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== = Welcome to Journey to China - the official wiki of the Chinese Language and Culture workshop! =

All the activities, lesson plans and handouts for the workshop will be housed on this site. The navigation menu is located on the left-hand side of this page. Feel free to browse through the pages. The wiki will be updated periodically with additional pages and resources.

Once you become a member you will have access to add any materials you would like to contribute. Many thanks in advance for your thoughtful contributions! Kristen and Jack.

Workshop Presenters: Dr. Jack Liu is an Assistant Professor and coordinator of Chinese Studies Program in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at California State University, Fullerton. Dr. Liu earned his PhD in foreign language education at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana State. His research interests include heritage language learning, contrastive rhetoric and curriculum development for College Chinese. His research has been published in the Journal of Studies in International Education, Journal of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages and the International Journal of Language, Culture and Society. Dr. Liu also served as reviewers for international conferences and academic publishers, such as Yale University Press.
 * Dr. Jack Liu** (jinghuiliu@fullerton.edu)

Dr. Kristen Shand is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Secondary Education and Director of Admissions for the Single Subject Credential Program. She earned her Ph.D. in Education with an emphasis in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of California, Riverside. She received both a Master’s degree in Education and a Bachelor’s degree in History from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Dr. Shand also holds a California teaching credential in Social Science with CLAD certification. In her role as classroom teacher, Dr. Shand taught medieval and modern history to middle and high school students for 12 years. Her research interests include inferential statistics and experimental design in educational research, the interplay of graphs and text in the acquisition of historical constructs, the analysis of textbooks for instruction and the infusion of technology in the social studies classroom.
 * Dr. Kristen Shand** (kshand@fullerton.edu)

Her research has been published in //Theory and Research in Social Education// and she serves as a reviewer for academic journals of the National Council for the Social Studies. She also presents at many national and international conferences in the areas of social studies education and research in educational technology