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Cynthia Ning, PhD - Camp Director and Language Instructor. Associate Director, Center for Chinese Studies at the University of Hawai‘i. Co-director, Confucius Institute at UHM. Author, Communicating in Chinese & Exploring in Chinese, Yale University Press.
Chunman Gissing, MA - Language Instructor. Mandarin Teacher at the University Prep Academy, Seattle, WA. Co-chair, Chinese Language Core Team, Washington State. Mandarin Examiner and team leader, International Baccalaureate.
Kristine Wogstad, MA - Language Instructor. Mandarin teacher at the Highland Park High School, St. Paul, MN. Sub-group coordinator, Mandarin Chinese Project: Minnesota DOE. Co-author, Kaiming Intermediate Chinese, Cheng & Tsui.
Amy Shen, MA - Language Instructor. Mandarin Teacher at Head-ROyce School, Oakland, CA.
Stephen Tschudi, MA - Language Pedagogy Consultant. Specialist in Technology for Language Education, National Foreign Language Resource Center, University of Hawaii. Past recipient, Hawaii Association of Language Teachers Excellence in Teaching Award. Co-developer, BRIX course management system.
Hong Yao, MA - Administrative Specialist, Co-Director of Confucius Institute at UHM, Professor of Beijing Foreign Studies University.
Jun He, MA - Language Specialist, Language Instructor of Beijing Foreign Studies University.
JiaLin Sun (Sunny), MS - Camp Coordinator. Project Coordinator for the Chinese Language Teacher Education program (CLTE) at the University of Hawaii.
Yen Chun, MBA - Camp Public Affairs Coordinator. Vice president, CMC Consulting Group (US-China consultants). Trustee, Soong Ching Ling Foundation of Beijing & Shanghai. Director, Chinese Chamber of Commerce.
Xiu Zhang, MA - Martial arts lead instructor. Founder and chief instructor of the Hawai‘i Wushu Center; former leader, Shandong Provincial Wushu Team; former wushu instructor, Beijing University of Physical Education.
Jianping Huang - Table Tennis Instructor. Member of the PRC national table tennis team, 1979–80. Hawaii state Singles Champion, 2007.
Ada Miaode Feng - Table Tennis Instructor. Won many provincial championships from 1980 to 1981, and represented Guangdong when her team was placed 3rd nationally. Currently an active member of the Hawaii Table Tennis Club.
These key staff members will be joined by numerous dorm counselors, teaching assistants, camp assistants, and volunteers. An additional ten Chinese teachers-in-training and experienced language faculty will be observing and assisting with instruction.