University of Washington (206)
543-4863
Department of Asian Languages and
Literature, Box 353521 fax:
(206) 685-4268
Seattle, WA 98195-3521 zhandel@u.washington.edu
Historical phonology, Chinese
language, Chinese dialects, Tibeto-Burman languages, Sino-Tibetan comparison,
Asian writing systems
Ph.D., Chinese Language,
University of California at Berkeley, December 1998
Dissertation: “The Medial Systems of Old Chinese and Proto-Sino-Tibetan”
Committee: Pang-Hsin Ting (chair), H. Samuel Cheung, James A. Matisoff
M.A., East Asian Languages,
University of California at Berkeley, December 1992
Thesis: “Notes on Consonant Cluster Endings in Archaic Chinese: A Preliminary
Reexamination of the Ge, Ji, and Yuan Rhyme Groups”
A.B., Mathematics, Harvard
College, June 1988
2006-present Associate Professor, University of Washington,
Dept. of Asian Languages and Literature
1999-2006 Assistant Professor, University of
Washington, Dept. of Asian Languages and Literature
2001-2002 Research Associate, Hong Kong University of
Science and Technology
2001-present Adjunct Professor, University of Washington,
Dept. of Linguistics
1998-1999 Visiting Lecturer, University of Washington,
Dept. of Asian Languages and Literature
2011-2012 Chinese 342/442 (The Chinese language), Autumn
2011
Linguistics 454 (Introduction to historical linguistics), Autumn 2011
Chinese 542 (Introduction to Chinese historical phonology), Winter 2012
2010-2011 Chinese 496 (Fourth-Year readings in Chinese),
Autumn 2010
Chinese 342/442 (The Chinese language), Autumn 2010
Honors 211 (The world of Chinese character based writing systems), Winter 2010
Asian 211 (Languages and cultures of China), Spring 2011
Chinese 533 (Old Chinese phonology), Spring 2011
2009-2010 Chinese 531 (Mandarin phonology), Autumn 2009
Linguistics 454 (Introduction to historical linguistics), Autumn 2009
Chinese 342/442 (The Chinese language), Winter 2010
Chinese 542 (Introduction to Chinese historical phonology), Spring 2010
Asian 211 (Languages and cultures of China), Spring 2010
2008-2009 Chinese 496 (Fourth-Year readings in Chinese),
Autumn 2008
Chinese 342/442 (The Chinese language), Winter 2009
Chinese 540 (Chinese etymology), Winter 2009
Chinese 542 (Introduction to Chinese historical phonology), Spring 2009
Asian 401 (Introduction to Asian linguistics), Spring 2009
2007-2008 Academic
Leave
2006-2007 Chinese 496 (Fourth-Year readings in Chinese),
Autumn 2006
Chinese 342/442 (The Chinese language), Winter 2007
Chinese 540 (Sino-Tibetan linguistics), Winter 2007
Chinese 531 (Mandarin phonology), Spring 2007
Asian 401 (Introduction to Asian linguistics), Spring 2007
2005-2006 Chinese 342/442 (The Chinese language),
Winter 2006
Chinese 533 (Old Chinese phonology), Winter 2006
Asian 211 (Chinese characters in Asia), Spring 2006
Chinese 542 (Introduction to Chinese historical phonology), Spring 2006
2004-2005 Chinese 342/442 (The Chinese language),
Winter 2005
Asian 401 (Introduction to Asian Linguistics), Spring 2005
Chinese 542 (Introduction to Chinese historical phonology), Spring 2005
Asian 600 (Independent Study) - Winter 2005 (two students), Spring 2005 (three
students), Summer 2005 (one student)
2003-2004 Chinese 202, 203 (Second-year Chinese
language), head instructor
Chinese 342/442 (The Chinese language), Winter 2004
Chinese 542 (Introduction to Chinese historical phonology), Spring 2004
Asian 700 (Master’s Thesis) - Autumn 2003 (one student)
2002-2003 Chinese 201, 202, 203 (Second-year Chinese
language), head instructor
Chinese 342 (The Chinese language), Winter 2003
