Faculty
Alexei K. Ditter 迪磊 (Chair)
Associate Professor of Chinese and Humanities
Medieval and Late Imperial Chinese literature
Jing Jiang 姜靖
Associate Professor of Chinese and Humanities (sabbatical 2020-21)
Chinese fiction and film, Chinese-Western comparative literature
Hyong G. Rhew 柳亨奎
Professor of Chinese
Classical Chinese literature, Chinese literary theory, Chinese intellectual history, Korean literature.
Language Scholar
In addition to the above faculty, another important member of the Chinese department is the language scholar, who lives with students in the Chinese House, leads weekly "conversation classes" in the first- and second-year language classes, and provides cultural expertise in planning activities. The language scholar is also available to meet with students for additional conversation and help with coursework as needed. Note: This year, Guan 老師 will not be resident on campus but will instead be working with students virtually from China.
GUAN Linlin 关琳琳
GUAN Linlin received her B.A. in Music Education from Inner Mongolia University of Nationalities, and her M.A. in Chinese Education from Capital Normal University in Beijing.China. Since March 2011, she has been teaching Chinese as a foreign language at the College of International Education, Capital Normal University. Her academic interests span Cross-cultural Communication, Second Language Acquisition, and second language teaching.
During the 2021-22 academic year, Guan 老師 will not be resident on campus but will instead be working with students virtually from China. She can be reached by email at gllsss@163.com.