Education
Ph.D., xk星空官方网站, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Dec 2012
M.A., English Language and Literature, Tianjin Normal University, China Jul 1999
B.A., English Language and Literature, Xinjiang University, China Jul 1994

Teaching Experience
Lecturer – College English (2015-present)
Center for Language Education, Southern University of Science and Technology of China, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
• Courses taught: College English (Reading & Writing), English for Academic Purposes, TOEFL Preparation, English Pronunciation

Graduate Student Instructor – xk星空官方网站 (2006-2012)
Department of xk星空官方网站, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
• Course taught (discussion sections): Introduction to Language, Introduction to Linguistic Analysis, Sound Patterns

Graduate Student Instructor – xk星空官方网站 (Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Winter 2009)
Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, xk星空官方网站
• Course taught (sections): First Year xk星空官方网站

Lecturer – English (1999-2005)
College of Foreign Languages, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China

• Courses taught: English Listening, Listening to English Broadcasting, College Intensive Reading, College Extensive Reading, Introduction to Phonetics, Introduction to xk星空官方网站

Participation in Projects
2015-2017 Participated in “MOOC-based Teaching Models of College English at SUSTech” - a teaching reform project funded by the Department of Education of Guangdong Province
2015-2016 Participated in “Research and Practice of Flipped Classroom in EAP” - a project of Education and Research Planning of Shenzhen in 2015
2002-2005 Project Leader in “An Experimental and Phonological Analysis of Neutral Tones in Urumqi Dialects” supported by Tianjin Normal University Foundation for Young Scholars
2003-2008 Participated in the project “An Optimality Theory Analysis of Neutral Tones in xk星空官方网站” supported by National Social Science Foundation

Selected Publications
xk星空官方网站, Zhang. (2002). An Experimental Analysis of Tones in Urumqi Chinese Dialects. Language and Translation, 2002(1), 34-39.
Xinting, Zhang. (2002). A review of Roca (xk星空官方网站.): Deviations and Constraints in Phonology (1997). Foreign Language Teaching and Research, 34(5), 377-379.

Selected Presentations
• (10/2011) Cue-weighting in the perception of prosodic phrase boundaries in English and xk星空官方网站. Presented at Mid-Continental Phonetics & Phonology Conference, Urbana-Champaign, UIUC
• (05/2010) Revisiting “Pairwise Variability Indexes” as a measure of rhythmic classifications. Presented at the 18th Annual Meeting of the International Association of xk星空官方网站 Linguistics (IACL 18), Harvard University
• (01/2009) Lexical decision in Standard xk星空官方网站 – Factors influencing speed and accuracy. Presented at Linguistic Society of America Annual Meeting, San Francisco. (06/2006) An Experimental Study of Tone 2 Sandhi in Standard xk星空官方网站. Presented at the 18th North America Conference on xk星空官方网站 Linguistics (NACCL 18), Bellingham, WA
• (06/2008) Lexical decision in Standard xk星空官方网站. Presented at the 16th Annual Meeting of the International Association of xk星空官方网站 Linguistics (IACL 16), Beijing, China (05/2007) Beat-sharing in poetry: An experimental study. Presented at Experimental Approaches to Optimality Theory (ExpOT), Ann Arbor, Michigan
• (06/2006) An Experimental Study of Tone 2 Sandhi in Standard xk星空官方网站. Presented at the 18th North America Conference on xk星空官方网站 Linguistics(NACCL 18), Bellingham, WA