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Dr. Claudia Ross is Professor of Chinese at the College of the Holy Cross and Coordinator of the Chinese program. She received her Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Michigan and is the author or lead author of several language textbooks and reference grammars for CFL learners including Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar and the Modern Mandarin Chinese: The Routledge Course. She is a past-president of the Chinese Language Teachers Association has held various leadership positions in the organization. She has served as the Director of the "Read-On” STARTALK programs on Chinese literacy 2012-2018, and has conducted Chinese language teaching workshops at ACTFL and at regional Chinese language teacher associations.

Brooke Cheng teaches Chinese language at
Barrington Middle School in Barrington, IL.
She has developed and designed theme-
based Chinese curriculum for the middle
school level which aligns with high school
curriculum. She has been mentoring and
coaching new World Language teachers
in middle schools in the Barrington School
District. Ms. Cheng served as a team leader
for the Read-On StarTalk program from 2014
through 2018. She is also an active member
of the Midwest Chinese Teachers Association
and helps promote Chinese learning in the
Chicago metropolitan area. Ms. Cheng has an
M.A. in elementary education from National
Louis University, and an M.A. in Speech
Communication from California State
University, Fullerton.

Dr. Baozhang He is Associate Professor of Chinese at the College of the Holy Cross. He received his Ph.D. in Chinese linguistics from the Ohio State University, and has authored and co-authored several Chinese language textbooks and many articles on pedagogy as well as theoretical linguistics. He served for seven years as the Director of the Chinese Program at Harvard University, and has been involved in teacher training and Chinese language instruction for decades. He is a past-president of the Chinese Language Teachers Association and is currently a member of the editorial boards of a number of academic Journals and as chair of the AP Chinese reading committee.  He has served as the Program Coordinator of the "Read-On” STARTALK programs on Chinese literacy 2012-2018 and has conducted Chinese language teaching wokshops worldwide.

Dr. Ke Peng is Associate Professor of Chinese in the Department of Modern Languages at Western Kentucky University and Director of their Chinese Flagship Program. She received her Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition from the University of Arizona. Her research interests include second language acquisition and teaching, program development, assessment of online instruction, and teacher training. She has served as the College Team Leader in the "Read-On" STARTALK program since 2013.

Dr. Meng Yeh is Teaching Professor in the Center for Languages and Intercultural
Communication at Rice University and has extensive experience working with K-16 teachers. She is an OPI certified tester for ACTFL’s Language Testing International, and, as an AP consultant for the College Board, she has offered numerous workshops for K-16 teachers. She has served as a consultant for school districts and college Chinese programs and is the chair of the Chinese SAT committee.  She has served as a board member of the national Chinese Language Teachers Association and is the founder of the CLTA-Texas. She co-authored the AP Chinese textbook Chaoyue: Advancing in Chinese (2009) and the two-level Chinese textbook series the Modern Mandarin Chinese: The Routledge Course. She has served as the Lead Instructor of the "Read-On” S STARTALK programs on Chinese literacy 2012-2018.

Sara Che-Hsuen Chao teaches Chinese language at New Trier Township High School in Winnetka, IL.Ms. Chao has been actively involved in STARTALK programs in Illinois and Massachusetts where she has successfully managed STARTALK teacher and student programs in Chinese since 2010. She is past-president of CLASS, the Chinese Language Association of Secondary-Elementary Schools and has also worked with The College Board as an AP Chinese Language and Culture Test Reader. Ms. Chao holds an Administrative License in Illinois and received a M.A. in Literacy Education as well as a B.A. in Spanish Language and Literature from Northern Illinois University.

Ya-Ching Hsu Kelkis holds an M.A. degree in teaching Chinese as a foreign language from Middlebury College, and is currently teaching Chinese at the Chinese American International School in San Francisco. She has taught Chinese in K-8 immersion programs for 12 years in the United States. She specializes in creating an enriched Chinese immersion environment for students to learn with fun and meaningful focus on higher order thinking skills. Ya-Ching has been involved in teacher training for seven years. She has served as a master teacher at the Virginia STARTALK Chinese Teacher Academy at the University of Virginia for four summers and also serves as an instructor at the Chinese American International School STARTALK teacher training program. She has served as Team Leader of the Elementary Immersion Team in the "Read-On” STARTALK program on Chinese literacy 2016-2018.