Elliott School Professors Martha Finnemore and Michael Barnett were listed as the No. 1 and No. 11 scholars, respectively, who produced the most interesting scholarship in the past five years in the 2011 Teaching, Research and International Policy (TRIP) survey 
, which included responses from 1,582 international relations faculty members.
Phyllis Ni Zhang
Associate Professor of Chinese and International Affairs
Office: Rome 463, 801 22nd Street, N.W.
Phone: (202) 994-5051
Fax: (202) 994-1512
E-mail: zhang@gwu.edu
Education:
Ed.D., Columbia University
Expertise:
Second language acquisition; Chinese proficiency assessment; Chinese linguistics
Background:
A native Chinese speaker, Dr. Zhang holds a Doctorate of Education in Applied Linguistics (1994) from Columbia University in New York. Before joining GW, she taught Chinese at Columbia (1986-2004), where she served as Director of the Chinese Program (1999-2002), and Director of the Columbia in Beijing Summer Program (1998-99). Since 2004 Dr. Zhang has been teaching Chinese and directing the Chinese Language Program at GWU. Her recent research focuses on second language acquisition through tech-enhanced and proficiency-oriented language instruction. She has authored David and Helen in China: An Intermediate Course in Modern Chinese (Yale University Press 1999-2003) and Developing Chinese Fluency (Cengage Learning, 2009).
Dr. Zhang is also a certified tester of Chinese language proficiency by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). She was the recipient of the Tuttle Publishing Language Award (2004) and Innovative Multimedia Materials Award, the 9th International Conference on Chinese Language Teaching (2008).
Courses Taught:
CHIN 1001 Beginning Chinese I
CHIN 1002 Beginning Chinese II
CHIN 3105 Advanced Chinese I
CHIN 3106 Advanced Chinese II
CHIN 4121W Advanced Chinese Conversation and Composition I
CHIN 4122W Advanced Chinese Conversation and Composition II (Business Chinese)