Li (Gloria) Liu
Curriculum Vitae
E-mail: lliu3@unl.edu
Tel: (402) 805 7108
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EDUCATION
Master of Arts in Asian Languages and Civilizations – Chinese
School of International Letters and Cultures
College of Arts and Science
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona, USA
2005 – 2008
Master of Arts in Asian Pacific Studies
University of San Francisco
San Francisco, California, USA
2003 – 2004
B.A. (Honors)
Business Administration
Bristol Business School
University of the West of England
Bristol, UK
1999 – 2002
RESEARCH FOCUS
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Teaching Chinese as Second Language in Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing.
The Application of Teaching “ba” Construction in Chinese Classroom.
Literature in Northern Song
Culture and Politics in Asian Pacific and China.
HONORS AND AWARDS
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Fellowship of College of Arts and Science, Arizona State University
EDS-Stewart Chair Fellowship, University of San Francisco
Bellerbys College Scholarship, Bellerbys College, UK
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2008 – Current
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Coordinator, Lecturer
Department of Modern Language and Literatures
University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Lincoln, NE
2008 – Current
Lecturer
Confucius Institute
University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Lincoln, NE
2005 - 2008
Graduate Teaching Assistant for the Department of Language and Literature
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
OTHRE APPOINTMENTS
2003 – 2004
Research assistant of Chinese-Western culture history project,
Mateo Ricci Institute
University of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
TEACHING EXPERIENCES
Independent teaching for Chinese 101 in fall semester 2005 (Undergraduate Level)
Teaching evaluation: 1.17 (1 is the highest rating and 5 is the lowest rating)
Independent teaching for Chinese 102 in spring semester 2006 (Undergraduate Level)
Teaching evaluation: 1.24 (1 is the highest rating and 5 is the lowest rating)
Independent teaching for Chinese 102 in summer semester 2006 (Undergraduate Level)
Teaching evaluation: Missing record
Team teaching for Chinese 101 in fall semester 2006 (Undergraduate Level)
Teaching evaluation for session 1: 1.50 (1 is the highest rating and 5 is the lowest rating)
Teaching evaluation for session 2: 1.76 (1 is the highest rating and 5 is the lowest rating)
Team teaching for Chinese 102 in spring semester 2007 (Undergraduate Level)
Teaching evaluation for session 1: 1.16 (1 is the highest rating and 5 is the lowest rating)
Teaching evaluation for session 2: 1.31 (1 is the highest rating and 5 is the lowest rating)
Independent teaching for Chinese 102 in summer semester 2007 (Undergraduate level)
Teaching evaluation: 1.42 (1 is the highest rating and 5 is the lowest rating).
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Independent teaching for Chinese 101 in fall semester 2007 (Undergraduate level) at Polytechnic
campus
Teaching evaluation: 4.07 (5 is the highest rating and 1 is the lowest rating)
Team teaching for Chinese 101 in fall semester 2007 (Undergraduate level) at Tempe campus
2 sessions
Teaching Evaluation for session 1: 1.40 (1 is the highest rating and 5 is the lowest rating)
Teaching Evaluation for session 2: 1.00 (1 is the highest rating and 5 is the lowest rating)
Independent teaching for Chinese 201 in Fall semester 2008 (Undergraduate Level)
Teaching evaluation: 1.57 (1 is the highest rating and 5 is the lowest rating).
Independent teaching for Chinese 102 in Fall semester 2008 for Confucius Institute
Teaching Evaluation: 5 (5 is the highest rating and 1 is the lowest rating)
Independent teaching for Chinese 202 in Spring semester 2009 (Undergraduate Level)
Teaching evaluation: 1.65 (1 is the highest rating and 5 is the lowest rating).
Independent teaching for Chinese 201 in Spring semester 2009 for Confucius Institute
Teaching evaluation: 5 (5 is the highest rating and 1 is the lowest rating)
Independent teaching for Chinese 201 in Fall semester 2009 (Undergraduate Level)
Teaching evaluation: 1.42 (1 is the highest rating and 5 is the lowest rating)
Independent teaching for Chinese 202 in Fall semester 2009 for Confucius Institute
Teaching evaluation: 5 (5 is the highest rating and 1 is the lowest rating)
Independent teaching for Chinese 202 in Spring semester 2010 (Undergraduate Level)
Teaching evaluation: Will be available on August, 2010
Independent teaching for Chinese 303 in Spring semester 2010 (Undergraduate Level)
Teaching evaluation: Will be available on August, 2010
Independent teaching for Chinese 301 in Spring semester 2010 for Confucius Institute
Teaching evaluation: Will be available on August, 2010
Independent teaching for Chinese culture 101 in Spring semester 2010 for Confucius Institute
Teaching evaluation: Will be available on August, 2010.
MASTER LEVEL SEMINARS
Teaching Chinese as Second Language
Chinese Language and Linguistics
Foreign Language Teaching Methods
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Advanced Reading – Yuan Drama
Advanced Reading – Fiction
Advanced Reading – Classical and Modern Poetry
Advanced Reading – Chinese literature, culture, and society movement in Modern time
COMPETENCE IN LANGUAGES
Fluent (speaking, listening, writing, and reading) in English and Chinese (both Mandarin and
Cantonese)
Conversant in Japanese
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