Congratulations to FRIT alumna, Xinyi Tan, Assistant Professor of French and Chinese at Coastal Carolina University, who has accumulated a whole number of achievements during this academic year. 

Tan won two college teaching awards for her innovative course design and pedagogy, and curriculum and program building: the Distinguished Teaching Award and Professor of the Year.

She was nominated by her department chair to represent the department for a John B. Durrell Award, which recognizes a faculty member's overall contributions to the college during an academic year. In addition, Tan's abilities to develop a robust Chinese curriculum and to retain a large number of students resulted in a new minor in Chinese Studies. 

Tan also has a forthcoming article and a peer-reviewed book chapter:

“La joueuse de go (2001) by Shan Sa: A Battle of Eroticism and Abstinence.” Women in French Studies, 2021. (peer-reviewed; accepted in Feb 2021, and forthcoming summer 2021). 

“Teaching Mandarin vocabulary using a flipped approach.” Designing Course with Digital Technologies: Evidence and Examples by and for Higher Education Instructors, edited by Stefan Hrastinski, Routledge. (peer-reviewed; forthcoming in August 2021).

Tan graduated from Ohio State in 2018 with a Ph.D. in French and Francophone Studies and a certificate in Second Language Acquisition.