Teaching Associate Professor
Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Education
- Ph.D. Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- M.S. Data Science, Marquette University
- M.A. The Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
Courses Taught
- CHNS 1001: Elementary Chinese 1
- CHNS 1002: Elementary Chinese 2
- CHNS 2001: Intermediate Chinese 1
- CHNS 2002: Intermediate Chinese 2
- CHNS 3200: Chinese Culture and Civilization
- CHNS 3215: Chinese Cuisine and Culture
- CHNS 3230: Chinawood: Chinese Film and Culture
- CHNS 3300: Chinese Society: Speaking and Reading Skills
- CHNS 3700: Chinese Business Culture
- CHNS 4931/LLAC4931: Topics in Foreign Language, Culture and Literature
Research Interests
Transnational migration, race and ethnicity, language and identity, museum exhibitions and cultural representations, Asian American studies, Chinese language and culture
Specialization
- Chinese pedagogy
- Chinese culture and civilization
- Technology and language teaching
Publications
- Ko, J., Joslyn, J., Lu, G., Palmer, J., Charles, M., Sanganalu Matth, A., Parsons, B., Tatum, R., Redmann, C., & Bialkowski, W. (2022). Empowering Those Who Seek to End Hunger through Collaboration and Innovation. Metropolitan Universities Journal, 32(3),92-101. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18060/25330
- Ko, J. (2011). Cultural Representations and Museums: The Construction of Ethnic Identity in Chicago’s Chinatown” Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Honors and Awards
- Marquette Faculty All-Star Award, February 15. 2023
- Jump Start Award, 2020 Forward Thinking Virtual Poster Session, Marquette University, November 2020
Grants
- Chinese Language Learning and Game Design, Principal investigator (PI), STARTALK Grant, National Security Agency, 08/2024-08/2026
- Chinese Language Learning and Artificial Intelligence, Principal investigator (PI), STARTALK Grant, National Security Agency, 05/2023-06/2025
- Computer Science Enhanced Chinese Language Learning, Principal investigator (PI), STARTALK Grant, National Security Agency, 05/2022-06/2024
Presentations
- “Chinese Language Learning and Game Design” A Celebration of Research in the Klingler College of Arts & Sciences- Poster Session. November 12. 2024, Poster.
- “Reflections on Marquette University’s STARTALK program “Computer Science Enhanced Chinese Language Learning.” Wisconsin Association for Language Teachers (WAFLT) Fall Conference, November 2-4. 2023, Oral presentation.
- “Chinese Language Learning and Artificial Intelligence” A Celebration of Research in the Klingler College of Arts & Sciences-Poster Session. November 8. 2023, Poster.
- “Remembering the Past: Chicago’s Chinatown Resembles a Living Museum,” at A Celebration of Research in the Klingler College of Arts & Sciences-Virtual Poster Session. November 9, 2021 (Poster presentation)
- “Empowering Those Who Seek to End Hunger” at A Celebration of Research in the Klingler College of Arts & Sciences-Virtual Poster Session. November 9, 2021 (Poster presentation, with Dr. Walter Bialkowski)
- “Exploring Culture: Interviews and Virtual Tours” at Wisconsin Association for Language Teachers (WAFLT), Fall Conference, November 5-6, 2021 (Asynchronous video presentation)
- Language Shift and Maintenance on the Chinese Diaspora of Chicago” at Liminal Existences and migrant Resistances Conference (LEMR), Marquette University March 24-27, 2021(synchronous video presentation)
- “Urban Space and Ethnic Diversity: Identity in Chicago’s Chinatown” at “Urban Spaces, Creative Places: A Blueprint for the Humanities in the City” Conference, Marquette University, February 14 -15, 2020 (paper presentation)
- “Technology and Tools in the World language classroom,” presented at the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 2018 Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, March 8-10, 2018 (Oral presentation, co-presented with Erin Falk)
Dr. Jen-Li KoMarquette University
