Her research focus is motivation and persistence for learning Chinese as a second/foreign language. She teaches Chinese language courses at Duke Kunshan. She is a journal reviewer for K-12 Chinese Language Teaching and Foreign Language Annals.

Dr. Pablo Encinas Arquero's research and professional interests include comparative education and second language acquisition. He is particularly interested in the factors involved in cross-cultural evaluation of teaching quality and in the acquisition of vocabulary in a foreign language. Before coming to Duke Kunshan University, Encinas Arquero worked at the University of Plymouth, the University of Nottingham, Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool University and in the Foreign Studies College of Hunan Normal University, where he was an associate professor in Spanish and English Linguistics.

His research interests are in the general areas of dynamical systems and mathematical physics, with the main focus being on the geometry of integrable Hamiltonian systems and the dynamics of coupled oscillator networks. He has published a monograph on integrable Hamiltonian systems and his research has appeared prestigious journals.

His research interests focus on the intersection of second language pedagogy and peacebuilding, peace education, and trauma symptoms and healing. Eberly has an M.A. in teaching English to speakers of other languages from Azuza Pacific University and is finishing an M.A. in conflict transformation from the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). He has taught at EMU and several universities in China.

He is a film and media scholar who works on cinematic crossings between Japan, East Asia, and the United States. His first monograph, Sing Your Way to Heaven, describes the collisions between aesthetics, ideology, and pleasure in musical films produced in Imperial Japan during the so-called Fifteen Years' War (1931-45). Two articles from this project have been published: Imaginary Conquests: Folktales, Film, and the Japanese Empire in Asia (Ex-Position 42), and Whose Blue Heaven? Musicality in the Early Japanese Talkies (The Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema 10/1).

Her research interests include employability in the English-language curriculum, socio-pragmatics and assessment. She currently completing the Cambridge DELTA qualification, specializing in ELT management in higher education. She has been based in China for more than 10 years and has extensive intercultural management experience. Previously, she led a team of over 30 faculty to deliver business English degree programs in Shanghai. She has been based in China for more than 10 years and has extensive intercultural management experience.

His current research focuses on socio-pragmatics, learner needs and classroom assessment. He has extensive experience designing, managing and teaching academic and professional English-language courses throughout China. Davies has a First Class B.Sc. (honors) in forensic science and an M.A. in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages with Applied Linguistics (distinction) from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan). He also holds a Cambridge University DELTA qualification and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA).

His research centers on environmental economics, economics of innovation, and international trade. His research has appeared in top academic journals in the fields of environmental and resource economics, agricultural economics and energy economics. Recent projects include economic analysis of climate change, welfare impacts of biofuel policies, and effects of environmental policies on environmental innovation.

His research focuses on the intersection of social conflict, climate change and the loss of diversification under the power structures of the globalizing economy. His expertise is in documentary, filmmaking, photography, visual narratives, aural storytelling and soundscape design. He has produced work in Saudi Arabia, Cuba, Mexico, Vietnam and the U.S. His work has been screened internationally and he has curated film exhibitions in Shanghai. Clements has an M.F.A. in experimental and documentary arts from Duke University.

Claudia's scientific agenda is centered around identifying what works to helps us lead healthier and more sustainable lives. Her research program focuses on the effectiveness of behavioral interventions to promote healthy and sustainable living - eg. how to best promote energy savings, reduce food waste, increase cancer screening or blood donation. She translates behavioral science into practice to tackle these critical challenges, and to respond to calls for better informed policies.