Curriculum Vitae Xiangyun Zhang Foreign Languages Department P. O. Box 947 Emory, Virginia 24327 EDUCATION: Ph.D. in French Language and Literature with a minor in Teaching Chinese 1994 Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida M. A. in French Language 1987 Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia B. A. in French Language 1978 Beijing Second Foreign Languages Institute, Beijing, China POSITIONS HELD:, Department of Foreign Languages Associate Professor, 2009 - present Westminster Schools, High School 2007-2009 Chinese and French teacher, Department of Foreign Languages Assistant - Associate Professor, 1995-2007 University of Miami, Department of Foreign Languages and Literature Visiting Instructor (French and Chinese), 1993-1994 Florida State University, Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics Teaching Assistant, (undergraduate French language classes), 1988-1993 Proctor for French Teaching Assistants' Supervisor, 1991-1993 Renmin University of China, Department of Foreign Languages French Instructor, 1978-1985 TEACHING EXPERIENCE: French Language Courses Beginning French I and II Intermediate French French Prose I and II Advanced Conversation, Grammar, and Composition Conversation in French Advanced Reading in French Intensive French AP French Language French Civilization Course
French Civilization: Introduction to French History, Culture, and Fine Arts Special Topics Business French French Teaching Method Literature Courses French Literature from the Middle Ages to 1700 French Literature of the 18 th Century French Literature from 19 th Century to present Francophone Literature Great Books (An English class) Introduction to French Literature Chinese Language Courses Elementary Chinese I and II Intermediate Chinese I and II Advanced Conversation in Chinese Advanced Reading and Grammar in Chinese Intensive Chinese Reading and Conversation in Chinese Business Chinese TEACHING RELATED EXPERIENCE: Consultant Reviewer and Annotator (for College Board through Educational Policy Improvement Center to review and annotate nominated college level course in Chinese language and culture) 2006-2008 AP French Language Exam Reader 2006 AP French Language Syllabi Reviewer 2007 PUBLICATIONS: Book (Translation) Mystères de Paris (Eugène Sue), translated from French into Chinese. Renmin University of China's Press (1985) Elementary Chinese: Learning through Practice Peking University Press, forthcoming December 2010. Book chapters "Christine de Pizan: la communauté des femmes et l ordre social" Au champ des escriptures, ed. Eric Ricks, Paris, Honoré Champion, 2000. "L ancien royaume féminin et la nouvelle communauté des femmes" Desireuse de plus avant enquerre, ed. Bernard Ribémont, Paris, Editions Champion, 2008. Articles
"La Communauté des femmes: Lien entre Le livre de La Cité des Dames et Le Livre des Trois Vertus" Romance Notes (Vol. 34 No.3 1994) "Du miroir des princes au miroir des princesses: Rapport intertextuel entre deux livres de Christine de Pizan" Fifteenth-Century Studies (Vol. 22 December 1995) "L'idée de «deux cités» : l influence de Saint Augustin sur Christine de Pizan" Cahiers de Recherches Médiévales (Vol. XI : Numéro spécial 2004) "Christine de Pizan et Marie de France" French Review, (Vol. 79: No 1 October 2005) CONFERENCES: Language and Culture for International Business: A Workshop for Foreign Language Educators, Sponsored by: The Institutes for Public Policy and Centers for International Business Educators Education & Research, Memphis, Tennessee, February 2010. 2008 Annual Convention of American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Orlando, Florida, November, 2008. National Chinese Language Conference, Washington, DC, April 2008. 2007 Annual Convention of American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, San Antonio, Texas, November, 2007. The VI International Colloquium on Christine de Pizan Paris, July 2006. Paper presented: " L ancien royaume féminin et la nouvelle communauté des femmes " The V International Colloquium on Christine de Pizan Salzburg, Austria 2003. Paper presented: "La cité ou la cage: champ des escriptures" The IV International Colloquium on Christine de Pizan Glasgow, Scotland 2000. Paper presented: "Christine de Pizan et Marie de France" The Modern Languages Association 116 th Annual Convention Washington D.C. December 2000. The III International Colloquium on Christine de Pizan
Lausanne, Switzerland 1998. Paper presented: "Christine de Pizan et l ordre social" The Eighth National Conference on College Teaching and Learning: "Teaching, Learning & Technology: Creative Uses of the World Wide Web" Jacksonville, Florida 1997. The 31 st Meeting of the American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages Nashville, Tennessee 1997. The Eighteenth Annual Conference on Literature and Film Tallahassee, Florida 1993. Paper presented: "La femme cornélienne face à l'autorité du père: Le Cid et Horace." HONORS and AWARDS: The Westminster Schools William A Parker Sr. Mentoring / Nurturing Faculty Award 2009 Selected by The McGraw-Hill Companies as a member of Editorial Advisory Board for the production of a college level Chinese language textbook 2008 Faculty Summer Research Awards 2010 The Reverend E. L. McConnell Scholarship 2005 The Curriculum Development Grant 2004 Sabbatical leave 2002-2003 The Curriculum Development Grant 2002 Position Tenured 2001 International Research or Course development Grant 1996, 1998 Summer Research Award 1999 Florida States University Outstanding Teaching Assistant 1991 Honor student in Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics 1989 Emory University Woodruff Fellowship 1985-1987 Scholarship for Summer Program in France 1986 SERVICE: Chair of the Foreign Languages Department, 2009 - present Member of the Reynolds Committee, 2009 - present Member of the Governance Committee, 2004-2007 Member of the Reynolds Committee, 2002-2007 Member of Appeals Board, 2000-2004 Chair of Library and Academic Resources Committee, 1996-1997 Member of the Technology Committee, 1997-1998
Member of Intercultural Relations Task Force Committee, 1996-1997 Taught Intensive Chinese for "International Studies Program," Summer 1998 Taught Chinese for the "1998 Summer Scholars Program" Florida State University Member of Textbook Search Committee, 1991, 1992 Graduate Student Representative on Faculty Search Committee, 1993 Member of Grade Appeal Committee, 1991, 1992 Community Service Helped local Businesses to translate their websites into Chinese, 2006 Helped with the International Activities in Kingsport Seventh-day Adventist Church in Kingsport, Tennessee, 2002, 2003 Served as an invited Member of Textbook Search Committee (Washington County Schools in Virginia), 1998-1999 Served as a member of The Gifted Advisory Committee (Washington County Schools in Virginia) 1999-2000 Invited as a guest speaker for Appalachian Peace Education Center s "Race Relations Committee Meetings" 1997-1998