Cynthia Minniear E-Mail: minniear@ohio.edu Phone: 740-593-4565 Department: 740-593-4575 Fax: 740-593-4577 Office: Room 155B Gordy Hall Mailing Address: OPIE 155 Gordy Hall Ohio University Athens, OH 45701 USA

All about yours truly

My undergraduate years were spent in the quaint town of Athens, OH where I earned a B.A. from Ohio University in International Studies: Asia. With my focus of studies geared toward Asia, I was awarded the Freeman Asia scholarship to study abroad in Mainland China. There I studied Chinse Art History with a team of scholars from both Ohio University and Ohio State University. I later ventured independently to Taichung, Taiwan to continue my Mandarin Chinese language studies at Providence University (Jin Yi Da Xue). For two and a half years I resided in Taiwan studying the language and teaching EFL. I later returned to Mainland China and continued EFL instruction at the Jin Qiao academy in Wuxi, China. My abroad travels have allowed me to visit several provinces in China, almost the entirety of Taiwan’s island, Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia, Bali - Indonesia and North Island of New Zealand.

Presentations

Ohio TESOL: Moodle (Course Management System) November, 2007.

International TESOL: New York. CALL Seminar: “Lights, Camera, Action in an ESL classroom.” April, 2008.

COULD: Ohio University. M.A. Pro-seminar: “Struggling with pronunciation: A Case Study of a Chinese-English language learner.” May, 2008.

Interests

Studying traditional (fan tie zi) Chinese characters

Practicing Chinese calligraphy

Support

Ride for World Health: Doctors without Borders