This workshop will discuss some of the challenges and issues facing Chinese students who are attending Miami. We will also cover Chinese educational culture, as well as the similarities/differences between Chinese and American cultures. The goal of the workshop is to share the perspective of Chinese students and to encourage others to create a more supportive environment for these students.
Presented by Chen Zhao, Confucius Institute
Chen Zhao currently serves as the Director of the Confucius Institute at Miami University. She earned a bachelor's degree in history with a concentration in cultural anthropology from Beijing Normal University. Before coming to the United States, Zhao was Deputy Director of the Editorial Board of the Cultural Palace of Nationalities in Beijing-China's national anthropological museum. She has since earned master's degrees in anthropology/museum study and in systems analysis in the US, and has worked as a systems analyst for a corporation and in IT at Miami. She has taught at the Information System Analytics department, worked as a divisional advisor and the Coordinator of the Higgin Kim Asia Business Program and took Miami students to China in different summer programs at Farmer Business School.