Nan Jiang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Applied Linguistics & ESL
Georgia State University

Phone: 404-651-2936 | Email: njiang@gsu.edu | Web: www.gsu.edu/~eslnxj

EDUCATION

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, 1998-1999

Ph.D. (Second Language Acquisition and Teaching), The University of Arizona. 1998.

M.A. (English Teaching Methodology), East China Normal University, China. 1987.

B.A. (English Language and Literature), Nanjing Normal University, China. 1984.

WORK EXPERIENCE

2002 -- Present: . Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Linguistics & ESL, Georgia State University.

1999 -- 2002: ...... Assistant Professor, Department of English, Auburn University.

Jan.-- May 1998: ESL & General Education Instructor, Job for Progress, Tucson, Arizona.

1996 -- 1998: ..... Graduate Research Associate, Psycholingisitics Lab, Department of Psychology, University of Arizona.

1992 -- 1996: ...... Graduate Teaching Associate, Department of English, University of Arizona.

1987 -- 1992: ..... Instructor, Department of Foreign Languages Education, Nanjing Normal University, China.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Departmental Services

Faculty Advisor, The AL&ESL Graduate Students Association (2003-- )

Editor, Georgia State Working Papers in Applied Linguistics (2003-- )

External Services – Manuscript/Proposal/Abstract Reviewing

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General (1999)

TESOL Quarterly (1999, 2004)

Bilingualism: Language and Cognition (2001, 2003, 2004)

Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers (2002, 2004)

Asian Journal of English Language Teaching (2002)

Journal of Memory & Language (2003, 2004, 2005)

English for Specific Purposes (2004, 2005)

Language Learning (2004)

The Modern Language Journal (2005)
The National Science Foundation (2001, 2002)

American Association for Applied Linguistics 2002 Annual Conference (2002)

Proceedings of Second Language Research Forum 2000 (2000)

External Services – Other

Member, Editorial Board, China Review of Applied Linguistics. Santou University. 2004

Member, LANGUAGE! Advisory Board, Sopris West Educational Services, Longmont, Corolado. 2004

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

National Academy of Education/Spencer Post-Doctoral Fellowship, 2004 ($50,000)

Research Initiation Grant, Georgia State University, 2003. ($8,449)

Summer Research Grant, College of Liberal Arts, Auburn University, 2002. ($5,000)

Humanities Development Grant, College of Liberal Arts, Auburn University, 2002. ($500)

Humanities Development Grant, College of Liberal Arts, Auburn University, 2000. ($850)

Baker Summer Research Fellowship in Second Language Acquisition, Middlebury College, 1998. ($4,000 plus room and board)

The University of Arizona Alumni Association Fellowship, 1997-1998. ($1,000)

Summer Research Support Program Award, Graduate College, The University of Arizona, 1996 ($600)

MEMBERSHIP

American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL)
Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars

COURSES TAUGHT

Georgia State University (2002 to present)

AL 4131/6131 Bilingualism

AL 8240 General Linguistics

AL 8250 Second Language Acquisition
AL 8520 Psycholinguistics
AL 9300 Current Issues in Second Language Acquisition
AL 9371 Bilingual Language Processing

Auburn University (1999-2002)

Engl 1120 English Composition II
Engl 1900 Writing Proficiency for International Students
Engl 3110 Survey of Linguistics
Engl 4780 Directed Readings
Engl 6240 Approaches to TESL
Engl 6250 English Learning and Development (SLA)
Engl 7280 Studies in Linguistics (Bilingual Language Processing)

Pennsylvania State University (1999)

Spcom 210 Language and Culture

The University of Arizona (1992-1996)

Engl 101, 102, 106, 107 Freshman Composition

Nanjing Normal University (1987-1992)

English Teaching Methodology (undergraduate)
Practicum (undergraduate)
Applied Linguistics (graduate)

PRESENTATIONS

A. Invited Talks

Conceptual development in adult second language learning. Beijing Foreign Studies University. May 27, 2004.

Knowledge Integration in adult second language learning. Nanjing Normal University, June 1, 2004.

