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		Cao, Fan The University of Hong Kong
Webinar title Conducting fMRI research of Chinese reading Bio My research interests include reading development and disorders, second language learning, as well as joint attention in young children with ASD. I study these research questions as a way to understand neural plasticity. I am interested in the neural mechanisms underlying these developmental and learning disorders, as well as how brain structure and function change following behavioral intervention.


		Hsu, Yu-Yin The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Webinar title Tracking eye movements in Chinese reading Bio Yu-Yin Hsu is Assistant Professor of linguistics at the Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Her research has been on syntactic theory and syntactic interfaces of information structure and focus prosody, psycholinguistic language processing, computational psycholinguistics, and technology and Chinese language education.


		Ke, Sihui (Echo) The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Webinar title Conducting syntheses and meta-analyses of Chinese reading Bio Dr. KE Sihui (Echo) is an Associate Professor at the Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). She received her Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition from Carnegie Mellon University. Prior to joining PolyU, she held academic appointments at the Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen and the University of Kentucky. Her primary research interest is second language reading and biliteracy development. She is also interested in Chinese applied linguistics, ESL/bilingual/foreign language education, as well as assessment and instruction. Currently, she is serving on the editorial board of Journal of Educational Psychology, Learning and Individual Differences, among others.


		Kim, Sun-A The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Webinar title Understanding Chinese character reading: From research to practices Bio Sun-A Kim is an Associate Professor of Second Language Acquisition and Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language in the Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Her research interests include Chinese character reading, individual differences in language processing and learning, and teaching Chinese and Korean as second/foreign languages.


		Lau, Kit-ling, Dinky The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Webinar title Expanding reading research to classical Chinese reading 拓展閱讀研究的新領域：文言文閱讀研究 Bio Prof Kit-ling Lau obtained her PhD from the Department of Educational Psychology, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She is now working as a Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her research interests include Chinese reading instruction, reading motivation, strategy instruction, self-regulated learning, classical Chinese reading, and technology enhanced language learning.


		Li, Guofang University of British Columbia
Webinar title Conducting and Disseminating Mixed Methods Research in (Chinese) Language and Literacy Education Bio Dr. Guofang Li is Professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Transnational/Global Perspectives of Language and Literacy Education of Children and Youth, University of British Columbia. Her research interests span longitudinal studies of bilingualism and biliteracy development, Chinese heritage language education, new literacies and technology-enhanced language teaching, bilingual language teacher education, and language policies in globalized contexts.


		Lin, Chin-hsi The University of Hong Kong
Webinar title Technology and Chinese Reading: From a Self-regulated learning perspective Bio Dr Chin-Hsi Lin is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Hong Kong. He received his Ph.D. at the University of California, Irvine. Dr. Lin’s research focuses on language learning processes in technology-enhanced learning environments from an interactionist and self-regulated learning perspectives.


		Maurer, Urs The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Webinar title The use of electroencephalography (EEG) to study brain processes related to reading Chinese Bio Urs Maurer is an Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His research focuses on cognitive and neural aspects of spoken and written language processing. He is particularly interested in reading acquisition, dyslexia, and second language learning. One goal of his work is to use neural markers of language processing to inform screening and intervention practices for dyslexia. His research involves behavioral and functional neuroimaging techniques, such as EEG and fMRI. He received his PhD at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. He then pursued postdoctoral studies at the University of Zurich and at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York City. Before joining the Chinese University of Hong Kong he was an assistant professor at the University of Zurich, funded through the Swiss National Science Foundation’s prestigious research professor scheme.


		McBride, Catherine Alexandra Purdue University
Webinar title Cognitive linguistic skills that are critical for learning to read and to write in Chinese: An overview Bio Catherine (Cammie) McBride is a Professor of Human Development and Family Science and Associate Dean for Research for the College of Health and Human Sciences at Purdue University. Her current research is devoted to improving online assessment and training of literacy as well as mathematics skills.


		Wiener, Seth Carnegie Mellon University
Webinar title It's not a heavenly book, it's academic research: Publishing Chinese research in English Bio Seth Wiener is an Associate Professor and the Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Modern Languages at Carnegie Mellon University. He directs the Language Acquisition, Processing, and Pedagogy Lab, is an Associate Editor for Applied Psycholinguistics, and an editorial board member for Chinese as a Second Language, and Studies in Chinese Learning and Teaching.


		Zhang, Dongbo University of Exeter
Webinar title Lexical quality and reading in Chinese as a global language Bio Dongbo Zhang is Professor of Language Education and co-director of the Centre for Research in Language and Literacy in the School of Education at the University of Exeter, the United Kingdom. His research focuses on reading development in bilingual/second language learners. He is co-editor of Language and Education (Taylor & Francis).