Foreign Teachers Informations

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Alan Senior

My name is Alan. Susan and I have been married for 38 years and we have three grown-up sons and one baby grandson, all living in Britain. We have both been teaching full-time at Yang-En University in Quanzhou for the past year.
I come from UK and have an MA in Physics from Oxford University and a Master's Degree in Industrial Administration from Yale Graduate School. I retired from a successful business career as a top executive in 2000. At Yang-En, I have been teaching Business Management and Marketing to 3rd and 4th year students.
 Susan and I have travelled widely throughout America and Europe, as well as visiting a number of countries in North Africa and the Middle-east. We plan to travel to see as much as possible of China and Asia during the holidays while we are working in China. We are both keen tennis players.
Email:alanjsenior@xujc.com

Alexia Wilm

The minute I stepped onto the campus, I knew I had to work here! There was something very special about the atmosphere...it made me feel at home. And then, as soon as I started teaching, I knew I was home. The students and staff at TKK welcomed  me so warmly…I had only planned to stay for one year, but am teaching my 2nd year and plan to stay for a 3rd! I am the happiest I have been in my entire life! Xiexie, TKK!

Oh, and, I’m married, no children (yet!). I studied psychology and photography!

Antonio (TONY) de los Santos

Name: Antonio (TONY) de los Santos
Citizenship: U S Citizen
Birth Place: Philippine

Career History
1. 1993 – President Saint International Corporation, Taipei City, Taiwain
Business – Foreign Worker Manpower Service
Position – Sales, Official Interpreter between employer and employees, Translating official documents
2. 1988 – 1993 AVH Enterprise, Manila, Philippines
Product – Elastic garter, round cord, flat cord and other garment accessories
Position – General manager

Education Background
Cal State University, Long Beach, CA USA, MS
1976 – 1977 Business Graduate Programme – Courses taken are Advertising, Sales and Marketing, Operation Planning and Implementation, Business Analysis, Cost Evaluation.

Michigan Ferris State College, Grand Rapids MI USA
1972 – 1976 Bachelor Degree in Industrial Management and Marketing Management
Courses taken up were Computer Programming, Corporate Financial Analysis, Cost Estimating and Sales Administration.
Mapua Institute of Technology, Manila Philippines
1971 – 1972 In my first year college, I was in the Engineering Programme where I took up engineering drawing.

Languages
English and Mandarin, Pilipino, Fujian and Spanish

Ashton Fourie

Ashton decided to give up life as a partner and manager in several businesses, to pursue the more tranquil life of lecturing.  He is currently completing a second Business Management Degree, thereby living his own philosophy that we should never stop improving ourselves.  He believes in the motto that it's more important to do what you enjoy, than to be successful in the eyes of society.  Ashton has a passion for seeing people improve their lives and get closer to using their full potential.  This passion has led him to lecture Business Management part time before finally deciding to leave his business career and go into full time lecturing. In his free time, Ashton loves cycling around the Chinese countryside, reading a wide variety of literature, watching good movies and writing.  He has written two books - one on Leadership and one on Performance Management.

Ashton's wife, Li Li is a Chinese citizen from the small city of Zhang Zhou. She runs a small private bakery specialising in artistic cakes.  They have two children, Kaitlyn and Justin, who are two and a half years, and one year and a bit, respectively.

