Dr. Xin Bu
Lead Professor

• Ph.D., Education, University of Montana
• M.S., Business Analytics, University of Montana
• B.A., English, South-West University

Email: xin.bu@mso.umt.edu
Phone: (406) 243-3629

Dr. Xin Bu is a lead Chinese-Mandarin professor. Prior to her arrival to the U.S., she was a tenured faculty member of linguistics in China with years of experience. She has been a full-time faculty member since 2021 and is currently a lead professor. She works closely with Chinese department faculty members from three locations: Tacoma, WA; Fort Bragg, NC; and Missoula, MT. In addition to her teaching at DCLCP, Dr. Bu taught several graduate-level courses in the department of Educational Leadership at the University of Montana from 2016 to 2019. She is proud to have been invited to present at peer-reviewed regional, national, and international conferences. Her research interest focuses on cultural influences on leadership, and natural language processing.

Dr. Yusi Chen
Assistant Professor

• Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics, Ball State University (2023)
• M.A. in TESOL & Second Language Acquisition, Marshall University (2015)
• B.A. in English Language & Literature, Shanxi University of Finance and Economics (2013)

Email: yusi.chen@mso.umt.edu
Phone: (406) 243-3654

Dr. Yusi Chen has been teaching since 2016, covering a range of courses from first-year English composition to Chinese language and culture instruction. She is a certified ACTFL OPI tester of Mandarin Chinese. Dr. Chen believes in “teaching with students,” creating an engaging learning environment where ideas are shared, and everyone learns together (Reich, 1983). Her research interests include Topic Continuity in Discourse, Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy, and Cross-Cultural Pragmatics.

Dr. Shuhui Su
Associate Professor

• Ph.D. in Chinese Language, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
• M.A. in English Language and Literature (Specializing in Translation), Fujian Teachers University

Email: shuhui.su@mso.umt.edu
Phone: (406) 243-3600

Enjoying teaching and working with students, Dr. Su has been a language teacher at colleges all her life. Before coming to the States, she taught English majors in China. In the States, while engaging in her research and doctoral studies, she started her Chinese language teaching at UCLA, University of Hawaii, and the Defense Language Institute in Monterey. After completing her Ph.D., she taught Chinese at Grove City College before joining the DCLCP team.

Dr. Su has developed her academic interests in contrastive studies in languages and cultures between Chinese and English through her graduate studies and language teaching. After entering the PhD program of the Chinese language, she has focused her research on Chinese linguistics, particularly on the areas of cognitive semantics, textual coherence and cohesive devices, and Chinese as second language pedagogy.

With a deep appreciation of cross-cultural differences, Dr. Su loves traveling, enjoying the beauty of the Mother Nature and exploring the uniqueness of different cultures in both local and international.

Qing Liu Tabiadon
Adjunct Professor

Han-Hsin (Sean) Sung
Adjunct Professor

• M.A. in Applied Linguistics and TESOL, The University of Mississippi (2022)
• M.Ed. in Teaching Chinese Language as a Second Language, The University of Hong Kong (2014)
• B.A. in Foreign Language Instruction, Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages (2007)

Email: hanhsin.sung@mso.umt.edu
Phone: (406) 243-3600

Mr. Sung Han-Hsin just earned his Master in applied linguistics and TESOL at the University of Mississippi. He also earned his M.Ed in Teaching Chinese Language as a Second Language from the University of Hong Kong back in 2014. Since 2017, Sung has taught and mentored Mandarin Chinese courses at all levels at institutions including Mississippi State University, and South Island International School, Hong Kong. He was also a teaching assistant in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at Hamilton College in 2019. In two summers, he was the instructor of Chinese classes in Project GO (2020) and StarTalk (2021) program at the University of Mississippi.

Mr. Sung brings his unique experience teaching Mandarin Chinese as part of airline service training. He is especially skilled in helping professionals refine their Mandarin for use in service delivery contexts.

Dr. Huiqing Qu
Assistant Professor

• Ph.D. in Chinese Literature, Nankai University, China 2003
• M.A. in Chinese Literature, Hunan Normal University, China 2000
• B.A. in Education of Chinese Language and Literature, Hunan Normal University, China 1997

Email: huiqing.qu@mso.umt.edu
Phone: (406) 243-3600

Huiqing's teaching career started as a language instructor at Fort. Bragg (Fort Liberty) in 2012. She also volunteered for local Chinese school and Chinese program at Cumberland County Schools and Fayetteville State University. She was an adjunct language instructor at Fayetteville State University before joining the DCLCP team. She enjoys teaching Chinese language and sharing Chinese culture with her students.

Dr. Longhui Zou
Assistant Professor

• Ph.D., Translation Studies, Kent State University
• M.A., Interpreting and Translation Studies, Wake Forest University
• B.A., Accounting, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law

Email: longui.zou@mso.umt.edu
Phone: (406)243-3600

Longhui Zou completed her M.A. in Interpreting and Translation Studies from Wake Forest University in the US. She is currently a doctoral fellow at Kent State University. Longhui focuses on Chinese and English translation and interpreting, as well as machine translation and post-editing, translation and interpreting processes, and translation technologies. Her most recent effort intends to collect new and analyze legacy keylogging and eye tracking data to investigate translation processes and identify higher-order cognition based on behavioral patterns of monitoring activity observed in logged translation sessions.

Zhao Luo
Adjunct Professor

• M.A. in TESOL, The Greensboro College (2018)
• M.Ed. in Teaching Chinese Language as a Second Language, The Communication University of China (2015)
• B.A. in German Literature and English Literature, Xi’an International Study University (2008)

Email: zhao.luo@mso.umt.edu
Phone: (406)243-3600

Mr. Luo is fluent in three languages; Chinese, English and German. He has the privilege to successfully teach Mandarin in all three of these countries with multilevel ability students. Since 2008, he has had the experience in teaching Mandarin language and cultural courses at the college level and at a K-12 level. Before his career in Montana, he worked in Cumberland County schools for seven years as a world language teacher as well as an IB teacher. In graduate school, he participated in the intensive language program (PIB) hosted by Princeton University. In addition, he also taught History and languages courses in college in China.

During his career, he has been centered on teaching Mandarin, while also developing a variety of different levels of curriculum including creating courses material focusing on the Chinese language, culture, geography, and history of China.