Faculty & Staff

Keith Dede

Associate Professor 
Chinese Language and Literature
Box: 30
Phone: (503) 768-7445
E-mail: dede@lclark.edu

Keith Dede specializes in Chinese language and linguistics, specifically the languages and culture of Qinghai Province in northwest China.  He has written about the history of language contact in Qinghai, especially the influence of Tibetan and Mongolic languages on the development of local varieties of Chinese.  He has also written about the effects of the changing socio-cultural ecology on the languages of the region, and how Standard Chinese interacts with the local languages. Recently he has begun translation and analysis of Chinese language literature from Qinghai.  Ancilliary interests include the history of Standard Chinese and its relationship to the dialects, Chinese language teaching, and modern Chinese literature and film.

Academic Credentials
Ph.D. 1999, M.A. 1993, B.A. 1988 University of Washington

Meiru Liu

Instructor
Chinese Language and Literature
Box: 30
Phone: (503) 768-7438
E-mail: liu@lclark.edu

Meiru Liu, (Ph.D., Portland State University), has been teaching Chinese language and literature at Lewis & Clark College since 1994. Her research interests are China studies, applied linguistics and Chinese pedagogy. Professor Liu is the author of several books and textbooks and numerous journal articles in her research area. She has presented papers and served as an invited speaker and panelist at local, regional, and international conferences, and at American and Chinese universities, academies and research institutions.

Yuting Tu  

Chinese Language Assistant 2011-12
Phone: 503/768-7347
E-mail: yuting@lclark.edu

Ms.Yuting Tu is a Fulbright Foreign Language Assistant from Taipei, Taiwan.  She graduated from National Taiwan Normal University in 2010 with a Master’s in Teaching Chinese as a Second Language.