Bonnie Vierthaler

I'm an artist from the US.  I started teaching at Xiada in 2000. My new students always wanted to know what I did before I came to China .  When I told them about my BADvertising Institute, a tobacco prevention program based on my artwork, and showed them my website ( www.badvertsing.org ), they immediately recognized the great need in China and wanted to do that here, too.  We've already done many projects here in China.(link  projects to  * )
This year, in the spring of 2006, some of my students took the bull by the horns and we founded Green Breathing as an official organization at Xiamen University ...dedicated to bringing Smokefree Air to China , empowering non-smokers to reclaim their right to smokefree air, and encouraging smokers to quit.  In March, we encouraged the Xiamen International Marathon committee to make the marathon route a Smokefree Zone and in May, the Zhang Zhou Campus agreed to go smokefree.  We're now engaged in the work of putting those intentions into action.
By the fall semester we had Green Breathing branches on the Tan Kah Kee Campus, the main campus, and the Hanway English Kindergarten.  We're in the process of setting up a citizens group in Xiamen . We invite you to visit our website at www.greenbreating.org and enjoy our Smokefree Campus.
In addition to working on Green Breathing, I love being with friends and I also love being alone..enjoying a quiet life, reading, meditating, doing tai chi, experimenting with my oil pastels, and taking photos for my new Aesthetics class.  I often go to my second Chinese home in an old village outside Li Jiang where I'm eager to work in the garden, do my art work, and explore the other mountain villages. Improving my Putong Hua is, of course, an integral part of my everyday life.

Change Parker

Change Parker is an American teacher with Masters degrees in English as a Second Language and Natural Resource Management. His advanced education reflects his passionate interest in the beauty and life in Nature, its relationship with human beings, and the critical need for a common language that enables people from all cultures to communicate with understanding with each other.
Change’s Chinese name is Lin Shu, (whose meaning is “one tree in the woods”). His Chinese wife’s name is Lin Li. Their son studies in Nanjing at Jin Ling Senior Middle School. He also has an older daughter who lives in San Francisco, California and is a modern environmental dancer.
For over 20 years Change has pursued his passion as an artist and craftsman: poetry, painting, leather work, necklace beadwork and wood sculpture. He enjoys walks in Nature and sharing his knowledge about its life forms and processes and environments. Change’s motto is: Free Will, Choice, Humanity.

Chantal Mulders

My first name is French, my last name is German, but my passport says I’m Dutch. No wonder students are so confused when I tell them my name: Chantal Mülders. Luckily, they can also call me XiangTao (or fragrant peach, although I’m neither very fragrant or peachy).

Ellen Tann

Hi: My name is Ellen Tann. I am a Chinese American. My two sons are in Seattle, Washington. I have been teaching English to international students since 2000. I love people and enjoy helping people learn a new language and other cultures. I have traveled to more than 15 countries in the world and always enjoy meeting new people! I am looking forward to teaching you and learning more about you too!

Eric Black

I am an American who has been living and working in China since February of 2006. I came to China with the ambition to study both the Chinese language and culture. I believe an important aspect of language education is cross cultural communication; so, I encourage my students to utilize media that will teach them about cultural exchange, as well as, language exchange. I believe that it is good to learn another language, but it is better to understand the language in the context of its original culture.

Glen Ponse

Hello – my name is Glen Ponse, and I'm from New Zealand, although usually I live in Australia. As you might expect, with an MA in English and a BA in Psychology I'm interested in the social aspects of human development, communication, and interactions, but I also have a technical background in telecommunications electronics and have an interest in how echnology influences human culture and behaviour. I have always found China to be a fascinating country, the study of which does much to throw light upon my own culture, and look forward to seeing its future progress.

Gustav Meist

名字: Gustav Meist（古斯塔夫·麦斯特）
出生日期: 1934年3月10日
电子邮件: gustavmeist@wanadoo.nlgustavmeist@hotmail.com
国籍: 荷兰

