HONG ZHANG

Instructor of Asian and Asian American Studies
Chair of the Asia Scholarship Committee

Master of Music in Voice Performance, Binghamton University

Office: LS G625
Phone: 777-3028
Email: hzhang@binghamton.edu

Areas of Study and Interest

Language Pedagogy
Business Chinese
Chinese through Song
Chinese Music and Culture
Vocal Pedagogy

Recent Courses

Advanced Chinese I & II
Singing Chinese
Business Chinese

Selected Publications

“Developing Language Proficiency through Singing,” Journal of Chinese Tteaching and Research in the U.S. (2010), 98-101.

Recitation for Confucius’s Analects: An Advanced Reader of Chinese Language and Culture. Washington D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2010.

Poetry recitation for Li Bai & Du Fu: An Advance Reader of Chinese Language and Literature. Boston: Cheng & Tsui, 2007.

Chinese Through Song, co-authored with Zu-yan Chen, and Robert Daly. Binghamton: Global Publicatins, 2001.

Awards

Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2009.

Current Professional Activities

• Director, Song of Silk, a Chinese performance group of Binghamton University, 2005-present.
• Performance Coordinator, the Confucius Institute of Chinese Opera at Binghamton University, 2009-present.
• Chair, Asia Scholarship Committee, Binghamton University, 2009-present.