Congratulations to Jieyu Zhou, Graduate Medalist in the Humanities, Ph.D., Asian Languages and Literature. Jieyu Zhou’s research focuses on “collocations” — word combinations that are natural for native speakers of a language but may be less obvious for second language learners. (Why “fast food” but not “quick food”?) Her dissertation explores how advanced-level second language

The China Studies department extends its sincerest congratulations to Ph.D. candidate Belinda He, who recently received the Robert HN Ho Family Foundation Greater China Research Grant. She received the largest award of the three recipients. The Robert HN Ho Family Foundation Greater China Research Grant is offered by the Asia Art Archive (AAA). The organization

China Studies M.A. candidate Daniel Rechtschaffen has been awarded a Critical Language Scholarship in Mandarin for summer 2017! This scholarship, awarded by the U.S. State Department, funds eight weeks of intensive study in languages that the State Department considers critical to U.S. national security. Daniel will spend this summer in China working with other Critical Language Scholarship