Education

• Doctoral student (EdD) in Education Policy, Organization, and Leadership

       University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (current)

• MSSc Global Political Economy

       The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2018

• MA Chinese Linguistics and Language Acquisition

       The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2017

• BA Linguistics & Chinese Language, Japanese Minor

       University of California, Berkeley, 2016

University Teaching Experience

• Instructor (Putonghua), Yale-China Chinese Language Centre, CUHK (09/2023 – Present)

• Teaching Assistant, Yale-China Chinese Language Centre, CUHK (09/2018 – 08/2023)

• Teaching Intern, Yale-China Chinese Language Centre, CUHK (05/2017 – 06/2017)

• Chinese Tutor, Dept. of East Asian Languages and Cultures, UC Berkeley (01/2014 – 05/2016)

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Other Teaching Experience​

• Private Chinese Instructor, California (09/2012 – 08/2018)

• Private Spanish Instructor, California & Hong Kong (06/2011 – 11/2020)

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Professional Qualifications

• Instructional Design MasterTrack Certificate (UIUC, 2023)

• Trinity Cert TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)

        (Trinity College London HK, 2018)

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Funded Language Enhancement Projects

• Internationalization, Collaboration, and Leadership- Enhancing Students’ Cantonese and Putonghua Learning Experiences with a Focus on Written Chinese and Peer-to-Peer Interactions (TDLEG, 2023-2025)
  Project team: Chang, K. H. (PI), Wu, B. (PI), Wang, T. (co-PI), and Lam, K. Y.

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Conference Presentations

• Wu, B. and Wang, T. “A Seat at the Table for ABCs: Internationalizing the Course Curriculum of Upper Elementary Putonghua for International Students.” Poster presented at the CUHK Teaching and Learning Innovation Expo 2022; 14-16 December 2022; Hong Kong.

• Hoyan, H. F., Liu, Z., Wu, B., Dong, Y., Wei, D., and Wang, T. “Putonghua as a Second Language Taster Course for International Students: With a Focus on Learning Chinese Characters.” Poster presented by Hoyan and Liu at the CUHK Teaching and Learning Innovation Expo 2022; 14-16 December 2022; Hong Kong.

• Liu, Z., Wang, T., Wei, D., Wu, B. “Flipped Classroom Preparation for Elementary Chinese (Putonghua Reading & Writing I) for International Students at CUHK.” Poster presented by Liu and Wang at the CUHK Teaching and Learning Innovation Expo 2022; 14-16 December 2022; Hong Kong.

• Liu, Z., Wang, T., Wei, D., Wu, B. “Animated Dialogues with Audio-Visual Cues for Elementary Putonghua for International Students.” Poster presented at the CUHK Teaching and Learning Innovation Expo 2021; 26-30 July 2021; Zoom. 
  *Won the commendation award for pedagogical innovation

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Research Interests

• Heritage Chinese Bilingualism: heritage language acquisition and development

• Teaching Chinese as a Second Language: second language acquisition, pedagogy, TEELE, and e-Learning

• Instructional Design: ADDIE and program evaluation

• US Political Economy: corporate influence on public policy and elections

• Earthquakes: major fault lines in California and the impending “big one”

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