教育工作情况

• 1962 毕业于Rietveld 艺术学院, 获得硕士学位。

• 1986&1987 获得政府和阿姆斯特丹城市的艺术基金。

• 1981-1992 艺术委员会和建筑监管委员会的成员。

• 1988-2000 荷兰Twente 大学AKI 艺术学院雕塑系担任教授, 在视觉艺术和设计领域有深入研究。

• 1995-2000 在荷兰Twente大学AKI艺术学院做研究导师。

• 2000/10/01- 12/24 在厦门大学艺术学院研究生部担任客座教授。

• 2002/04 在南京艺术学院艺术设计系担任客座教授。

• 2005/03-05 在厦门大学艺术学院美术系和厦门大学嘉庚学院艺术设计系担任客座教授。

个人展览

• 1967 德·苏特(De Suite)个人展览,阿姆斯特丹(Amsterdam)。

• 1970 阿姆斯特丹大学(Amsterdam)个人展览。

• 1974 菲尔·黑尔福力特(Gee’Geervliet) 画廊个人展览。

• 1976 阿姆斯特丹(Amsterdam)布莱克·格朗德(Brakke grond)个人展览。

• 1977 乌特勒支(Utrecht)音·斯贝‘in Spee’画廊个人展览。

• 1978 阿姆斯特芬(Amselveen)艾姆斯特里 (Aemstelle) 博物馆个人展览。

• 1980 阿姆斯特丹(Amsterdam) 音特(Inart)画廊个人展览。

• 1983 阿姆斯特丹(Amsterdam) 音特(Inart)画廊个人展览。

• 1984 阿姆斯特丹(Amsterdam) 梅特深(Metz en Co)个人展览。

• 1989 多德勒赫(Dordrecht) 玛根特(Magenta)画廊个人展览。

• 1994&1997 音克尔威尔(Eck en Wiel), 德·贝仁博格特(de Beerenburght)画廊个人展览。

集体展览

• 1971 <对格瑞特·凡内特的敬意>(Homage to Gerrit van Net)展览.

• 1973 比利时欧洲大奖(De Europa –prijs)绘画展览并获得银奖。

• 1981 阿姆斯特尔公园(Amsterlpark)展览。

• 1984 “通过风移动”，(威里森根)Vlissingen展览。

• 1987 19届比利时安特卫谱米德尔赫双年展。

• 1989 参与瑞士巴赛尔(Basel) 30×30 艺术建构项目。

• 1990-1997 德·贝仁博格特(de Beerenburght)画廊展览。

• 1994 德国路德为稀港(Ludwigshafen)，威尔赫-哈克(Wilhelm-Hack)博物馆展览。

• 1995 英国赛力斯博格(Salisbury)新艺术中心展览。

• 1995 乌特勒支(Utrecht)索菲宫殿(Sophie’s Palace) “一个记忆”的展览。

• 1995 在河边瑞哈尔尼斯·特拉节克特沦(Rheinis Trajectrum 3),展览。

• 1996 画廊德·贝仁博格特(de Beerenburght)展览。

• 1996 玛瑞克(Maurik) 参与地域项目展览。

• 1996 鹿特丹(Rotterdam) 加尔·夫依巴斯(Gal Phoebus)展览。

• 1996 参与联合艺术和观念的展览项目。

• 1996 参与挪威卑尔根(Bergen)缩放杜博·希(Doubl See)展览。

• 1997 阿姆斯特丹(Amsterdam)和音克尔威尔(Eck en Wiel)水族馆做展览。

• 1997 恩斯赫德(Enschede)玛碧(Muppie)项目。

• 1997 德国那特尔力支(Naturlich), 贝特拉格(Bentlage)展览。

• 1997 恩斯赫德(Enschede)博物馆展览。

• 2004/02 作品在厦门欧洲艺术中心展览。

受荷兰阿姆斯特丹，提尔博格和乌特勒支的城市委员会的委托，为城市创作了几个巨型艺术展览。

• 1978 巨型艺术油画，阿姆斯特丹大学。

• 1983 为玛尔瓦特(Meervaart)做了一个水项目的作品。

• 1984 一幅油画和一个霓红灯浮雕。

• 1987 & 1988 为两个剧院的产品做设计并且为表演 “晚会(Soiree and Madra)” 设计卡片。

• 1987 为阿姆斯特丹城市中心火车站在水中做了公告雕塑项目。

• 1989 为阿姆斯特丹欣格尔格特(Singelgrach)t做了公告雕塑项目。

• 1989 三张油画被荷兰国家铁路公司收藏。

一批作品被荷兰政府艺术收藏部收藏。

Jan Nicolaas Bremmer

Jan Nicolaas Bremmer (b. December 18th, 1944 )
Faculty of Theology and Science of Religion
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Groningen, Holland

