NJCCSF - Key Persons
Ed. M. from Rutgers Graduate School of Education. Mandarin and ESL instructor who currently works in Edison High School, and advisor to the National Chinese Honor Society as well as the Chinese Culture Club. Helped start Chinese programs for many schools throughout the state of New Jersey and was a speaker at numerous roundtable events for Mandarin education.
Kelvin works in IT field and volunteers in Chinese cultural activities for years. The New Jersey Chinese Cultural Studies Foundation (NCCSF) is a non-profit, charitable organization that Kelvin is proud to associate with. Therefore, he also takes up the role of Webmaster for njccsf.org.
Dr. Dongdong Chen, Chairperson of NJCCSF since 2011, is Associate Prof., and Director of the Chinese Program in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Seton Hall University. Trained in linguistics and applied linguistics, she teaches Chinese language, Chinese linguistics, applied linguistics, and methods of teaching Chinese. In addition to teaching and research, Dongdong enjoys serving communities in various positions. She served as Board of Directors (2006-2012), Co-treasurer (2012-2017), and President (2017-2020) for Chinese Language Teachers Association of Greater New York. She served as Vice Chairperson of NJCCSF from 2005 to 2011.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Secretary
Liping Meng taught in the University of International Business and Economics (in Beijing) for 17 years as an assistant and associate professor. She has been teaching in American high schools since 2011. Now she is teaching in Columbia High School. She has two master degrees in Applied Linguistics and Asian Studies (Chinese teaching track). She is now doing an Ed. S(Education Specialist) program at Seton Hall University, graduating in May, 2022. She presented at numerous workshops and nationwide conferences, including:
Ms. Mali Ou is a New Jersey certified teacher and she has been teaching at Watchung Hills Regional High School since 2003. She has developed the curriculum for the 4-year Chinese language program at Watchung Hills including AP Chinese, and taken charge of the annual Chinese Honor Society of the World Languages Department. She served as a Language Dean at Murray Hills Chinese School in year 2004. Besides teaching she also involves in teachers' training and community services. She has served as President of ATTMS (The Association of Taiwanese Teachers in Mainstream School in NY) since 2012 and Board Member of NJCCSF (New Jersey Chinese Cultural Studies Foundation) since 2009. She has been an AP Chinese Reader for ETS (Education Testing Service) since 2010.
Wen-Lin Su is an experienced Chinese language and culture teacher. Prior to joining Chapin School Princeton, she worked at YingHua International School (YHIS) in Kingston, NJ since 2015. During her time there, she held multiple roles, including Director of Academics, International Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Years Programme (PYP) and Middle Years Programme (MYP) Coordinator, and Lead Instructor for YHIS STARTALK Chinese Immersion Teacher Practicum Program. She also served as Interim Head of School in the spring of 2021.
Before her tenure at YHIS, Wen-Lin taught Mandarin Chinese at Miss Porter's School in Connecticut for eight years and was actively involved in various extracurricular activities. She also taught at Murray Hill Chinese Language School and the Chinese Language School of Greater Hartford. In addition, she has experience teaching at various universities and language programs in the United States and Taiwan. Wen-Lin earned a Master of Arts in Teaching Chinese/Mandarin as a Second/Foreign Language from National Taiwan Normal University and a Bachelor of Arts in Chinese Literature from National Cheng-Chi University.