Marjorie K.M. Chan CURRICULUM VITAE

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NAME:	Marjorie K.M. Chan ()
ADDRESS:	Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures
	398 Hagerty Hall 1775 College Road The Ohio State University Columbus, OH 43210-1340	TEL: FAX:	+1 . 614 . 292 . 5816 +1 . 614 . 292 . 3225
HOMEPAGE:	http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/chan9

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ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, 1987 -

Au 1993-	Associate Professor, Department of East Asian Languages & Literatures
Wi 1999-	Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics
Au 1987-1993	Assistant Professor, Department of East Asian Languages & Literatures
1987 - Present	Courses taught at the Ohio State University
	Advisees (present and former) Committees of Senior Honors Theses, M.A. Theses, and Ph.D. Dissertations on which I have served as a Member

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES (UCLA), 1985 - 1987

Au 1985 - Su 1987

Postdoctoral Fellow, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada; research at the Phonetics Laboratory, Dept. of Linguistics, UCLA

UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1984 - 1985

Au 1984-1985

Lecturer, Department of Linguistics

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, 1983 - 1984

Au 1983	Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Linguistics
Su 1983	Instructor, Department of Linguistics

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

Su 1990

Acting Chair, Dept. of E. Asian Lang. & Lit., O.S.U.

EDUCATION

1985	Ph.D., University of Washington, Department of Linguistics
	Advisor: Ellen Kaisse, Department of Linguistics Committee members included (at different times): Jerry Norman and Anne Yue-Hashimoto, Department of Asian Languages and Literature Dissertation: Fuzhou Phonology: A Non-Linear Analysis of Tone and Stress. (vii + 550 pp.) [Abstract]
1980	M.A., University of British Columbia, Department of Linguistics
	Advisor: Edwin G. Pulleyblank, Department of Asian Studies Committee member: Dale Kinkade, Department of Linguistics Thesis: Zhong-shan Phonology: A Synchronic and Diachronic Analysis of a Yue (Cantonese) Dialect. (xiii + 659 pp.) [Abstract]
1974	B.A., University of British Columbia, Department of Linguistics

FOREIGN LANGUAGES STUDIED

French, Latin, Japanese, German, and Mandarin Chinese. (L1: Cantonese. L2: English)

FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION

Chinese linguistics: dialectology, phonology (synchronic and diachronic), phonetics-phonology interface, language and gender, corpus linguistics, and prosody-discourse interaction. Interests include Chinese computing.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
A. Offices Held (1987-present):

Webmaster, Chinese Language Teachers Association (Dec 1997- )

Member, Board of Directors, Chinese Language Teachers Association (Nov 1997-Nov 2000)

Vice President, Chinese Language Teachers Association (Nov 1999-Nov 2000)

President, Chinese Language Teachers Association (Nov 2000-Nov 2001)

Immediate Past President, Chinese Language Teachers Association (Nov 2001-Nov 2002)

Executive Secretary, International Association of Chinese Linguistics (Jun 1999-2000)

Vice Executive Secretary, International Association of Chinese Linguistics (1997-Jun 1999)

Executive Board Member, Cantonese Language Association (1995-1998, 1998-2001)

Editorial Board Member, Contemporary Chinese Linguistics (1994- )

Associate Editor, J. of the Chinese Language Teachers Association (1993, 1994)

B. Reviewer for Journals/Publishers (1987-present):

J. of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, J. of Phonetics, Language, Language and Speech, Phonology, J. of E. Asian Linguistics, J. of Chinese Linguistics, J. of the Acoustical Society of America, U. of California Publications in Linguistics, Linguistic Society of Hong Kong, etc.

C. Other Professional Services (1987-present):

Other services outside the university include reviewing of conferences abstracts, grant proposals, P&T reviews, informal consultations, etc.

Webmaster, Chinese Language Teachers Association Home Page (Au 97 - )

D. Membership in Professional Societies and Associations (1987-present):

Membership in Professional Organizations: Cantonese Language Association (1994-), International Association of Chinese Linguistics (1992- (life member)), American Oriental Society (1991-present), Association for Asian Studies (1990-present), Canadian Linguistic Society (1989-), Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (affiliate member) (1988- (life member)), Chinese Language Teachers Association (1988- (life member)), Acoustical Society of America (1986-), Linguistic Society of America (1986- (life member))

Professional Membership at The Ohio State University: Cognitive Science Center (1997- ), East Asian Studies Committee (1987- )

E. Academic and Professional Services (1987- ):

Publicity Director, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, O.S.U. (Au 1997-Sp 1999)

Webmaster, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, O.S.U. (Sp 1996-Su 1999)

Editor, DEALL Newsletter (Au 1997-Sp 1999)