SPECIALITIES:
Greek, Roman, Early Christian and Contemporary Religion, Social History, History of Scholarship

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION:
Free University, Amsterdam , 1962 - 1970 (Classics and Spanish)
Bristol University , 1969 - 1970

DISSERTATION:
The Early Greek Conception of the Soul (Free University Amsterdam: 1979)

EMPLOYMENT:
Military Service (Intelligence: Russian), 1970 -1972
Local high-school teacher, Classics, 1972 - 1974
Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht: Assistant Professor of Ancient History, 1974-1978; Associate Professor of Ancient History, 1978 - 1990
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen: Professor of the History and Science of Religion, 1990-

FELLOWSHIPS:
Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington D.C. , 1980 - 1981
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton , Fall 2000
Visiting Canterbury Fellowship, Christchurch (NZ), March 2002

FORMAL LECTURES:
The Read Tuckwell Lectures, ‘Inventing the Afterlife’, Bristol , 1995, published as The Rise and Fall of the Afterlife ( London : Routledge, 2002)
Heuscheuervortrag, Heidelberg, 1996
Loeb Lecture, Harvard, 1997
Samson Eitrem Memorial Lecture, Oslo , 1998

EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES:
Iconography of Religion , Leiden : Brill, editor-in-chief, 1990-
Kerk en Theologie , member Editorial Board, 1990-
Feit & Fictie, member Advisory Board, 1993-
Mortality , member International Editorial Board, 1995-
Studies on Early Christian Apocrypha , Leuven : Peeters, editor-in-chief, 1995-
Acta Antiqua Hungarica, member Advisory Board, 2000-
Ancient Narrative, member Editorial Board, 2002-
Groningen Studies in Cultural Change, Leuven : Peeters, member Editorial Board, 2003-

Judith E.Karam

Hello, my name is Judith. I am of Lebanese origin but grew up in the Kingdom of Bahrain and as a result I am a Bahraini passport holder. I obtained a BA in “Business and International Management” as well as a Masters of Science in “International Management” both from Oxford Brookes University in England where I lived there for almost five years. I also have the TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) certificate which I obtained in Zhuhai, China.I love travelling and I love learning about new cultures; I came to Xiamen to visit a close friend for the Chinese New Year, it was meant to be a two week holiday, but I loved Xiamen so much that I stayed for two months and decided to come back to Xiamen to teach English. I am very happy to be here and look forward to teach you, share my travel experiences with you as well as learn from you.

Karen Ke Li

Ms. Karen Ke Li who comes from America graduated from the State University of New Jersey in 2002. She did the work related to marketing research, analysis and business management in American before 2003.

working experience:

• Teaching position in the Youth Learning Center in Xiamen
  Courses: English learning for 7th and 8th grade students. Adult learners whom need to improve listening and speaking English.

• Teaching position in Imperial Language Center
  Course: Adult learners for communication and listening skills for business.

Oct 2003-Now

1. Teaching position in Xiamen University.

2. Courses: English vocabulary, listening and speaking classes towards first year English major students.

3. Extensive Reading for first year English major. Listening and speaking for first year Finance major students.

4. Provide student a different type of learning. By using the American style teaching, improves student’s listening and speaking English skills. For English major students, assign different kinds of reading in order to increase their reading ability in an easier and faster way. Memorizing English vocabulary will help each student to enlarge their reading, writing and listening skills.

• Finance major students mostly improve their listening and speaking skills. Assign groups for group discussion on certain subject. In additional, provide business terms to the class that helps them for their future communication with the outsiders; which will be helpful in their career fields.

Katja van stiphout

General information:
Name: Katja van stiphout
Date of birth: 19/02/1974
Place of birth: Weert, The Netherlands
Gender: Female
Profession: Graphic Designer

Education:
’86-’91: HAVO(Senior Higher General Secundary Education), Boxtel, The Netherlands.
’91-’92: Teachers education for Handcraft, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
’92-’96: Academie for Art and Design, ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.
01/’96-04/’96: Art Academie Hochschule der Kunst Weissensee, Berlin, Germany
’96-’98: Sandberg Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Scholarships and Prices:
2003: Starters Scholarship from Fonds BKVB(Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture)
2003: Nominated with book ‘Sandrien’ for prize ‘Best Books’2004.

