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Xia Zhang is a Teaching Professor at Arizona State University (ASU), affiliated with the School of International Letters and Cultures and the Center for Asian Research. She joined ASU in 2002 and specializes in Chinese language instruction, having taught various undergraduate and graduate courses in Chinese linguistics and teaching Chinese as a second language. Her research focuses on second language acquisition, Chinese linguistics, and pedagogical strategies.
Education: Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Alberta, Canada, and B.A. from Sichuan University, China.
Research initiatives include coordinating STARTALK programs and ASU Chinese Language Summer Camps (2009–2015), funded by the National Security Agency (NSA). Recent teaching responsibilities include courses such as Elementary Chinese I, Honors Directed Study, and Honors Thesis.
No scientific awards are explicitly listed. She has supervised courses across multiple years, demonstrating extensive involvement in curriculum development and teaching coordination.
