Ruizhi Guo
Associate Professor of English, Shaanxi Normal University
Email:helen_guoruizhi@126.com
Education
Ph.D. in American History, Shaanxi Normal University, 2015.
M.A. in American Studies, Xi’an International Studies University, 1998.
B. A. in English Language and Literature, Shaanxi Normal University, 1991.
2008-2009 Visiting Scholar at California State University
2018-2019 Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Columbia University
Courses and services
The Society and Culture of the UK and the US
Selected Readings of American History and Culture
An Outline Introduction to Western Culture
American History
Advanced English Reading
Intensive English Reading
Extensive English Reading
English Phonetics
Academic English Writing
Academic advisor for undergraduate and graduate students
Supervisor for undergraduate students
Research Interests
American history and culture, English teaching
Selected publications:
“The American Anti-Communist Purge of the CIO and its Aftermath in the Early Cold War Years,”Journal of Shaanxi Normal University(2014).
“Consumerism in American Culture and Its Influence on China,”Journal of Qinghai Social Sciences(2014).
“The Task-Based Teaching Designing in the Interactive and Cooperative Language Learning under the Network Environment,” Cross-Linguistic & Cross-Cultural Studies, Beijing: Chinese Social Science Press(2014).
“On Causes and Results of Taft-HartleyAct in the US,”Journal of Shaanxi Normal University(2012).
“An Application of TBLT to Communicative Language Teaching—A Case Study of English Reading,” Cross-Linguistic & Cross-Cultural Studies, Beijing: Chinese Social Science Press(2011).
“Cultural Differences and Cultural Fusion in Foreign Language Teaching,”Foreign Language Education(2004).
"Interplay between English Phonetics and Listening,”Foreign Languages and Their Teaching(2003).
Current research projects
Taking charge ofAmerican Industrial Union Movement (1869-1955), the National Social Science Fund Project of China, 2016.
Participating in the research ofTheAmerican NGOs and the Cold War, the National Social Science Fund Project of China, 2017.
Affiliations
Member, American History Research Association of China (AHRAC)
Member, American History and Culture Center atShaanxi Normal University
Member, Chinese and Western Culture Research Center of Shaanxi Normal University
