Honor Society® member
Jiayao wang
teaching assistant at University of South Carolina
- Comparative Literature
- columbia, SC
Member since May 2019
Education
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University of South Carolina
Comparative Literature
2014 – 2019
Honors and awards
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Li-Ching Graduate Fellowship Ceny Walker Institute University of South Carolina
award for scholarship and research in Late Imperial Chinese Book culture and Printing Culture
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Carroll T. and Edward B. Cantey, Jr. Fellowship in Liberal Arts Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures University of South Carolina
award for literary disucssion and studies on a women writers of China at the turn of the twenienth century
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Stanford East Asian Library Collection Travel Grant Center for East Asian Studies Stanford University
awarded for research travel on late sixteenth century printing culture and rare books
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Ceny Walker Graduate Fellowship Walker Institute University of South Carolina
awarded for study on the book culture, women writers and literary culture in Modern China
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Carroll T. and Edward B. Cantey, Jr. Fellowship in Liberal Arts Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures University of South Carolina
awarded for writing project of my dissertation on literary games in early twentienth century
Goals and interests
- Career goal
My life goal is to devoted to liberal arts education with my scholarship and teaching pedagogy in Chinese Language, literature and culture. My professional goal is a college professor teaching Chinese languages and literature.
- Graduate school interests
To achieve my professional goal, I worked as a research assistant at the Teaching for Excellence at University of South Carolina. I have organized workshops, panels, discussion boards, online platforms, and lectures that provides the disciplinary-based instructional pedagogy and teaching approaches. As a scholars of Chinese Literature and Culture, I chaired the Graduate Student Association for Asian Studies. This society created a platform where scholars, students and teachers can share their recent research, scholarship and studies. As an teacher of Chinese language , I organize co-curricular and extra-curricular activities to kindle students’ broader interests, such as Spring Festival Gala, Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration and Chinese Cooking Night.
- Outside the classroom
Yoga, Running, Swimming
Experience
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teaching assistant
University of South Carolina
Jul 2013 – Apr 2019
Volunteering
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Translator
Columbia International Festival 2019
Apr 2019
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Organization assistant
Indie Grits Film Festival
Apr 2015
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Global Ambassador
Thinking Globally Program, Office of International Student Service, University of South Carolina
Mar 2014 – Sep 2014
Languages
- Chinese (Simplified) Advanced
- Spanish (Spain) Intermediate
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