Jingjing Cai
Assistant Professor of Chinese
Offices & Programs
Education
BA: teaching Chinese as a foreign language, Sichuan University
MA: Chinese language pedagogy, Indiana University
MA: Chinese literature, Zhejiang University
PhD: Chinese literature, Indiana University
BIOGRAPHY
Jingjing Cai joined the Centre College faculty in 2022 as an assistant professor of Chinese. Before joining Centre, she taught at Indiana University, Penn State University Harrisburg, and College of the Holy Cross.
AWARDS AND GRANTS
• Dissertation Year Research Fellowship 2015 Indiana University, support one-year dissertation research
• Louise McNutt Fellowship 2010 Indiana University, support one-year graduate study
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
She has published research articles, critical essays, and book and film reviews in both scholarly journals, including Asian Women, Journal of Technology and Chinese Language Teaching, Chinese Literature Today, as well as in the popular press. She currently works on a monograph that examines the intersection between gender and technology in Chinese science fiction.
• Cai, J., & Chen, S. (2020). The Application of Films in Advanced Chinese Language Courses: A Cooperative-Collaborative Learning Model. Journal of Technology and Chinese Language Teaching, 11(1), 84-113.
• Cai, J. (2021). Reproductive Technologies and the Future of Motherhood in Chen Qiufan’s “In This Moment We Are Happy”. Asian Women, 37(4), pp. 1-22.
• Cai, J (Forthcoming). Review of Feminism with Chinese Characteristics, edited by Hui Faye Xiao, Chinese Literature and Thought Today.
• Cai, J., & Chen, S. (Forthcoming). Developing Film-based Teaching Materials for an Advanced Chinese Class: Reflections and Implications. Teaching Films from Mainland China. MLA Series Options for Teaching. Modern Language Association. Edited by E. Wilcox, Z. Wang and H. Yu.
COURSES TAUGHT
Chinese Cinema and Hollywood
Chinese Culture through Camera’s eye
Masterpieces of Chinese Literature
Chinese Science Fiction
Chinese Civilization
Introduction to Chinese Culture
First-Year Chinese
Second Year Chinese
Third Year Chinese
Fourth Year Chinese
MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS
Member. Chinese Language Teachers Association (CLTA), 2013-present
Admin for Facebook and WeChat groups. CLTA Chinese Film Study and Teaching Special Interest Group, 2016-present
Member. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), 2012-present
Member. Association for Asian Studies (AAS), 2011-present