 | Xiaoxing Liu, PhDAcademic Administration - Undergraduate Program StaffFaculty - Full-Time Associate Professor of Chinese Language & Culture Director of the Language and Culture Program Phone: 949-480-4074 |
Education
- Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- M. A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Positions Held
- At SUA since 2004
- 1999 - 2004, Lecturer, Northwestern University
- 1998 - 1998, Instructor, Northeastern Illinois University
Research Interests
- Chinese language pedagogy
- Acquisition of second language
- Aspects of Chinese culture, ethnic groups and health care issues
Selected Papers, Publications & Lectures
- Medical Culture among the Yi, (in process) Yunnan People's Press, China, 2005
- "The Yi Health Care System in Liangshan and Chuxiong," In Perspectives on the Yi of Southwest China, edited by Stevan Harrell, University of California Press, 2001
- "Ancestor Worship, Maternal Body Worship and the Gourd," In Gourd and Symbol, edited by You Qi and Xicheng Liu, Commercial Press, Beijing, 2001
- 'Business Chinese', a Multi-medial Chinese Teaching CD-ROM, The Newsletter of Center for Language Education and Research, Michigan State University, 2001
- "A Brief Introduction to Medical Anthropology," Nationalities of the World, No.3, 1997
- "The Ten Month Solar Calendar of the Yi," Ethnic Spectacles of China, No.1, 1997
- "A Preliminary Approach to the Yi Health Care System," Annual Journal of Yi Culture, 1996
- "Chinese Barefoot Doctors and African Primary Health Care," Journal of the Steward Anthropological Society, 22(1)1994
- A Short History of Marriage, by Edward Westmark (Translated from English to Chinese and worked with Li Bin), Commercial Press, China, 1992
- The worship of Mother's Body - Seeking the source of the Calabash as Yi People's Memorial Tablet For Ancestors, Yunnan People's Press, China 1990.
Courses Taught at SUA
- First-year Chinese I
- First-year Chinese II
- Second-year Chinese II
- Contemporary Issues in China
- Introduction to Chinese Literature and Film
Selected Honors & Awards
- Professor of the year 2004-2005 at SUA, 2005
- 2002-2003 Faculty/administrator honor roll at Northwestern Univ., 2003
