Yuan Zhang

faculty

Yuan Zhang, PhD

Associate Teaching Professor

English & Communication

Contact

508-999-8274

yzhang10@umassd.edu

Liberal Arts 216

Education

2013Illinois State UniversityPhD in English Studies-Linguistics
2006Shanxi UniversityMA in Linguistics
2003Shanxi UniversityBA in English and Law

Teaching

  • First-year English

Teaching

Programs

Teaching

Courses

Argument-focused course that introduces students to scholarly reading and writing strategies. Students practice widely-applicable methods of reading, writing, and revising arguments. Students read college-level arguments from diverse popular, public, and academic genres in order to develop their academic skills of analyzing single arguments, synthesizing multiple perspectives, and composing informed responses to an ongoing conversation.

Argument-focused course that introduces students to scholarly reading and writing strategies. Students practice widely-applicable methods of reading, writing, and revising arguments. Students read college-level arguments from diverse popular, public, and academic genres in order to develop their academic skills of analyzing single arguments, synthesizing multiple perspectives, and composing informed responses to an ongoing conversation.

Argument-focused course that introduces students to scholarly reading and writing strategies. Students practice widely-applicable methods of reading, writing, and revising arguments. Students read college-level arguments from diverse popular, public, and academic genres in order to develop their academic skills of analyzing single arguments, synthesizing multiple perspectives, and composing informed responses to an ongoing conversation.

Argument-focused course that introduces students to scholarly reading and writing strategies. Students practice widely-applicable methods of reading, writing, and revising arguments. Students read college-level arguments from diverse popular, public, and academic genres in order to develop their academic skills of analyzing single arguments, synthesizing multiple perspectives, and composing informed responses to an ongoing conversation.

Teaching

Online and Continuing Education Courses

Argument-focused course that introduces students to scholarly reading and writing strategies. Students practice widely-applicable methods of reading, writing, and revising arguments. Students read college-level arguments from diverse popular, public, and academic genres in order to develop their academic skills of analyzing single arguments, synthesizing multiple perspectives, and composing informed responses to an ongoing conversation.

Research

Research interests

  • Politeness Studies
  • Intercultural Communication
  • L2 Pragmatics
  • ESL Writing

Select publications

  • Zhang, Yuan (2019).
    International Teaching Assistants’ Identity as Instructors and Rapport with American Students.
    Journal of Politeness Research: Language, Behavior, Culture, 15, 1-27.