CURRICULUM VITAE. B.A. Beijing Foreign Studies University 2005 School of Chinese Language and Literature Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language

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1 EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND CURRICULUM VITAE YING (ASHLEY) LI Department of Modern Languages and Literatures College of Liberal and Fine Arts The University of Texas at San Antonio One UTSA Circle San Antonio, TX Website: Ph.D. The University of Texas at San Antonio 2016 Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies Education Culture, Language, & Literacy Program Dissertation title: Representations of Culture in Chinese Language Textbooks for the K- 16 Chinese Language Learners in the United States: Examining Cultural Literacy in Chinese Language Education M.A. Beijing Foreign Studies University 2008 School of Chinese Language and Literature Linguistics and Applied Linguistics; minor in Chinese Culture (Folk Studies) Thesis title: Historical Changes of Beijing Folk Religion in Sight of the Worship of Bixia Goddess on Miaofengshan Mountain (College-level Excellent Graduation Thesis) B.A. Beijing Foreign Studies University 2005 School of Chinese Language and Literature Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language ACADEMIC POSITIONS HELD Chinese Lecturer II Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, UTSA, San Antonio, Texas Course taught: CHN Elementary Chinese I CHN Elementary Chinese II CHN Intermediate Chinese I CHN Intermediate Chinese II CSH Topics in World Culture: China CSH Colloquium: East Asian Culture FL Special Project: Chinese Culture Teaching Assistant First-Year Experience Program, UTSA, San Antonio, Texas Course title: AIS Academic Inquiry & Scholarship 1

2 Reader/Grader 2013 Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies, UTSA, San Antonio, Texas Course title: ESL Second Language Acquisition-Early Adult ESL Linguistics-Second Language Acquisition ESL Approaches to Second Language Instruction Graduate Research Assistant Confucius Institute at UTSA, San Antonio, Texas TEACHING/ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS HELD Chinese Teacher, Chinese Summer Camp Program 2017 New World Spanish Language School, San Antonio, Texas Chinese Teacher and Program Assistant Sunday Chinese School, Confucius Institute at UTSA, San Antonio, Texas Course taught: Heritage Chinese Classes Ma Li Ping Chinese Grade 6&7 Non-heritage Chinese Classes Better Chinese Grade 3&4 Program Coordinator China EMBA Certificate Program, Center for Professional Excellence & Confucius Institute at UTSA, San Antonio, Texas Program Coordinator 2013 ESL Methods and Approaches Program for Anyang Normal University, Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies, UTSA, San Antonio, Texas Chinese Co-instructor 2011 McCombs School of Business, UT Austin, Austin, Texas Course taught: MBA Chinese Language Course Project Assistant 2008 European Youth Olympic Camp ( 欧洲七国中小学生奥运营 ), The Office of Chinese Language Council International (Hanban), Beijing, China ESL Teacher Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, China Course taught: English Intensive Course Chinese Teacher School of Chinese Language and Literature, Beijing Foreign Studies University. Beijing, China Course taught: Intermediate Chinese Listening and Speaking Summer Intensive Chinese Classes University of Rome (Italy) Oversea Chinese Study Project

3 Daito Bunka University (Japan) Oversea Chinese Study Project Program Coordinator The Summer Immersion Overseas Study Project, the Lauder Institute, University of Pennsylvania University of Vermont Oversea Study Project in China, University of Vermont Chinese Tutor 2005 Distance Chinese Learning Research Project, University of Pennsylvania Project Assistant nd Session of Chinese Language and Culture Friendship Award ( 中国语言文化友谊奖 ), The Office of Chinese Language Council International (Hanban), Beijing, China Chinese Tutor International Exchange Institute (IES) Beijing Language Intensive Program, Beijing, China SELECTED PUBLIC AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Editorial Review Board Member Chinese America: History & Perspectives The Journal of the Chinese Historical Society of America Faculty Advisor UTSA Vietnamese Student Association UTSA Chinese Language and Culture Club UTSA Alpha Sigma Rho Sorority Founder UTSA Chinese Calligraphy Workshop Invited Presenter Chinese Calligraphy: An Introduction to Its Aesthetic and Technique, Encino Branch Library, San Antonio Public Library, San Antonio, Texas 2017-present 2017-present 2016-present 2016-present 2016-present Chinese Calligraphy Workshop Encino Branch Library, San Antonio Public Library, San Antonio, Texas Poetry Across Oceans: Chinese Diaspora Poetry National Poetry Month, San Antonio Public Library, San Antonio, Texas Chinese Culture and Folk Performance Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, San Antonio Public Library,

