个人简介

Cecilia Guanfang Zhao joined University of Macau in 2017 as Associate Professor of English. Previously she has taught at Ohio State University and New York University as postgraduate teaching and research fellow, and most recently at Shanghai International Studies University as Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics and Assistant to Dean in the organization of English Studies. Her research so far has focused on issues of second language writing and writing assessment, particularly the construction, development, and assessment of authorial voice in written discourse. Her work in this area appears in field-top SSCI journals and academic handbooks and encyclopedia volumes, and is recognized with two international best dissertation awards and three other national and local research paper awards. She is currently PI and Co-PI on two research grants funded by the National Social Science Research Foundation, China, and serves as manuscript reviewer for various SSCI journals, and grant/proposal reviewer for various organizations and programs such as the Changjiang Scholars Program under the Ministry of Education, China. Education 2005-May.2010: New York University, Ph.D. in TESOL 2003-Jun.2005: The Ohio State University, M.A. in English (literature) Sep.1998-Jul.2002: Tianjin University of Commerce, B.A. in English (for business purposes) Courses Regularly Taught Current: Second Language Acquisition; Evaluation and Assessment of Language Use; Supervised Teaching Planning and Practice; Advanced Research Writing; Understanding and Interpreting Research Previously: Analytical Writing, Academic Reading & Writing, Consecutive Interpreting, Academic Written Discourse, Language Assessment & Evaluation