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| Dr. Yong Ho | | |
 | Yong Ho was born and grew up in Nanjing, China. He taught English at a university in China
before he came to study at Columbia University to pursue a doctoral
degree. He received his Ph.D. in anthropology/ linguistics in 1992. Before
coming to the UN, he served as the Director of Curriculum and Language at
China Institute, and taught at New School University. His publications
include Aspects of Discourse Structure in Mandarin Chinese (1994), Beginner's
Chinese (1997, 1999, 2001), China: An Illustrated History (2000),
A Children's Dictionary of Chinese (2000), A Chinese-English
Dictionary of 500 Most Frequently Used Words in Chinese (2001), and Intermediate Chinese. Ho laoshi coordinates the Chinese Language Programme
and he can be reached at ho@un.org. |
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| Mr. Ben Wang | | |
 | Ben Wang earned an M.A. from Seton Hall University. He has taught Chinese at Columbia University, New York University, among
others. Ben Wang has lectured extensively on classical Chinese literature and theater at
several prestigious universities in the U.S. and at the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Arts, New York's Lincoln Center, BBC
Radio Station and the Smithsonian Institution, among others. As a translator, Mr. Wang received
the National Prize in
literature translation awarded by the National Literary Association of
Taiwan in 1988. Since 1989, Mr. Wang has translated thirty-two classical
Chinese Kunqu dramas into English. Besides teaching at the
UN, Mr. Wang is also a senior lecturer at China Institute. He can be reached at wben13@aol.com |
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| Ms. Vera Huang | | |
 | Ms. Vera Huang
has taught Chinese language and literature at the Chinese Language
Institute for several years and has been a lecturer of Chinese at
Pace University for four years. She can be reached at
hwangr@un.org. |
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| Ms. Judy Deng | | |
 | Judy Deng
received her M.A. in Education and B.A. in English Language and Literature in China. She had been a language instructor at a
university in China for 11 years before coming to the US in 1995. Since
then, she has been teaching the Chinese language courses at New School
University, China Institute and several other institutions. She can be
reached at DengY@UN.org. |
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| Ms. Fan Guan | | |
 | Fan Guan is a Beijing native. After receiving a
BA from Beijing Normal University. she taught Chinese as a second language at
Beijing Language and Culture University for six years. Subsequently, she earned an M.A. from Ohio University in
International Affairs. She is currently a full-time teacher at Stuyvasant
High School and a part-time teacher at China Institute. She can be reached at fanguan1@worldnet.att.net. |
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| Ms. Lixue Lin | | |
 | Lixue Lin graduated from Beijing Foreign Languages Institute and has a master degree in education from City College,
CUNY. Before joining the UN Chinese Language Programme, she was a
Site Coordinator for SWAN Network, coordinating an
After School program that focuses on the learning of Chinese
language and culture. As a certified Web Designer, Ms. Lin has
developed a number of Web sites in both Chinese and English
versions. Currently, She is also maintaining, among others, the
website for the UN Chinese Programme. She used to be a teacher
and translator back in China. She can be reached at
lin8@un.org. |
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