Honors and awards

2006-present 北京语言大学对外汉语研究中心客座教授. Guest Professor, Center for Studies of Chinese as a Second Language (a Key Research Institute of the Ministry of Education of China), Beijing Language and Culture University.

2005-present 华东师范大学中国文字研究与应用中心(国家教育部人文社会科学重点研究基地)兼职教授. Guest Professor, Center for the Studies of Chinese Characters and their Applications (a Key Research Institute of the Ministry of Education of China), East China Normal University.

2005 Keynote Speaker. Keynote Speech Title: "二十一世纪汉语作为外语教学研究方向与理论建构刍议” (CFL Research and Theory Building for the 21st Century), 第一届世界汉语大会 (The First World Chinese Conference), Beijing, July, 2005

2003 Beijing Normal University Distinguished Alumnus Award.

2003 Faculty. 2003 LSA (Linguistic Society of America) Summer Institute. Michigan State University. Course title: Chinese Language Teaching, a three-week course, June 2003.

1990 University Graduate School Grant-in Aid for Dissertation Research, Indiana University.

1989-1990 Full fellowship, C. V. Starr Foundation.

1985-1986 Full fellowship, Indiana University International Programs.

1984-1985 Full scholarship to complete Master's Degree, Phi Delta Kappa (professional association of university educators and administrators).