Chinese 540 (Topics in Old Chinese phonology), Autumn 2002
Asian 600 (Independent Study) - Autumn 2002 (one student)
Asian 700 (Master’s Thesis) - Autumn 2002 (one student)
2001-2002 HUMA 601o (Introduction to Sino-Tibetan
Linguistics), Spring 2002
(Hong
Kong University of Science and Technology)
2000-2001 Chinese 211, 212, 213 (Second-year Chinese
language), head instructor
Chinese 342 (The Chinese language), Autumn 2000
Chinese 542 (Introduction to Chinese Historical Phonology), Spring 2001
Asian 600 (Independent Study) - Autumn 2000 (two students), Winter 2001 (three
students), Spring 2001 (four students)
1999-2000 Chinese 211, 212, 213 (Second-year Chinese
language), head instructor
Chinese 342 (The Chinese language), Autumn 1999
Chinese 532 (Middle Chinese Phonology: Methods and Materials), Winter 2000
1998-1999 Chinese 211, 212, 213 (Second-year Chinese
language), head instructor
Chinese 342 (The Chinese language), Autumn 1998
Chinese 532 (Middle Chinese Phonology: Methods and Materials), Winter 1999
1995-1996 Chinese 1A, 1B (First-year Chinese
language), graduate student instructor
Fall 1988 Chinese Ba (First-year Chinese language),
drill instructor
Supplementary Materials Packet for second-year Chinese; student and instructor editions. Developed in
1999-2000 (with the help of teaching assistants) as a supplement to Integrated
Chinese: Level 2, and revised quarterly since. The most recent edition
comprises approximately 400 pages of errata, notes, exercises and other
materials; it is being used by approximately half a dozen instructors at other
institutions, and is available on the world wide web for Chinese language
students and instructors: http://faculty.washington.edu/zhandel/smp.html.
2011 2011 Honors Excellence in Teaching Award (UW Honors
Program)
2002 Young Scholar Award/Mantaro J. Hashimoto Award,
International Association of Chinese Linguistics (for presentation at IACL-11,
August, 2002)
2012 (forthcoming) “The classification of Chinese.” Oxford handbook of Chinese linguistics,
ed. by Chaofen Sun and William S.-Y. Wang. Oxford University Press.
2012 (forthcoming) “Old Chinese phonology.” Oxford handbook of Chinese linguistics,
ed. by Chaofen Sun and William S.-Y. Wang. Oxford University Press.
2012 (forthcoming) “Historical Chinese phonology”. Handbook of Chinese linguistics, ed. by
James C.-T. Huang, Audrey Li, Andrew Simpson. Wiley-Blackwell.
2012 (forthcoming) “Lìshǐ bǐjiàofǎ
hé céngcì fēnxīfǎ 历史比较法和层次分析法
[The role of the comparative method and stratum analysis in the reconstruction
of Chinese dialect history]”. Yuyanxue
Luncong 语言学论丛. [In Chinese; co-authored with Akitani Hiroyuki].
2012 Review of Hmong–Mien
language history. Canberra, Australia: The Australian National University. Diachronica 29.4:385-398.
2012 Valence-changing prefixes and voicing alternation in Old Chinese
and Proto-Sino-Tibetan: Reconstructing *s-
and *N- prefixes. Language and Linguistics 13.1:61-81.
2011 Review of The idea of
writing: play and complexity. Journal
of the American Oriental Society 131.3:494-496.
2011 Etymology consultant for Chinese and other East Asian languages. American Heritage Dictionary 5th
edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
2011 Report: The International Symposium on Sino-Tibetan Comparative
Studies in the 21st Century. Journal
of Chinese Linguistics 39.1:277-290.
2010 Old Chinese and Min. Chûgokugo
Gaku 257:34-68.
2010 Review article on Mǐnběi-qū
sān xiàn shì fāngyán yánjiū 闽北区三县市方言研究 [Studies on
Northern Min Dialects: Shipi, Zhenqian, and Dikou] by Akitani Hiroyuki. Yuyanxue Luncong 语言学论丛 42:380-407.
