2003 - Present

Georgetown University. Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Linguistics

Tentative Dissertation Title: Language and Place in Washington, DC Chinatown

Committee: Robert Podesva (chair), Deborah Schiffrin, Natalie Schilling-Estes,

Ron Scollon

2003 - 2005

Georgetown University. M.S., Department of Linguistics

Master's Research Paper: The Semiotic Construction of Chinatown as a Place: A Geosemiotic Analysis of Chinatown's Shop Signs in Washington, DC

Reader: Ron Scollon

2000 - 2003

City University of Hong Kong . B.A., English for Professional Communication, First Class Honor

1999 - 2000

Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

First Year Completed, School of Journalism