Prof. Qun Ao, Ph.D Professor of Chinese Director of Chinese Program English and World Languages qun.ao [at] westpoint.edu About Education Research & Publications Professor Qun Ao has served as the Department Academic Counselor for Chinese majors and minors and led or taught 7 Chinese AIADs in Changchun, Xi’an, China, and Taiwan. She has served as the course director for the Department's Chinese language courses and has worked with cadets in various capacities including as a mentor for PL300, in the Chinese Cultural Forum, as well as on numerous independent studies and research projects. Ph.D. - University of Pittsburgh Selected Publications The Sociocultural-Cognitive Underpinnings in Error Correction: A Descriptive Study on Acquisition of Chinese Tones (2021)Effects of Teaching Communicative Writing on Chinese Proficiency at Intermediate Level (2021)Learning Chinese Language and Culture (2019)Watching the Clouds go By (2015)Where Does the Wind Blow (2013)Chinese Philology: Knowledge and Issues (2009, 2nd Printing 2013)Awareness of Radicals and Retention of Chinese Characters in Long-Term Memory: The Factors that Influence American Students’ Learning Chinese Characters (2012)