Other professional services at O.S.U. at Departmental/College/University levels (1987- )

Organization of Chinese linguistics conferences and workshops (1983- )

F. Grants and Awards (Autumn 1985 - present)

• 2005 (Sp): Arts and Humanities Grants - Seed Grants (2004-2005), The Office of Research, OSU. "Literacy Practices, Language Maintenance, and Social Identities: History and Current Status of Written Cantonese in Guangzhou (Canton City), China." [For 2005-2006 a.y.]
• 2003 (Sp): Special Research Assignment, College of Humanities, OSU. "Interrogative Constructions in Cantonese: A Synchronic and Diachronic Study of the Ma-Particle Question."
• 1999 (Wi): Office of Research, Targeted Interdisciplinary Seed Grant in the area of Spoken Language Understanding and Generation (SLUG): "Establishing a Repository of Linguistically Varied, Prosodically Transcribed Spoken Language Data" (with Mary Beckman, Robert Kasper, Craige Roberts, and Donald Winford in Dept. of Linguistics; and Terrell Morgan in Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese). (College seed grant recipients group photo, taken by the College)
• 1998 (Wi): Best Practices, University Technology Services, Faculty Innovator Grant. For speech analysis software (DEALL award recipients photo, taken by the College)
• 1997 (Wi, Sp): College of Humanities, Faculty Professional Leave
• 1996 (Su): College of Humanities, Grant-in-Aid
• 1993: Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange. For Workshop on Interfaces and the Chinese Language (with James Tai)
• 1993: College of Humanities, University Small Grant. For Workshop on Interfaces and the Chinese Language (with James Tai), held in conjunction with the 1993 LSA Summer Linguistic Institute, hosted by the Dept. of Linguistics, OSU
• 1993 (Au): College of Humanities, Special Research Assignment
• 1993 (Au): College of Humanities, Grant-in-Aid
• 1991 (Au): College of Humanities, Special Research Assignment
• 1990-91: Ohio State University Seed Grant. For language-music interaction study
• 1988-89: Eli Lilly Endowment, Lilly Endowment Teaching Fellowship
• 1988 (Au): College of Humanities, Grant-in-Aid
• 1988 (Su): College of Humanities, Summer Research Stipend
• 1985-86, 1986-87: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Post-Doctoral Fellowships (2)

  (The above lists grants and awards received since obtaining my doctorate, and does not include scholarships and other awards and honors received during graduate and undergraduate studies and earlier.)

G. Others:

1. Conference Presentations

2. Publications

3. Courses Taught at OSU (1987-present) [See Course Syllabi]
   1. Chinese 104.   Second Year Chinese I
   2. Chinese 205.   Second Year Chinese II
   3. Chinese 206.   Second Year Chinese IIII
   4. Chinese 231.   Traditional Chinese Culture
   5. Chinese 580.   The Chinese Language: Description and Analysis   (Sp '99 class photo)
   6. Chinese 680.   Introduction to Chinese Linguistics   (Au '03 class photo - photo 2)
   7. Chinese 681.   History of the Chinese Language
   8. Chinese 683.   Study of the Chinese Writing System
   9. Chinese 694.   Group Studies
      • Sp Qtr 2000:   Chinese Computing
   10. Chinese 782.   Chinese Phonology
   11. Chinese 784.   Chinese Syntax
   12. Chinese 785.   Modern Chinese Dialects
   13. Chinese 882.   Studies in Chinese Historical Phonology
   14. Chinese 884.   Studies in Chinese Historical Syntax
   15. Chinese 889.   Seminar in Chinese Linguistics
       
       • Au Qtr 1987:   Seminar on Tone
         
       • Wi Qtr 1991:   Linguistic Stress and Related Issues in Chinese Dialects
         
       • Au Qtr 1997:   Language and Gender
         
       • Au Qtr 1999:   Intonation and Sentence-Final Particles
         
       • Wi Qtr 2001:   Databases and Corpora for Chinese Linguistic Research
         
       • Wi Qtr 2004:   Prosody and Discourse Structure
         
   16. Chinese 899: Interdepartmental Seminar
       • Wi Qtr 1990:   Phonetics and Phonology of Mandarin and Non-Mandarin Chinese
         (Co-taught with Prof. Mary Beckman (Linguistics), co-requisite with Linguistics 899.)

   17. EALL 694.   Group Studies
       • Sp Qtr 2005:   Language, Ethnic Identity, & the Asian American Experience

   18. In addition - Courses without course syllabi:
       • Chinese 693:   Individual Studies
       • Chinese 998:   Research in Chinese: Thesis (M.A. level)
       • Chinese 999:   Research in Chinese: Dissertation (Ph.D. level)

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