4 San Antonio, Texas Chinese Calligraphy Demonstration Take Back the Night, Martinez Street Women s Center, San Antonio, Texas Faculty Mentor Undergraduate Research and Create Inquiry Showcase, UTSA East Asia Student Forum, UTSA Assistant Book Editor Confucius Institute and Chinese Language Education in the United States Book Project, Beijing Language and Culture University Press Co-Chair th Annual Texas Foreign Language Education Conference, UT Austin, Austin, Texas Co-Chair 2013 Moving Forward Together: Confucius Institute and Localization Development Symposium, Confucius Institute at UTSA, San Antonio, Texas Vice President Graduate Student Union, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing SELECTED ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS Book Chapters Li, Y Chapter 4: Representations of Culture in Chinese Language Textbooks for the K-16 Chinese Language Learners in the U.S. Chinese language instructions in the United States. (forthcoming) Li, Y Historical Changes of Bixia Goddess Temple on Miaofengshan Mountain International Forum Proceedings for Chinese and Japanese Graduates on Chinese Linguistic and Culture. Beijing, China, p , ISBN Refereed Journal Articles Li, Y History of Chinese Language Education and the Development of Textbooks in the United States. Journal of the Chinese Historical Society of America. Zheng, C., & Li, Y Report on Chinese teaching and learning in San Antonio, Texas USA. Research on the Development of Confucius Institute, 2(3), Encyclopedia Articles and Entries Li, Y Yin and Yang in Encyclopedia of Asian American Religions and Cultures project,

5 edited by Jonathan H. X. Lee [Greenwood/ABC-CLIO Press, 2014]. Translations Lien, D Economic Effect of Confucius Institutes. Nanjing university press. Nanjing, China. Lien, D The Effect of Confucius Institutes on US Exports to China: A State Level Analysis. Journal of Shanghai Finance University. ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS AND CONFERENCES Language Choice and Being Asian American in Higher Education. This Land Is Our Land : Chinese Pluralities Through the Americas. San Francisco, CA, 2017 (forthcoming) Language, Culture, and Global Cultural Competence: Re-examining Chinese Textbooks for Chinese Language Learners Annual Conference of Chinese Language Teachers Association of Texas. San Antonio, TX, 2016 Cultural Representations in Chinese Language Textbooks: Re-defining Cultural Literacy in Chinese Language Teaching. Second CLTA International Symposium on Chinese Language Teaching and Learning (CLTA-S2), College Park, MD, 2016 Lexical-Semantic Transfer and Strategies for Teaching and Learning Putonghua Vocabulary for Cantonese-speaking Learners. Texas Language Education Research Conference, San Antonio, TX, 2016 Cultural Representations in Chinese Literacy in the U.S. University of Alabama Language Conference, Tuscaloosa, AL, 2016 Culture and Folklore Approaches in Teaching Chinese to K-12 Students in the Classroom. 35th Annual Ethnography in Education Research Forum, Philadelphia, PA, 2014 Construction and Negotiation of Non-heritage Adult Chinese Learners Identity. The 2nd Chinese Teaching Conference of Confucius Institutes and Classrooms in the US and Canada, Portland, OR, 2013 Negotiating & Navigating Multiple Identities: Hmong Students' Experiences in Higher Education. The 16 th Hmong National Development Conference, Fresno, CA, 2013 Diddyduz it, do u 2??? A look at language use by influential Tweeters and their followers in Binational Research Colloquium Educational Linguistics &Language Education in the 21st Century, San Antonio, Texas, 2013 They Said Whaaaat?! Expression of Age and Identity through Social Media and Use of Nonconventional Spelling. The Texas Foreign Language Education Conference (TexFLEC), Austin, Texas, 2013

6 Envisioning China: Culture Cognitive of Non-heritage Chinese as a Foreign Language Students Identity Construction (K-12) (poster session). 4th Annual COEHD Student Research Colloquium, San Antonio, Texas, 2013 Construction of Non-heritage Chinese as a Second Language Learners Identity in the Chinese Classroom (poster session). Binational Research Colloquium Educational Linguistics &Language Education in the 21st Century, San Antonio, Texas, 2013 Historical Changes of Bixia Goddess Temple on Miaofengshan Mountain. International Forum (China-Japan) on Chinese Linguistic and Culture, Beijing, China, 2007 SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS, AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS University of Texas at San Antonio 2017 Featured as a Meet a Roadrunner on UTSA Today Culture, Literacy, and Language Doctoral Scholarship UTSA Graduate Student Professional Development Awards Culture, Literacy, and Language Doctoral Scholarship UTSA Graduate Student Professional Development Awards Carlos and Malu Alvarez Graduate Research Education Excellence Funds Culture, Literacy, and Language Doctoral Scholarship UTSA Graduate Student Professional Development Awards Carlos and Malu Alvarez Graduate Research Education Excellence Funds Beijing Foreign Studies University 2008 The Excellent Graduation Thesis, School of Chinese Language and Literature 2006 The Excellent Cadre of Graduate Students 2005 The Outstanding Graduates of BFSU 2003 The Outstanding Secretary of Youth League Committee Office 2002 Third Prize in Painting and Calligraphy Art Contest

7 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS The Chinese Language Teachers Association, USA The Chinese Language Teachers Association of Texas Chinese Historical Society of America American Society of Shufa Calligraphy Education