2010 Competing methodologies of Chinese dialect fieldwork, and their
implications for the study of the history of the Northern Min dialects. Studies in honor of Jerry Norman, ed. by
W. South Coblin and Anne O. Yue-Hashimoto, 13-39. Hong Kong: The Ng Tor-tai
Chinese Language Research Centre, Institute of Chinese Studies, The Chinese
University of Hong Kong.
2009 Old Chinese medials and
their Sino-Tibetan origins: a comparative study (Language and Linguistics Monograph
Series, A18). Taipei: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica.
2009 Towards a comparative
study of sinographic writing strategies in Korean, Japanese, and Vietnamese.
SCRIPTA 1:89-125.
2009 Reflections on the historical origin of the Northern Min softened
initials. [In Chinese] Language and
Linguistics 10.1:1-16.
2008 What is Sino-Tibetan? Snapshot of a field and a language family
in flux. Language and Linguistics Compass 2.3:422–441.
2008 Comments on Chinese comparanda in Matisoff, James A. 2008. The Tibeto-Burman reproductive system:
toward an etymological thesaurus. University of California publications in linguistics
140. Berkeley: University of California Press.
2007 Notes on Old Chinese bilabial dissimilation, with reference to yì 邑 ‘city’ and yōng 邕 ‘moat’. Linguistic studies in Chinese and
neighboring languages: Festschrift in honor of Professor Pang-Hsin Ting on his
70th birthday, ed. by Dah-an Ho et al.. Pp. 1013-1033. Taipei: Institute of
Linguistics, Academia Sinica.
2006 Review of The Chinese rime
tables: linguistic philosophy and historical-comparative phonology. Phonology
23.3:454-458.
2004 Methodological considerations in the application of Tibeto-Burman
comparison to the reconstruction of Old Chinese.
Studies on Sino-Tibetan languages:
papers in honor of Professor Hwang-cherng Gong on his seventieth birthday,
ed. by Ying-chin Lin et al., 603-620. Taipei: Institute of Linguistics,
Academia Sinica.
2004 Tone values of the Northern Min dialects and a reconstruction of “softened
initials”. Fangyan 2004.1:54-75.
[Chinese translation by Baoxian Chen of 2003 Language and Linguistics article.]
2004 The *-i-/*-ji- distinction in the Old Chinese reconstruction
system of Li Fang-kuei. Journal of
Chinese Linguistics 32.2:179-199.
2004 Review of A study of
Sangkong. Linguistics of the
Tibeto-Burman Area 27.1:111-142.
2004 The use of jin 今, yi 翌,
and lai 來 as time demonstratives with ganzhi dates in the oracle-bone
inscriptions. Meaning and form: Essays in
Pre-Modern Chinese grammar, ed. by K. Takashima and S. Jiang, 57-75. LINCOM
Studies in Asian Linguistics 55. München: Lincom Europe.
2003 Review of A study of Rouruo.
Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area
26.1:141-161.
2003 A concise introduction to Old Chinese phonology. Appendix to the Handbook of Tibeto-Burman phonology: system
and philosophy of Sino-Tibetan reconstruction, by James A. Matisoff. Pp.
543-574. University of California Press.
2003 Ingush inflectional verb morphology: a synchronic classification
and historical analysis with comparison to Chechen. In: Current trends in Caucasian, East European and Inner Asian linguistics:
Papers in honor of Howard I. Aronson. (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory,
246.), ed. by Dee Ann Holisky and Kevin Tuite, 123-175. John Benjamins.
2003 Northern Min tone values and the reconstruction of “softened
initials”. Language and Linguistics
4.1:47-84.
2002 Proto-Lolo-Burmese velar clusters and the origin of Lisu palatal
sibilants. Linguistics of the
Tibeto-Burman Area 25.1:95-112.
2002 Rethinking the medials of Old Chinese: Where are the r’s? Cahiers
de Linguistique Asie Orientale 31.1:3-32.
2001 Review of Simmons: Chinese
Dialect Classification: A comparative approach to Harngjou, Old Jintarn, and
Common Northern Wu. Journal of the
American Oriental Society 121.4:658-660.
1996 Introduction to Phonological
inventories of Tibeto-Burman languages (STEDT Monograph #3), ed. by Ju
Namkung. Berkeley: Center for Southeast Asia Studies, University of California.
