Biography
Dr. Sherri Duan is an Associate Professor and serves as the Director of the Master of Arts in Teaching Chinese program at Clarkson University's Capital Region Campus. She teaches a variety of courses that include Chinese Language and Linguistics, Curriculum and Methods in Teaching Chinese, Curriculum and Methods in Teaching World Languages, MAT Project, and Teaching in American Schools. Dr. Duan's exceptional teaching skills were acknowledged when she received the Clarkson University Student Association (CUSA) Outstanding Teaching Award in 2020. Her course design for Chinese Language and Linguistics received the Quality Matters (QM) Certification Mark, which is an internationally recognized symbol of online and blended course design quality. Dr. Duan also supervises resident teachers of Chinese Language during their full-year teaching residencies in area schools.
Dr. Duan's research areas include Chinese pedagogy and grammar. In October 2020, she published "Jiang" Constructions from pre-Qin to Sui-Tang Dynasties, which was named as one of the 14 outstanding books within Chinese linguistics by nationally renowned publishing houses in China. Her research on Chinese pedagogy was published in two co-authored books: Teaching with Inquiry: Increasing Student Engagement Across Disciplines and Student-Centered Teaching: Inquiry Learning Model.
Dr. Duan also serves as the editor of two professional journals: Research on Chinese Language Teaching and Chinese Language Teaching Methodology and Technology. She is honored to be a member of the Advisory Committee in Higher Education of the American Academy of International Culture and Education. In addition, she is a distinguished professor at the Hunan Institute of Technology in China from 2019 to 2026.
Education Background
Linguistics and Applied Linguistics Ph.D. - 2018 Beijing Normal University
Education MS - 1999 College of St. Rose
Music BA - 1987 Human Normal University
Courses Taught
- CHN517 - Chinese Grammar and Linguistics I
- CHN530 - Curriculum and Methods in Teaching Chinese
- LANG110 - Chinese Language & Culture
- CHN530 - Chinese Language & Linguistics II
- ED551 - Teaching Residency I
- ED552 - Teaching Residency II
- ED 547 - Professional Communications
Publications
- Duan, S., Xu, L., & Snyder, C. (2022) Study on cross-cultural differences in learning Chinese language flexibility between US and Chinese middle school students. (on-going)
- Duan, S. (2018). Exploring the meaning source of “Jiang”- The usage and meaning of “Jiang” in “The book of songs,” Journal of Qinzhou University, vol. 9.
- Duan, S. & Xiang, R. (2017). The Use of Etymology in Instructing Chinese Characters in U.S High School. Journal of Research on Chinese Language Teaching Vol.2.
- Duan, S., & Snyder, C. (2015) Constructivist and Contextualized Approaches to Chinese Language Teaching. Fifth International Conference on Teaching Chinese Language at the Master’s Level, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
- Duan, S. X. (2012). Dowty’s "Thematic Proto-Roles and Argument Selection" Theory and Its Reference in Chinese Language Publications. Linguistics and Applied Linguistics Research, Vol.3, China Social Sciences Publishing House.
Books
- Duan, S., Snyder, C., Rand, P., O’Connell, S., Lasselle, R., & Mattoon, D. (2022). Student Centered Teaching-Inquiry Teaching Model. Shanghai Education Publishing House.
- Duan, S. (2019). Research on “Jiang” Constructions from pre-Qin to Sui-Tang Dynasties. Nankai University Press.
Curriculum:
- Duan, S., Zeng, P., Wu, Y. (2015) Seven Suns (Children’s stories). NYU project DCLT@StarTalk immersion program: nyu.edu/steinhardt-starttalk/page/2/