Education
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Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2003, Education
M.A., Tsinghua University, (P.R.C.), 1995, Foreign Languages
B.A., Tianjin University, (P.R.C.), 1992, Foreign Languages
B.E., Tianjin University (P.R.C.), 1992, Economics
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Professional Licenses and Certifications
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| 2003 |
Research Methods in Human Resources Development, The Ohio State University |
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Academic/Professional Experience
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| 2005-Present |
Franklin University, Assessment Coordinator. Coordinate outcome-based academic assessment across the entire university.
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| 2007-Present |
Franklin University, Course Manager. Undergraduate courses: Basic Writing I and II. |
| 2004-2005 |
Capital University, Assessment Analyst. Assisted academic departments and support services in designing and selecting assessment instruments and provided data analysis and summary reports. |
| 2003-2004 |
Columbus Literacy Council, ESL Instructor. ESL courses for adult learners.
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| 2002-2003 |
The Ohio State University, Graduate Administrative Associate, "Reading Recovery." Assisted in the research, teaching, and administrative responsibilities for the Reading Recovery program. |
| 1999-2002 |
The Ohio State University, Graduate Administrative Associate to the Language, Literacy, and Culture Department Chair. Assisted in the research, teaching, and administrative responsibilities for the Language, Literacy, and Culture Department Chair. |
| 1998-1999 |
The Ohio State University, University Fellowship Recipient. |
| 1998 |
Evaluator (Business English Certificate Test), Government of P.R.C. in cooperation with Cambridge ESL, U.K.
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| 1997 |
Adult Education Instructor (English), China University of Petroleum, Beijing. |
| 1997 |
Writing Test Evaluator (College English Test), Government of P.R.C. |
| 1996 |
Tsinghua University, Committee Member, Development of the College English Test. |
| 1995-1998 |
Tsinghua University (P.R.C.), Professor of English as a Foreign Language (EFL), Foreign Languages. Undergraduate EFL courses: English reading, writing, listening, and speaking. |
| 1995 |
Committee Member (Video-Based Teaching), Tsinghua University, Beijing. |
| 1994-1998 |
Tsinghua University (P.R.C.), Research Assistant, English-Chinese Machine Translation Research Group. Constructed databases of rules and dictionaries for the English-Chinese Machine Translation System.
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| 1992-1994 |
Tsinghua University (P.R.C.), Graduate Teaching Assistant, Foreign Languages. Undergraduate EFL courses: English reading, writing, listening, and speaking. |
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Professional Development
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| 2005 |
Assessment Conference 2005: Building and Sustaining a Commitment to Assessment. Charleston, West Virginia. |
| 2004 |
Assessment Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana. |
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Publications/Presentations
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| 2008 |
Sweetland, Y.L. A Comparative Study of Online and On Campus Students' Written Communications Skills, Mid-Western Educational Research Association (MWERA), Annual Meeting, Columbus, OH. |
| 2005 |
Hirvela, A. & Sweetland, Y.L. (2005). Two case studies of L2 writers' experiences across learning-directed portfolio contexts. Assessing Writing,10 (3),192-213. |
| 2004 |
Liu, Y. (2004, April). Encountering portfolios in college composition courses: A case study of ESL students. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA. |
| 2003 |
Liu, Y. (2003, October). A case study of ESL students' experiences with college writing portfolios. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mid-Western Educational Research Association, Columbus, OH. |
| 2003 |
Liu, Y. (2003). A case study of ESL students' experiences with writing portfolios in college composition courses. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. The Ohio State University. |
| 1999 |
Samimy, K., Liu, Y., et al. (1999, November). A critical review of communicative language teaching in EFL contexts: Case study of four Asian countries. Presentation made at the Ohio TESOL Conference, Columbus, OH. |
| 1995 |
Liu, Y. (1995, June). Ambiguities in English-Chinese machine translation. Paper presented at the 22nd International Systemic-Functional Grammar Conference, Beijing, China.
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