Conceptual development in adult second language learning. Nanjing Normal University, June 2, 2004.

Research approaches and methods for applied linguistics. Nanjing Normal University, June 3, 2004.

Knowledge integration and transformation in adult second language learning. Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. June 23, 2004.

B. Conference Presentations

Nekrasova, T., & Jiang, N. (2005). Formulaic Sequences Processing in Second Language Pragmatic Competence. The 16th International Conference on Pragmatics and Language Learning, Indiana University, Bloomington. April 14-16, 2005.

Nekrasova, T., & Jiang, N. (2004). Formulaic sequences in language processing. SLRF, Penn State University, October 14-16, 2004.

Perlman, M., & Jiang, N. (2004). Morphological accuracy in story retelling by ESL speakers of different language backgrounds.
SLRF, Penn State University, October 14-16, 2004.

Jiang, N. (2004). Knowledge integration in second language acquisition. SLRF, Penn State University, October 14-16, 2004.

Jiang, N. (2004). Semantic representation and development in adult second language learning. The Fourth International Conference on English Language Teaching in China, Beijing, May 21-25, 2004.

Kandil, M. & Jiang, N. (2003). Switching costs in bilingual language processing: the role of script. Second Language Research Forum, Tucson, AZ, October 16-19, 2003.

Jiang, N. (2003). Semantic transfer in L2 vocabulary acquisition. AAAL, Arlington, VA, March 22-25, 2003.

Duan, G. & Jiang, N. (2002). Exploring the principles of organization of the second language lexicon. SECOL LXVI, University of Memphis, April 18 to 20, 2002.

Jiang, N. (2001) Morphological insensitivity in second language processing. The Psychonomic Society 42nd Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, Novenber 15-18, 2001.

Jiang, N. (2000) L1 lemma mediation in lexical processing in L2. SLRF 2000, University of Wisconsin, Madison, September 7-10, 2000.

Jiang, N. (1999) Dissociation of translation priming in lexical decision and episodic recognition. The 2nd International Symposium on Bilingualism, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Britain, April 14-17, 1999.

Jiang, N. (1998) Toward a psycholinguistic model of lexical development and representation in a second language. SLRF '98, University of Hawaii, October 1998.

Jiang, N. and Forster, K.I. (1997). Dissociation of translation priming in lexical decision and episodic recognition. SLRF'97, Michigan State University, October 17-19, 1997.

Jiang, N. and Forster, K.I. (1997). Masked translation priming in Chinese-English bilinguals with L2 primes. Lexical Processing Workshop, University of Arizona, September 26-27, 1997.

Jiang, N. (1997). Cross-language priming effect from L2 to L1 in episodic recognition. The Nineteenth Annual Conference of Cognitive Science Society. Stanford University, August 7-10, 1997.

Jiang, N. (1997). Category effect in picture naming in L1 and L2. SLAT Colloquium, University of Arizona, Spring 1997.

Jiang, N. (1995). Organization of the bilingual lexicon: evidence from masked priming. The Annual Conference of American Association for Applied Linguistics, Long Beach, March 1995.

Jiang, N. (1995). Asymmetrical cross-language priming in Chinese-English bilinguals. The Sixth International Conference on Cognitive Processing of Chinese and Other Asian Languages, Hong Kong, December, 1995.

PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS

A. Peer-Refereed Journal Articles:

Jiang, N. (submitted). Semantic representation and development in steady-state second
language speakers.

Jiang, N. (2004). Conceptual development and thinking in a second language in adult second language learning. Modern Foreign Languages (Guangzhou, China).

27, 378-385.

Jiang, N. (2004). Morphological insensitivity in second language processing. Applied Psycholinguistics. 25, 603-634.

Jiang, N. (2004). Semantic transfer and its implications for vocabulary teaching in a second language. The Modern Language Journal, 88, 416-432.

Jiang, N. (2002). Form-meaning mapping in vocabulary acquisition in a second language. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 24, 617-637.

Jiang, N., & Forster, K.I., (2001). Cross-language priming asymmetries in lexical decision and episodic recognition. Journal of Memory and Language, 44, 32-51.

