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Davis Lin-Chuan Lee

Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs

Rome 466
801 22nd Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20052

Phone: (202) 994-6728
Fax: (202) 994-1512
E-mail: davisgwu@gwu.edu

Education:

Ph.D., Georgetown University

Expertise:

Chinese language and linguistics

Background:

Professor Lee received his B.A. from Chung-Hsing University in Taiwan and his Ph.D. in Linguistics from Georgetown University. Before joining the Elliott School in 1968, he served on the faculties of Yale University, the University of Southern California, and summer schools of the NDEA Chinese Institute at San Francisco State and Middlebury College in Vermont. At the Elliott School, Lee offers undergraduate courses on Intensive Basic Chinese, Third-Year Chinese, and Introduction to Chinese Linguistics. He teaches regularly at Chinese Teachers' Workshops sponsored by the Washington Metropolitan Association of Chinese Schools. His principal publications include Proverbs: Some Applications to the Teaching of the Chinese Language; Code-Switching as a Verbal Strategy among Bilingual Chinese; Readings in Chinese Newspapers and Periodicals (1999-2000); and Readings in Chinese Newspapers (2001-2002).

Courses Taught:

Chin 5 Intensive Basic Chinese
Chin 6 Intensive Basic Chinese
Chin 107 Readings in Modern Chinese
Chin 108 Readings in Modern Chinese
Chin 123 Intro. to Chinese Linguistics
Chin 124 Intro. to Chinese Linguistics
Chin 185 Directed Reading
Chin 186 Directed Reading

Last update: 03.22.05