1994 Review of A dictionary of the northern dialect of Lisu (China and
Southeast Asia). Linguistics of the
Tibeto-Burman Area 17.1:141-154.
2012 Words, word families, and obi characters: the case for fuzzy
identification. Meeting of the American Oriental Society. Boston, March 16-19.
Chinese
characters and Chinese language: beyond the tattoo. Invited presentation to the
University of Washington Catalysts. University of Washington. January 11.
2011 Words, word families, and OBI characters: the case for fuzzy identification.
Invited presentation for Shang Archeology: Achievements, Directions &
Dead-ends: a Festtag for David Keightley in Celebration of 80 Sui. University
of California, Berkeley. October 1.
The
interplay of graphic complexity and systemic complexity: government-led 20th
century script reform in China. The Idea of Writing Conference. Università
Ca' Foscari, Venice. September 12.
An
overview of the Sino-Tibetan languages and their role in the reconstruction of
Old Chinese. Invited lecture, Chinese Studies Institute, Korea University,
Seoul. September 2.
2010 The comparative method and the stratum analysis method [in
Chinese]. Workshop of the Kansai Branch of the Japanese Society of Chinese
Linguistics. Kansai University, Osaka, July 11.
Valence-changing
prefixes and voicing alternation in Old Chinese and Proto-Sino-Tibetan. 17th
Meeting of the East Eurasia Linguistics Circle. Aoyama Gakuin University,
Tokyo, July 4.
Valence-changing
prefixes and voicing alternation in Old Chinese and Proto-Sino-Tibetan: where
are the nasals and where are the sibilants? International Symposium on
Sino-Tibetan Comparative Studies in the 21st Century. Institute of Linguistics,
Academia Sinica. Taipei, June 24-25.
English
words with Chinese etymologies: a peregrination through the American Heritage
Dictionary. University of Washington Department of Asian Languages &
Literature Colloquium. May 27.
The
influence of linguistic typology on the adoption of Chinese characters for written
Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese. University of Washington Department of Linguistics
Colloquium. April 2.
English
words with Chinese origins: an etymological journey. Invited presentation for
the colloquium “A whole afternoon of Chinese linguistics”, University of
Leiden. March 16.
2009 Revising Chinese Etymologies: A Lexicographic Journey through the
American Heritage Dictionary. Invited
presentation for the Arizona State University Confucius Institute, Arizona
State University School of International Letters & Cultures, Tempe. November
6.
Competing
methodologies of Chinese dialect fieldwork, and their implications for the
study of the history of the Northern Min dialects. 17th Annual
Meeting of International Association of Chinese Linguistics. Paris, July 2-4.
2008 Preliminary remarks on the influence of linguistic typology on
Asian sinography. 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Oriental Society Western
Branch. Portland, October 24-25.
Towards
a comparative study of sinographic writing strategies in Korean, Japanese, and
Vietnamese. SCRIPTA (First International Conference of the Hunminjeongeum
Society). Seoul, October 9-10.
Linguistic
typology and the adaptation of Chinese writing to the indigenous languages of
Vietnam, Korea, and Japan: a preliminary investigation. 41st International
Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics. London, September 18-21.
English
words with Chinese etymologies 論漢語來源的英語詞. Invited presentation for Colloquium Series on
Chinese Dialects and Regional Culture, Hanyang University, Hanyang University,
Seoul. May 6.
2007 A brief overview of the Baxter and Baxter-Sagart systems of Old
Chinese. Invited presentation for The First International Symposium on Chinese
Regional Culture and Language, Hanyang University, Seoul. November 30.
Old
Chinese reconstruction: methodological issues and practical application to the
interpretation of manuscript texts. Invited presentation for China Before Print
Workshop, University of Chicago. February 16.
2006 Sorting through competing reconstructions of Old Chinese. Invited
presentation at special workshop “The Current State of ST/TB Reconstruction”.
39th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics. Seattle,
September 14-17.
2005 The etymology of yì
‘city’ and yōng ‘moat’.
Symposium on Old Chinese. Shanghai, December 12-17.