Jiang, N. (2000). Lexical development and representation in a second language. Applied Linguistics, 21, 47-77.

Jiang, N. (1999). Testing explanations for asymmetry in cross-language priming. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2, 59-75.

B. Invited Book Chapters:

Jiang, N. (2004). Semantic transfer and development in adult L2 vocabulary acquisition. In P. Bogaards & B. Laufer (Eds.). Vocabulary in a second language:

description, acquisition, and testing. Amsterdam: Benjamins.

Forster, K.I. & Jiang, N. (2001). The nature of the bilingual lexicon: experiments with the masked priming paradigm. In J. L. Nicol (Ed.). One Mind, Two languages: Bilingual Language Processing (pp. 72-83). Oxford: Blackwell.

Jiang, N. (1997). Biliteracy development of a Chinese/English-speaking child. In D. Taylor (Ed.), Many Families Many Literacies: An International Declaration of Principles. (pp. 65-66) Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. Also available in Literacy Update, Sept. 1999, Vol. 9, No. 6.

Jiang, N. (1997). Early biliteracy: Ty's story. In D. Taylor, D.Coughlin, and J. Marasco (Eds.), Teaching and Advocacy. (pp. 143-154) York, ME: Stenhouse.

C. Preceedings and Working Papers:

Jiang, N. (1997). Cross-language priming effect from L2 to L1 in episodic recognition. (short paper). Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Lawrence Erlbaum, 1997. p. 960.

Jiang, N. (1997). Exploring individual differences in the accessibility of UG in SLA. Arizona Working Papers in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching, (University of Arizona) 3, 21-25.

D. In Chinese:

Jiang, N. (in press). Review of Self-Selected Works of Zhang Zhengdong. In Wen

Xu (Ed.). Foreign Language Education in China: Past, Present and Future. Chengdu, China: Chongqing Press.

Jiang, N. (1996). Experience and research in EFL. English Teaching and Research Notes, (Shanghai, China) No. 3, 11-13.

Jiang, N. and Liu, J. (1995). This year's AAAL and TESOL conferences. English Teaching and Research Notes, No. 12, 35-36.

Jiang, N. (1992). Innovative English teaching at schools: what's next? Foreign Language Teaching in Schools, (Beijing, China) No. 5, 24-26.

Wu, T., Liu, J., Gu, S. Jiang, N., and Nie, L. (1991). A Practical Guide to the Teaching of School English in China. Changsa: Hunan Educational Press.

Jiang, N. (1990). Approaches and Methods in EFL. In C. Hu (Ed.), English Teaching Methodology. (pp.251-264) Beijing: Higher Education Press.

Jiang, N. (1989). Balancing formal and naturalistic learning in EFL classroom. English Teaching and Research Notes, No. 6, 1-5.

Jiang, N., Liu, J., and Wu, T. (1989). A review of controversial issues in TEFL in China. English Teaching and Research Notes, No. 5, 1-7.

Jiang, N. (1989). The role of natural learning in EFL classroom. Foreign Language Teaching in Schools, No. 6, 1-5.

Jiang, N. (1989). Individual differences in English achievements among Chinese middle school students. Journal of Nanjing Normal University Special Issue on Secondary Education, 36-40.

Jiang, N. (1988). The silent period in foreign language teaching. Foreign Languages, (Chongqing, China) No. 3, 8-14.

Jiang, N. (1988). Ten years of innovative EFL teaching in Chinese schools: a review. English Teaching and Research Notes, No. 4, 29-33.

Jiang, N. (1988). Error analysis and English language teaching. English Teaching and Research Notes, No. 1, 21-24.

Jiang, N. (1988). What is "thinking in English"? Modern Languages, (Guangzhou, China) No. 1, 34-38.

Jiang, N. (1987). On the Monitor Model of second language acquisition. Foreign Language Teaching in Shangdong, No. 3, 74-77.

Jiang, N. (1987). Age differences in foreign language learning. Foreign Language World, (Shanghai, China) No. 4, 57-59.

Jiang, N. (1987). What is "Action Research"? Education Abroad, (Shanghai, China) No. 1, 47-51.