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Dr. Michael Everson is Associate Professor Emeritus from the U of Iowa, where he was involved in Foreign Language and ESL Education and managed  K-12 teacher certification programs for 8 foreign languages including Chinese. His research on literacy development among CFL learners has appeared in a variety of journals and book collections, with his most recently co-edited publications being “Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language: Theories and Applications” published by Cheng & Tsui, and "Research among Learners of Chinese as a Foreign Language” published by the National Foreign Language Research Center at The University of Hawaii. Dr. Everson holds a Ph.D. in Foreign Language Education from The Ohio State University.

Dr. Shuhan Wang is the president of ELE Consulting International, the former Deputy Director of the National Foreign Language Center (NFLC) at the University of Maryland and Dr. Wang is a recognized expert in Chinese language instruction by the Confucius Institutes Headquarters (Hanban). Previously, Dr. Wang has served as Executive Director for Chinese Language Initiatives at the Asia Society, as well as Education Associate for World Languages and International Education for the Delaware Department of Education. She is active in the field of foreign and heritage language education and has served on various national committees, including the Board of Directors for the Joint National Committee for Languages (JNCL) and the Editorial Board of Foreign Language Annals of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). Her research interests include heritage and foreign language education, issues related to second language acquisition, teacher education and professional development, and language planning and policy. Dr. Wang holds a B.A. in Foreign Languages and Literatures (National Taiwan University), an M.A. in Communication (The Ohio State University) and another M.A. in Bilingualism/Teaching English as a Second Language (the University of Delaware). She received her Ph.D. in Educational Linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania.