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Jingjing Cai

Assistant Professor of Chinese

Offices & Programs

ChineseAsian Studies

Education

BA: teaching Chinese as a foreign language, Sichuan University
MA: Chinese language pedagogy, Indiana University
MA: Chinese literature, Zhejiang University 

PhD: Chinese literature, Indiana University

BIOGRAPHY

Jingjing Cai joined the Centre College faculty in 2022 as an assistant professor of Chinese. Before joining Centre, she taught at Indiana University, Penn State University Harrisburg, and College of the Holy Cross.

AWARDS AND GRANTS

• Dissertation Year Research Fellowship 2015 Indiana University, support one-year dissertation research

• Louise McNutt Fellowship 2010 Indiana University, support one-year graduate study

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

She has published research articles, critical essays, and book and film reviews in both scholarly journals, including Asian Women, Journal of Technology and Chinese Language Teaching, Chinese Literature Today, as well as in the popular press. She currently works on a monograph that examines the intersection between gender and technology in Chinese science fiction.

• Cai, J., & Chen, S. (2020). The Application of Films in Advanced Chinese Language Courses: A Cooperative-Collaborative Learning Model. Journal of Technology and Chinese Language Teaching, 11(1), 84-113.

• Cai, J. (2021). Reproductive Technologies and the Future of Motherhood in Chen Qiufan’s “In This Moment We Are Happy”. Asian Women, 37(4), pp. 1-22.

• Cai, J (Forthcoming). Review of Feminism with Chinese Characteristics, edited by Hui Faye Xiao, Chinese Literature and Thought Today.

• Cai, J., & Chen, S. (Forthcoming). Developing Film-based Teaching Materials for an Advanced Chinese Class: Reflections and Implications. Teaching Films from Mainland China. MLA Series Options for Teaching. Modern Language Association. Edited by E. Wilcox, Z. Wang and H. Yu.

COURSES TAUGHT

  • Chinese Cinema and Hollywood
  • Chinese Culture through Camera’s eye
  • Masterpieces of Chinese Literature
  • Chinese Science Fiction
  • Chinese Civilization
  • Introduction to Chinese Culture
  • First-Year Chinese
  • Second Year Chinese
  • Third Year Chinese
  • Fourth Year Chinese

MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS

  • Member. Chinese Language Teachers Association (CLTA), 2013-present
  • Admin for Facebook and WeChat groups. CLTA Chinese Film Study and Teaching Special Interest Group, 2016-present
  • Member. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), 2012-present
  • Member. Association for Asian Studies (AAS), 2011-present

 

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