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Guowen Huang
Professor and Dean, Department of English,
School of Foreign Languages, Sun Yat-sen
University, China
Research: Americans' Interpretations
of Ancient Chinese Poems: A Functional Linguistic
Approach
Host: Stanford University, Stanford,
CA
September 2004-June 2005
| I was at
the Center for International Studies
at University of St. Thomas in Houston,
Texas during April 11-13, 2005 as an
Occasional Lecturer. The University
of St. Thomas is a Hispanic-serving
university listed as one of the qualifying
minority-serving institutions in the
Fulbright Occasional Lecturer Program.
During my time at St. Thomas, I was
able to do the following: |
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| Prof. Gustavo Wensjoe,
Prof. Guowen Huang and Prof. William
J. Cunningham (from right to left) |
- I gave a public lecture entitled, "The
Chinese Family: Similarities and Differences
in Comparison with the American Family,"
to an audience of about 20 students and
faculty at the university campus. The
lecture was followed by a question and
answer period.
- I gave a presentation entitled, "The
Chinese Family, with special reference
to China's 'one-child policy,' "
to a class of nearly 30 students on the
introduction to international studies.
The presentation and question and answer
period lasted more than an hour.
- I discussed general issues concerning
China with a class of 10 students pertaining
to the regional study of East Asia.
- I exchanged ideas on both professional
studies and general education issues with
professors at the university.
- I had discussions with international
studies students in the common room/library
of the Center for International Studies.
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| Dr. Mehdi Noorbaksh, Dr. Hans Stokton,
Dr. Gustavo Wensjoe and Dr. Guowen Huang
(from right to left) |
Although my visit lasted only three days,
I feel that I have learned a great deal about
the Catholic university. One interesting observation
that I had was that both the students and
teachers whom I talked with know a great deal
about my country of China. I feel that the
students and teachers are very interested
in issues concerning China, and I was happily
surprised when both professor Hans Stockton
and professor William Cunningham spoke Chinese
to me in our casual conversations. From the
questions students and professors asked, I
can see that my talks were of great interest
to them, and I believe the talks were beneficial
for those who attended. I am very grateful
to the Fulbright Scholar Program for making
the trip to the University of St. Thomas possible
and successful. |
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"International
education exchange is the most significant current
project designed to continue the process of humanizing
mankind to the point, we would hope, that nations
can learn to live in peace"
--J. William Fulbright |
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