Confucius Institute at Alfred University

Instructors

Xinquan Liu, Confucius Institute Director Xinquan Liu, CIAU Chinese director
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professor of China University of Geosciences(CUG), and the dean of the School of Foreign Languages, CUG, from 1996 to 2008. He studied in University of Ottawa, Canada as a senior visiting scholar in 1995 and attended several seminars in UK and USA in 2003, 2005 and 2006 respectively. His research interests are English linguistics, applied linguistics and college English teaching.

Carla Coch
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Carla is currently engaged in independent research about porcelain in Jingdezhen and Longquan in China. Over the past 11 years, she has traveled many times to China and was made an Honorary Citizen of Jingdezhen in 2008 in recognition of her work on behalf of the porcelain arts. In 2004, she published Dao yu Qi ~ Spirit & Vessel about the life and work of master artist and teacher Shi Yuren (1928-1996) and 7 artists among the first generation of students he taught. Coch curated an exhibition to accompany the book in celebration of Jingdezhen's millennial year of porcelain production; a second exhibition of Shi Yuren's work took place in Beijing in November 2008. Retired from teaching English at Alfred University, Coch is working on a documentary about early 20th century Jingdezhen porcelain artists and assisting in the start-up of the Confucius Institute at Alfred University.

Instructor, Zhu Jing (Shirley) Zhu Jing (Shirley)
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Shirley is an instructor from the Foreign Languages School, China University of Geosciences. She received her M.A. in English Language and Literature from Huazhong Normal University and she has rich experience in teaching English and Chinese. Her research interest lies in translation theory and practice, comparative study of English and Chinese, and English translations of Chinese poetry. She was invited as the senior research associate in the Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics of City University of Hong Kong in 2008.

Jenny Zhang Yuzhen Zhang (Jenny)
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Jenny is from China University of Geosciences (CUG)where she received both her B.A and M.A degrees. With 10 years of English teaching experience in China, she is popular among the students and is interested in second language acquisition and teaching methodology. She was invited by UNLV and Seton Hall University for a one-month summer training program on applied linguistics and teaching methodology in 2006. She loves sports, especially volleyball.