Teaching Experience:
02/’03: One minutes workshop at Art Academie Aki, Enschede, the Netherlands.
03/’00: Graphic-design Workshop for 16 year old Children at Dutch Institute for Media art Montevideo/TBA, Amsterdam.
10/’99: One minutes workshop at the Wimbledon school of Arts, Londen, United Kingdom.
11/’98: Graphic-design Workshop at Academie for Art and Design, ’S-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.

Larry Tann

My name is Larry Tann. I'm an ‘abc.' Although I was born in the United States, but I‘d spent my early childhood living and being educated in Southeast Asia. I have been teaching ESL both in the Los Angeles and Seattle areas. I've especially enjoyed teaching international students. They are enthusiastic, eager and hard working. I'm looking forward to meeting you and enriching you in your English learning experience.

Lucas Kohnke

Born in the year of the Dragon, Mr. Kohnke has been fascinated with Chine since he first discovered egg rolls. His interest towards Asia and especially China grew during his M.A. studies where the focal point of his research - People's Republic of China and its many different ethnic minorities. Furthermore, Mr. Kohnke is a well qualified teacher and demonstrated achiever with exceptional knowledge of international politics (transitional order/change; conflict [rivalries]; technological change; long-term transitions). Additionally, Mr. Kohnke has a strong educational background combined with fluency in several languages. On his spare time, Mr. Kohnke is an avid traveler and passionate food lover. In his mind the best Chinese food can be found in Guangdong province, and he would highly recommend everyone to visit Sanya (Hainan Island) China's Hawaii.

Mark Carver

Mark came to China in fall 2005 after graduating with a degree in English literature.  He has taught in two colleges before coming to Xiamen, and he has also worked part-time in several language schools and English camps.  He has travelled to many cities and places of interest in China, and he enjoys looking for new places and experiences whenever he has a chance.  Mark loves art, especially the art of tattoos.  He also enjoys watching films, reading, writing, and cooking.  He doesn’t know where the future will take him, but he really enjoys teaching English in universities and he hopes that he can make students enjoy learning as much as he enjoys teaching them.

Merel Van'T Hullenaar

My name is Merel van ‘t Hullenaar, 27.04.1977, In went to the Art academy St. Joost, Breda in 1998. After that I finished my art school years at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam and graduated at the Free media department in 2003. Then I went for two years of Master study at the Sandberg Institute, I finished my Fine Arts Master degree there in may 2005.

Michael

First off, my name is Michael. I come from the sunny land of Singapore, where it is hot all year long. Growing of there was fun but I was most happy in University in Sydney Australia. I majored in hospitality and spent many years in this industry.
My last hospitality job was a hotel manager. I soon feel the need to do something more fulfilling. And thus decided to become a teacher. Following in my father's footsteps, who was a teacher for 30 years, came rather naturally.
I have spent 3 years in China so far, the last 2 teaching in a college in Jiangxi Province. I am now in the beautiful campus of TKK College and am enjoying every minute of it. The teachers and students are wonderful and I look forward to a great year ahead.

Michael Nusbaum

I prefer to be called Michael, not Professor/Mister Nusbaum. So if you see me on the street and want to say hello, you can say, “Hi Michael”. I enjoy learning Mandarin Chinese as well as promoting English education. If you want to travel and learn about the world outside your country’s borders, then I encourage you to learn more English. One famous and favorite encouraging quote is as follows: “Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy” (Mahatma Gandhi). Additionally, the photograph above shows me sipping a mango shake on one of the Philippines most pristine beaches.

