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Meng Wang
Assistant Professor, Asian Studies
About Dr. Meng Wang
- M.A.,Chinese Language and Literature, Nankai University
- Ph.D., Comparative Literature, Purdue University
- All levels of Mandarin language, as well as courses in Chinese literature
- Asian Cultures and Topics in Asian Studies courses, including Chinese Food Cultures and Asian Films
- Distance-learning courses in Mandarin and Topics in Asian Studies
- Chinese as a foreign language pedagogy
- Chinese literature in translation
- late-imperial Chinese vernacular literatures
- Chinese culture
- Asian films
- Dr. Meng is working on the English translation of a late imperial Chinese fiction entitled "Xingshi Yinyuan Zhuan"
- We strongly encourage our students to study abroad, with semester, summer, or faculty-led opportunities.
- Our students have earned Critical Language and Gilman scholarships for study abroad.
- Our students have conducted research on sociolinguistic topics, as well as aspects of Asian language, culture, and literature.
- East Tennessee University World Literature Forum , East Tennessee University, Nov., 2021 “Prostitution and Pre-modern Chinese Literature”
- 2016 National Chinese Language Conference, Hilton, Chicago, April 2016 “Teaching Popular Culture in Learning Community Courses”
- Invited talk, Lake Forest College, Chicago, Nov. 2015 “The Portrayal of Chinese Nationalism in American Dream in China”
- Invited talk, Lake Forest College, Chicago, Nov. 2015 “Courtesan Literature in China”
- Chinese Studies Colloquium, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, Nov. 19, 2015 “Secularizing Utopia in Late Imperial China”
- 2014 CLTA International Symposium on Chinese Language Teaching and Learning, Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana, Oct. 24-26, 2014 “Using Chinese Supernatural Stories in Intermediate Chinese Course”
- The 2012 CIVU & CIP (Chinese Immersion Program) Textbook Training Workshop, Valparaiso University, Indiana, November 2-4, 2012 “Chinese 200 Level Class Activities Design”
- Nankai Premodern Chinese Literature Forum, Nankai University, Tianjin, China, 2008 “Eavesdropping Women in A Dream of Red Mansions”
- Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association (PSMLA)
- Chinese Language Teachers Association (CLTA)
- American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
- Association for Asian Studies (AAS)
- American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA)
- Modern Language Association (MLA)