Did
yōng ‘moat’ end in -m?. Invited presentation. Institute of
Linguistics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. December 11.
Invited
chair for session on “Origin of Language / Phylogenetics”. Ninth Annual
Chinese-American Frontiers of Science Symposium. Xiamen, November 2-4.
The
etymology of yì ‘city’ and yōng ‘moat’. 38th International
Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics. Xiamen, October 28-31.
Examples
of text recitations in the old reading tradition of Xingtian Township, Wuyishan
County, Fujian [in Chinese]. 9th International Min Dialects Conference, Fuzhou,
October 25-27.
Reconstructing
the pronunciation of Old Chinese - and beyond. University of Washington
Department of Asian Languages and Literature colloquium. February 22.
2004 Excavating the dawn: a case study of the origins of the ancient
Chinese lexicon. University of Washington Department of Linguistics Colloquium.
December 3.
“Dawn”
words in Old Chinese: a case study of the Old Chinese lexicon. 37th
International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics. Lund,
October 1-3.
The
application of Old Chinese phonology to textual problems: degrees of
(un)certainty. Invited keynote address: 2004 University of Washington Asian
Languages and Literature Graduate Student Colloquium in Asian Studies. Seattle,
May 22.
2003 Northern Min tone values and the reconstruction of softened
initials [in Chinese]. 8th International Min Dialects Conference, Haikou,
November 9-13.
Methodological
considerations in Old Chinese and Middle Chinese. Symposium on Middle Chinese
and Old Chinese phonology. Chicago, May 10.
Examples
of text recitations in the old reading tradition of Xingtian Township, Wuyishan
County, Fujian. Meeting of the American Oriental Society. Nashville, April 4-7.
Dialects,
orthographies, business, and technology: The Chinese linguistic conundrum. Presentation
at symposium Beyond the grove of academe: Asian languages, public policy, and
the public interest. Seattle, March 13.
Issues
in Old Chinese reconstruction: methodology and practical application. Invited
talk, Cornell University Department of Asian Studies. March 7.
The
reconstruction of “softened initials” in the Northern Min dialects of Chinese
based on tone pitch patterns. University of Washington Department of
Linguistics Colloquium. January 10.
2002 Methodological considerations in comparative Sino-Tibetan and the
reconstruction of Old Chinese pronunciation. 35th International Conference on
Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics. Tempe, November 7-10.
Chinese
dialect fieldwork. University of Washington Department of Asian Languages and
Literature colloquium. October 23.
Northern
Min tone values and the reconstruction of “softened initials”. (Young Scholar
Award finalist.) 11th International Association of Chinese Linguistics
conference, Nagoya, August 20-22.
The
*-i-/*-ji- distinction in the Old Chinese reconstruction system of Li
Fang-kuei. Li Fang-Kuei Centennial Symposium, Seattle, August 15-17.
Fieldwork
in Fujian province: process and results. Hong Kong University Linguistics
Seminar, April 30.
2001 Proto-Lolo-Burmese velar clusters and the origin of Lisu palatal
sibilants. 34th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and
Linguistics. Kunming, October 24-28.
The
use of Jīn, Yì, and Lái
as time words with gānzhī
dates in the oracle bone inscriptions. 4th International Conference on
Classical Chinese Grammar. Vancouver, August 15-17.
2000 The problem of medial yod
in Chinese/Tibeto-Burman comparisons and the monophthongization of glide +
vowel sequences in Early Old Chinese. 9th International Conference on Chinese
Linguistics. Singapore, June 26-28.
1999 Rethinking the medials of Old Chinese: Where are the r’s? 32nd International Conference on
Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics. Urbana-Champaign, October 28-31.
1997 A snake in the grass: an exploration of a slippery Sino-Tibetan
etymon. 30th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and
Linguistics. Beijing, August 24-28.
The
role of ablaut in the Ingush verbal system. 10th International Conference on
non-Slavic languages of the former Soviet Union. Chicago, May 8-11.
1995 Issues in the periodicization of Old Chinese. 29th International
Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics. Leiden, October 10-13.
