly Sino-American
cross-cultural interaction.
(jinzl2000@yahoo.com)
Eric Shepherd
Program officer, US/China Links
B.A. Political Science and International Studies, Ohio State, 1995
M.A. Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, Ohio State.
Ph.D. Candidate Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, Ohio State.
Interests include Chinese language, culture, and history with a current
focus on Shandong culture and folklore.
304 Ohio Legal Center
Phone: (614)688-8425
Fax: (614)292-2682
(shepherd.37@osu.edu)
Patrick McAloon
Program assistant, US/China Links
B.A. East Asian Studies, College of William
& Mary, 1998
M.A. Chinese Language Pedagogy, Ohio State, 2003
Interests include how to achieve advanced
Chinese skills and the foreign language industry in China
mcaloon.1@osu.edu