Nour Akalay

Name : Nour AKALAY 
Date of birth : January 8th 1976 (30) 
Marital status : Single 
Nationality : French
Languages : French (native), English (fluent), Spanish (notions)
TOEFL score : 643 (273 computer based)
Computer skills : Microsoft Office、Windows NT/XP/9x 、HTML 、JavaScript、DHTML、PHP、MySQL、VBA、Visual Basic、ADO、Dreamweaver、Flash、Adobe Photoshop、Sphinx 、IE/Firefox 、Xara、InstallShield

Education

• Master in Business Administration
  2005-2006
  Luton University (Luton, U.K.)

• Licence of Multimedia Project Management
  2002-2003
  Bachelor’s degree (Last year of French University undergraduate studies)
  1 year successfully completed
  University of Versailles (Paris, France)

• BTS of Business (Accounting, Management, Marketing)
  1999-2001
  (Two-year of French University undergraduate studies)
  2 years successfully completed
  High Distinctions in Marketing (19.5/20)
  French School of Business (Casablanca, Morocco)

Professional experiences

• Market surveys, statistical analysis. Project management. Team training. Design, administration and analysis of surveys on products and consumers. Issued recommendations for the improvement of  MSIN, stock exchange broker,lsales and image. (Coca-Cola, Morocco, 2002   MEDA,l Akzo Nobel, chemical industry, Morocco, 2001 lMorocco, 2001  Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, Morocco, 2001)

• Design and making of websites, online catalogues and management softwares focusing on financial follow-up. (Marshan  ThelGroup, financial engineering and insurance brokerage, Morocco, 2004  l Wifibot, robotics, France, 2003 lCasablanca Jewish Museum, Morocco, 2004  10Rajeb, industrial carpentry, Morocco, 2001)

  

Philip Rose

My name is Philip Rose; I’m a New Zealander currently lecturing Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, International Management and Organizational Behavior at TKK. My educational background includes undergraduate bachelors’ degrees in both Economics and Social Psychology. I also hold a Masters of Management in Human Resource Management. My master’s research focused on employee retention in China, during my research I worked with companies in China including Midea, Dongfeng-Nissian and Epson. My ongoing PhD researc h is focused on the adaptation of Western Human Resource Management techniques, to better suit the Chinese context.

Ray Chen

教师姓名：Ray Chen

性　　别：男

职　　称：教授

学　　位：美国工学博士基本情况：1982年获厦大数学学士学位，1990年获美国Auburn大学应用数学硕士学位，1998年获美国Connecticut大学计算机科学与工程专业博士学位。曾任美国Auburn大学、Connecticut大学教学助理和研究助理；美国Pandrol Jackson 跨国公司、Perceptive Networks公司、IBM公司的C++/C/C#/COM+/ASP.NET/JAVA高级软件设计师。现为厦门大学软件学院外聘教授。主要讲授分布式计算、分布式数据库、.NET技术、人机界面设计等课程，同时从事相关科研及软件开发工作。研究方向：网络分布式 / 并行计算、网络分布式数据库获奖情况：主要国际级软件专家证书(微软和太阳电脑)

2004年3月，太阳计算机专家证书：JAVA 2 程序设计；

2003年5月，微软SQL数据库专家证书：SQL 数据库 2000 设计和运行；

2003年2月，微软NET特级专家证书；

2003年2月，微软NET应用专家证书Microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD) for .NET；

2003年2月，微软专家证书：XML 的NET/C#网络组件程序设计；

2003年1月，微软专家证书：C#/.NET 视窗程序设计；

2002年11月，微软专家证书：C# 和 ASP.NET的网络程序设计；

1999年6月，微软专家证书：高级VC++/MFC程序设计。1995年，设计世界上第一个实时铁轨探伤识别软件；至今已经用于测试70%美国铁路和95%中国铁路，并因此获该跨国公司“最佳工程师”称号和破格升级。科研成果：主要国际级突破性成果发表

·Ray Jinzhu Chen, “Hybrid Solution of Fork/Join Synchronization in Parallel Queues,” IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, VOL. 12, NO. 8, pp. 829-845, AUGUST 2001.注解：我得出常见分布式电脑网络并行队列算法最接近值，并通过比较世界上的其它最新成果加以证明；

