Chinese Faculty
Core Faculty
![Jonathan Chaves](https://eall.columbian.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs6041/files/styles/d03_traditional/public/image/Jonathan%20Chaves%20resized%20720x1080.jpg?h=7922499f&itok=D8aUFOgn)
Professor of Chinese
Chinese poetry, relationships among poetry, painting and calligraphy in China, Chinese literature in Japan.
![Liana Chen headshot](https://eall.columbian.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs6041/files/styles/d03_traditional/public/image/Liana%20Chen%20resized%20720x1080.jpg?h=7922499f&itok=mtNCuM37)
Associate Professor of Chinese Language and Literature; Program Director, The Taiwan Education and Research Program (TERP)
Chinese literature, Chinese drama and theatre, Taiwanese literature and film.
![Hongyuan Dong](https://eall.columbian.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs6041/files/styles/d03_traditional/public/2023-10/hdong_photo_2023.jpeg?h=49002e9a&itok=zFNPS4OG)
Associate Professor of Chinese Language and Linguistics
Formal semantics, Historical linguistics, Language policy, Language and music, Philosophy of language.
![Miaochun Wei heashot](https://eall.columbian.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs6041/files/styles/d03_traditional/public/image/Miaochun%20Wei%20resized%20720x1080.jpg?h=7922499f&itok=3YkXprxw)
Teaching Assistant Professor in the Chinese Language
Second language acquisition, language assessment, teacher’s professional development.
![Hang Zhang](https://eall.columbian.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs6041/files/styles/d03_traditional/public/image/Hang%20Zhang%20Headshot1.2%20website.jpg?h=7dcaa854&itok=rH9V1cGZ)
Associate Professor of Chinese Language and Linguistics; Chinese Program Coordinator
Second language acquisition; Tones; Chinese linguistics; Chinese language pedagogy.
![Phyllis Zhang headshot](https://eall.columbian.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs6041/files/styles/d03_traditional/public/image/Phyllis%20Zhang%20resized%20720x1080.jpg?h=7922499f&itok=kIPCfICE)
Professor of Chinese and International Affairs
Chinese syntax and pedagogical grammar, technology-enhanced foreign language pedagogy; Chinese proficiency development and assessment.
Part-Time Faculty
![Jing He Stimpson](https://eall.columbian.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs6041/files/styles/d03_traditional/public/2024-06/jing_stimpson.jpg?h=c8ad8b3d&itok=y_SMnpuA)