1992 Notes on consonant cluster endings in Archaic Chinese. 25th
International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics. Berkeley,
October 14-18.
2010-2011 Chinese Program Coordinator
Teacher Certification Representative (Chinese)
Graduate Admissions and Education Committee
Responsible for transfer credits for Chinese language and literature study
abroad
Primary organizer of intensive summer language program at Sichuan University
2009-2010 Chinese Program Coordinator
Teacher Certification Representative (Chinese)
Development Committee
Responsible for transfer credits for Chinese language and literature study
abroad
Primary organizer of intensive summer language program at Sichuan University
2008-2009 Chinese Program Coordinator
Teacher Certification Representative (Chinese)
Development Committee
Responsible for transfer credits for Chinese language and literature study
abroad
Primary organizer of intensive summer language program at Sichuan University
2007-2008 Academic
Leave
2006-2007 Associate Chair
Chinese Program Coordinator (with Chris Hamm)
Web Page and Computer Advisory Committee (chair)
Development Committee
Responsible for transfer credits for Chinese language and literature study
abroad
2005-2006 Chinese Program Coordinator (with Chris
Hamm)
Chinese Language Program Revision Committee (chair)
Web Page and Computer Advisory Committee (chair)
Overseas Language Study Committee (chair)
Development Committee
Responsible for transfer credits for Chinese language and literature study
abroad
2004-2005 Chinese Program Coordinator (with Chris
Hamm)
Overseas Language Study Committee
Web Page and Computer Advisory Committee
Outreach Committee
Responsible for transfer credits for Chinese language and literature study
abroad
2003-2004 Overseas Language Study Committee (chair)
Korean Lecturer Search Committee (chair)
Web Page and Computer Advisory Committee
Development Committee
Chinese Lecturer Search Committee (ex
officio)
Responsible for transfer credits for Chinese language and literature study
abroad
2002-2003 Overseas Language Study Committee (chair)
Graduate Admission and Fellowships Committee
Ad hoc Department Web Page Committee
Responsible for transfer credits for Chinese language and literature study abroad
TA workshop panel discussion panelist: non-native
language teaching. March.
Student Committees: Chris Dakin, Mei-huang Lee,
Kyoung-ok Noh
2000-2001 Computer Committee (chair)
TA Training Committee
Organized and ran TA orientation,
Sept. 19, 2000
Overseas Language Study Committee
Four-city tour of language teaching programs in China, Sept. 2-15
Responsible for transfer credits for
Chinese language and literature study abroad
Chinese Lecturer Search Committee
Student Committees: Timothy Miller, M.A. December
(chair), Yeow-Chong Wu, Kening Li (linguistics)
1999-2000 Computer Committee (chair)
TA Training Committee
Overseas Language Study Committee
Chinese Lecturer Search Committee
Ad-hoc Committee on TA Policy Revision
Led project to thoroughly revise and redesign the
department web site
(http://depts.washington.edu/asianll/)
Devised a series of new course numbers (CHIN 145,
245, 345, 395, 445, 495) to facilitate credit transfer for students engaged in
study abroad
2010-2011 Faculty Senate Representative (Arts &
Sciences, Humanities Division)
East Asia Center Advisory Committee
UW representative to Inter-University Board for Chinese Language Studies
UW representative to Oregon University System Chinese Study Abroad board
UW-China Faculty Advisory Board
2009-2010 East Asia Center Advisory Committee
UW representative to Inter-University Board for Chinese Language Studies
UW representative to Oregon University System Chinese Study Abroad board
UW-China Faculty Advisory Board
UW representative to annual meeting of North American Confucius Institutes
2008-2009 East Asia Center Advisory Committee
UW representative to Inter-University Board for Chinese Language Studies
UW representative to Oregon University System Chinese Study Abroad board
2007-2008 Academic
Leave
2006-2007 Dean’s Global Citizens Task Force
East Asia Center Advisory Committee
UW representative to Inter-University Board for Chinese Language Studies
UW representative to Oregon University System Chinese Study Abroad board
2005-2006 Faculty Senate Representative