·R. Mark Havira, R. Jinzhu Chen, “High-Speed Rail Flaw Pattern Recognition and Classification, proceedings SPIE (International Society for Optical Engineering) Vol. 2458, pp. 64-73, June 1995.注解：这是关于世界上第一个实时铁轨探伤识别软件的学术报告，由跨国公司副总裁(科研主管)马克博士和我在会上演讲和答辨。

Robert Berry

Hi, my name is Robert. My Chinese name is 白磊. My students call me 白老师. I am a thirteenth generation American from Scots-Irish roots. Most of my family is now centered in Nashville. I come from a big family of accountants and lawyers, and I have mostly followed the family tradition. I say “mostly”, because I am the first of my family to live outside of America in a long time!
I paid for my master’s coursework by working in the accounting department of a transportation management company, where I audited freight bills and handled a mixture of financial and managerial reporting for different clients, including some Fortune 500 companies. I earned my J.D. in Illinois in 1999 and worked as an attorney for a few years before coming to China, where I met my wife, Limei.
I am a traditional guy, which is probably why I like Chinese culture so much. My wife is Minnan, and I am very interested in the history of the Minnan people. I grew up in Tennessee, which is mostly hills and mountains, so I enjoy hiking and mountain climbing. I also enjoy playing soccer/football.

Sam Grainger

Hey, i'm from Britain and have been in China for just over a year. i enjoy traveling to as many places as a can, playing football and taking photographs. i've just started at tan kah kee college and feel like i have settled in fairly smoothly. having spent last year teaching senior students in a middle school in hunan, i came to xiamen for a complete different aspect of chinese life. i have not been disappointed! i firmly believe that the best way to experience a place is to live and work there. This is one of the many reasons i traveled east. hope to get to know you all very soon....

Sara Schaeffer

Hi, my name is Sara Schaeffer. I'm from Canada. I have been living and teaching in China for the past two years. I am very happy to be in Xiamen and can't wait to meet my students. I'm sure we will have a wonderful year.
Email: sarra@xujc.com

Susan Senior

My name is Susan. Alan and I have been married for 38 years and we have three grown-up sons and one baby grandson, all living in Britain. We have both been teaching full-time at Yang-En University in Quanzhou for the past year.
I am an American and have a BA (Honours) in Liberal Arts from Butler University and a Master's Degree in Drama from Yale Graduate School, both in America. I have been a part-time teacher for many years in England, primarily teaching English as a second language at International High Schools near London. I also have the CELTA qualification. At Yang-En, I have been teaching Extensive Reading and Linguistics to 3rd and 4th year students.
 Alan and I have travelled widely throughout America and Europe, as well as visiting a number of countries in North Africa and the Middle-east. We plan to travel to see as much as possible of China and Asia during the holidays while we are working in China. We are both keen tennis players, and I am a keen and knowledgeable gardener.
 Email:susanksenior@xujc.com

