Yuan Zhang

faculty

Yuan Zhang, PhD

Associate Teaching Professor

English & Communication

Contact

508-999-8274

yzhang10@umassd.edu

Liberal Arts 216

Education

2013Illinois State UniversityPhD in English Studies-Linguistics
2006Shanxi UniversityMA in Linguistics
2003Shanxi UniversityBA in English and Law

Teaching

  • First-year English

Teaching

Programs

Teaching

Courses

Teaching

Online and Continuing Education Courses

Research

Research interests

  • Politeness Studies
  • Intercultural Communication
  • L2 Pragmatics
  • ESL Writing

Select publications

  • Zhang, Yuan (2019).
    International Teaching Assistants’ Identity as Instructors and Rapport with American Students.
    Journal of Politeness Research: Language, Behavior, Culture, 15, 1-27.