TEACHING EXPERIENCE 

Harbin Engineering University Spring Term 2006

English Instructor

Taught advanced conversational and technical English to engineering graduate students; held mock interviews; conducted taped oral language level assessments using internationally standardized testing methods; designed curriculum and materials appropriate to technical specialization of students. 

Nanjing Open University

English Instructor (part-time while in graduate school)  Fall Term 1996

Taught intermediate and advanced conversational English and TOEFL preparation courses to adults. 

Johns Hopkins-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies, Nanjing, PRC 

Teaching Assistant (part-time while in graduate school)    Fall Term 1996

Served as section teaching assistant for graduate courses in U.S. History and U.S. Politics

San Francisco General Hospital Refugee Program, San Francisco, California

English (ESL) Teacher  1994-95

Taught basic conversational and communication skills to a group of PTSS adult Asian refugees. 

Designed and prepared course materials, developed activities appropriate to program goals.

Interac Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

English (EFL) Teacher            1992-93

Taught technical business and conversational English to engineers and architects on-site; taught grade school and preschool children’s English classes; coordinated curriculum; designed materials; conducted Cambridge standard testing; assisted in TOEFL preparation. 

Harbin Medical University, Heilongjiang, PRC     1989-90

English (EFL) Teacher

Taught advanced conversation, reading, and TOEFL preparation classes to a group of genetic engineers.  Developed curriculum and supplementary course materials. 

EDUCATION 

University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), Berkeley, California

Juris Doctor 2005

Honors:  Prosser Prize: Constitutional Law (2001) 
High Honors: Evidence, Constitutional Law, Legislation, Civil Procedure II

Honors: Property, Civil Procedure, Estates & Trusts, Federal Courts, Family Law, Estate Planning & Taxation, Legal Professions. 

Activities:  UCSF Intensive Advocacy Program (completed in top 10%)

                  Mock Civil Litigation (2004)

      Chambers of the Honorable Claudia Wilken, United States District Judge

      Judicial Extern (2003-2004)

      Berkeley Journal of International Law

      Articles Editor (2001-2002),

      Assistant Editor (2000-2001),

San Francisco Legal Aid Society Employment Law Center

Intake Counselor (Fall 2000-Spring 2002)

Hearing Representative, (Summer 2001-Spring 2002)

St. John’s Graduate Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico 

Master of Arts in Eastern Classics, August 1998

Honors: National Security Education Program Fellowship (1997-98); St. John’s Grant (1995-96) 

Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK 

Royal Society of Arts Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Adults, February 1995

Honors:   certified with distinction 

The Johns Hopkins University 

Bachelor of Arts in International Relations/East Asian Studies, May 1991

Honors:   Phi Beta Kappa (1991); Maryland State Scholarship (1988-91)