East Asia Center Advisory Committee
UW representative to Inter-University Board for Chinese Language Studies
UW representative to Oregon University System Chinese Study Abroad board
2004-2005 Faculty Senate Representative
East Asia Center Advisory Committee
UW representative to Inter-University Board for Chinese Language Studies
UW representative to Oregon University System Chinese Study Abroad board
2003-2004 China Program Fellowship Committee
East Asia Center Advisory Committee
World Languages Day presentation (“How to Write Chinese Characters”)
UW representative to Inter-University Board for Chinese Language Studies
UW representative to Oregon University System Chinese Study Abroad board
2002-2003 East Asia Center Advisory Committee
UW representative to Inter-University Board for Chinese Language Studies
UW representative to Oregon University System Chinese Study Abroad board
2000-2001 Inspection and evaluation tour of
UW-affiliated language programs in China: CIEE Beijing, CIEE Nanjing, CIEE
Shanghai, CET Harbin, OUS/CUN Beijing, IUP Beijing
UW representative to Oregon University System Chinese Study Abroad board
World Languages Day presentation (“How Chinese Characters Work”) and event (“Skits
by first- and second-year Chinese students), March 2
1999-2000 UW representative to Inter-University Board
for Chinese Language Studies
UW representative to Oregon University System Chinese Study Abroad board
Representative to International Faculty Council exploratory meetings with
visiting delegations from Tsinghua University (Beijing) and Sichuan University
(Chengdu)
2011-2012 CIEE
Chinese Language Advisory Board member
Board of Directors, Li Fang-Kuei Society for Chinese Linguistics (through 2011)
Washington State Confucius Institute Education Advisory Board member
Member editorial board: Encyclopedia of
Chinese Language and Linguistics (Brill)
Member editorial board: Bulletin of
Chinese Linguistics
Member editorial board: Yuyanxue Wenxuan《语言学文选》
Member editorial board: Yuyanxue Yilin《语言学译林》
Member editorial board: SCRIPTA (Journal of the Hunminjeongeum Society)
Co-editor: SCRIPTA (Journal of the Hunminjeongeum Society)
2010-2011 External
review committee, UC Berkeley Department of East Asian Languages & Cultures
CIEE Chinese Language Advisory Board member
Board of Directors, Li Fang-Kuei Society for Chinese Linguistics (through 2011)
Washington State Confucius Institute Education Advisory Board member
Member editorial board: Encyclopedia of
Chinese Language and Linguistics (Brill)
Member editorial board: Bulletin of
Chinese Linguistics
Member editorial board: Yuyanxue Wenxuan《语言学文选》
Member editorial board: Yuyanxue Yilin《语言学译林》
Member editorial board: SCRIPTA (Journal of the Hunminjeongeum Society)
2009-2010 CIEE
Chinese Language Advisory Board member
Board of Directors, Li Fang-Kuei Society for Chinese Linguistics (through 2011)
Washington State Confucius Institute Education Advisory Board member
Member editorial board: Bulletin of
Chinese Linguistics
Member editorial board: Yuyanxue Wenxuan《语言学文选》
Member editorial board: Yuyanxue Yilin《语言学译林》
Member editorial board: SCRIPTA (Journal of the Hunminjeongeum Society)
2008-2009 CIEE
Chinese Language Advisory Board member
Board of Directors, Li Fang-Kuei Society for Chinese Linguistics (2008-2011)
Member editorial board: Bulletin of
Chinese Linguistics
Member editorial board: Yuyanxue Wenxuan《语言学文选》
Member editorial board: Yuyanxue Yilin《语言学译林》
2007-2008 CIEE
Chinese Language Advisory Board member
International Association of Chinese Linguistics Board Member (2006-08)
President, Washington Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa (U of Washington)
Member editorial board: Bulletin of
Chinese Linguistics
2006-2007 Principal
Organizer, 39th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and
Linguistics
International Association of Chinese Linguistics Board Member (2006-08)
CIEE Chinese Language Advisory Board member
Organizing Committee, 18th North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics
Vice President, Washington Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa (U of Washington)
Member editorial board: Bulletin of
Chinese Linguistics
2005-2006 CIEE
Chinese Language Advisory Board member
2004-2005 CIEE
Chinese Language Advisory Board member