Susann Brannstrom

b. 1956

One man shows

• 2003 Gallery IDI:I, Stockholm, Sweden

• 2002 Gallery Krister Fahl, Stockholm, Sweden

• 2002 Gallery Bergdala, Vaxo, Sweden

• 2001 Ahlberghallen, Ostersund Art foundation, Sweden

• 2001 G?teborg Art foundation , Sweden

• 1999 Gallery Krister Fahl, Stockholm, Sweden

• 1993 Gallery Svenska Bilder, Stockholm, Sweden

• 1992 Gallery Konstepedemin, G?teborg, Sweden

• 1988 Gallery Svenska Bilder, Stockholm, Sweden

• 1986 Nacka Art Hall, Stockholm Sweden

• 1985 Gallery 54, Goteborg, Sweden

• 1983 Gallery Mejan, Stockholm, Sweden

Permanent installations / Public works

• 2002 Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden

• 1997 Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

• 1993 Ministry for Forreign Affairs, Stockholm, Sweden

• 1991 Solna Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

• 1990 Subway station Danderyd, Stockholm, Sweden

• 1982 Subway station Skarholmen, Sweden

• 1982 Outdoor mural, Stockholm, Sweden

Pedagogic

• 2003 – 2004 Head master Nordic Art School, Kokkola, Finland

• 2003 Tutor Helsinki Art Academy, Finland

• 2002 – 2003 Director Valand Art Academy, Goteborg, Sweden

• 1998 – 2002 Guest teacher Helsinki Art academy, Finland

• 1992 – 2002 Head master Nordic Art School, Kokkola, Finland

• 2000 Examiner Valand Art Academy, Goteborg, Sweden

• 1999 Guest teacher Royal Art Academy, Stockholm, Sweden

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Terry Miller

Terry Miller(泰瑞·米勒)

性　　别：男

简历与教学科研情况：　　

泰瑞·米勒博士出生在美国俄亥俄州多佛尔。他从小学习钢琴和管风琴，1967年以优异成绩毕业于多佛尔乌斯特学院本科管风琴专业。他在印第安纳州立大学读音乐学研究生时候，由于军队服役被迫中断两年学业。当他在越南当兵期间，使他对东南亚地区音乐产生浓厚兴趣。在他完成了关于俄亥俄州音乐教师亚历山大·奥尔德的“音型唱法”流派风格硕士论文以后，米勒博士在泰国东北地区用14个月做完该地区泰国民间传统音乐的田野调查，完成了他的博士论文，后来该论文由美国格林伍德出版社出版。米勒博士的研究领域包括美国传统赞美诗，加勒比海地区的特立尼达岛、牙买加、圣文森特的赞美诗，以及英联邦岛国、特别是苏格兰的赞美诗。他的教学专题都与他的这些研究有关，其中还包括中国音乐。

　　米勒博士通过他出版的许多文章和书籍以及在中国（包括台湾省）、英国、希腊、瑞典和越南等国家讲学，成为国际上的知名学者。他的文章发表在许多重要期刊杂志上，其中包括《民族音乐学》、《亚洲音乐》、《十字路》、《泰国学会杂志》、《赞美诗》、《民族音乐学论文集》、《南方杂志》、《越南》、《戏剧杂志》等。米勒博士的专著包括《美国民间音乐研究文献索引》、《老挝传统音乐》、《如何演奏泰国笙》、《从欧洲1505-1932年资料重新探究泰国音乐历史》。米勒博士最有影响的专著，是1998年出版的《加兰世界音乐百科全书》由他主编的第四卷《东南亚音乐》，他还是该卷主要作者。2005年秋季，美国罗特利莱出版公司将出版他与安德鲁·沙里阿利博士合著的世界音乐教科书《世界音乐之旅》。

　　米勒博士曾经担任六年美国“亚洲音乐学会”会长（1994-2000）、五年美国“民族音乐学学会”财政主管（1995-2000）、美国“民族音乐学学会理事—大学音乐协会”（1999-2002）。从1975年起，他在肯特州立大学任教一直到2005年退休，期间，米勒博士教过多门音乐史和民族音乐学课程、研究生专题讨论课、方法论课程，以及泰国乐队和中国乐队排练课。

　　美国民族音乐学家泰瑞·米勒博士曾在1996年、2003年和2005年三次访问中国，先后在山东艺术学院、上海音乐学院、杭州师范学院、中国音乐学院、中国艺术研究院音乐研究所、中央音乐学院、厦门大学、厦门大学嘉庚学院、福建师范大学访问和讲学。2005年9月，厦门大学嘉庚学院特聘泰瑞·米勒博士为音乐系荣誉教授。

Tom Shen

Vicki Tofiq

Victoris Robbertze

My name is Victoris Robbertze but you can call me Tori. My husband and I have been in China for 1 year now and we are loving it! I am a aphic Designer by trade but have always wanted to teach...so now I am living that dream.

   For my thesis I produced a graphic book about AIDS orphans and before coming here I worked for an HIV organization in South Africa. So I  am very passionate in the fight against this disease.

   I love to paint in my spare time; take photos; read all types of books and enjoy nature. I look forward to another year getting to know you!

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