Ø Teaching and Research Areas

Courses taught: College English, English for Postgraduates, Academic Writing, An Introduction to European Literary Thought and Criticism

Research areas: British and American Literature, Teaching English as a Second Language

Ø Professional Positions

2017-  Associate Professor, Wuhan University

1998-2017 Lecturer, Wuhan University

Ø Awards

l 2013 First Prize Winner of Wuhan University Academic Innovation Award for Postgraduates

l 2010-2012 First Prize Winner of Academic Achievements (Academic Paper), Hubei Foreign Literature Association

l 2012 First Prize of Teaching Contest at the School of Foreign Languages & Literature of Wuhan University

l 2002 First-Prize Winner of the Outstanding Teaching Award of Wuhan University

Ø Academic Exchanges

l 2016-2017, Visiting Scholar, English Department, Boston University

l 2017，"Fundamentalism as a Life-saving Straw in Brick Lane and White Teeth", NEA MLA, Baltimore.

Ø Selected Publications

Books and Book Chapters:

l New Integrated English for Postgraudates (Wuhan: Wuhan University Press 2021), ed. By Changsong You, and Hongping Xiong, etc.

l College English Reading (Volume 4) (Wuhan: Wuhan University Press 2018), ed. By Changsong You, and Hongping Xiong, etc.

l European and American Literature Theory (Wuhan: Wuhan University Press 2018), ed. by Binzhong Zhu, and Hongping Xiong , etc.

l A Guide to British Culture, Customs and Traditions (Wuhan: Wuhan University Press, 2014), ed. by Binzhong Zhu, and Hongping Xiong , etc., pp.160.     

l Easy Topic English (Wuhan: Wuhan University Press, 2008 ), ed. by Hongping Xiong and Hongyan Yao.

l A Course Book of English Literature (Wuhan: Wuhan University Press, 2005), ed. by Boxiang Zhang and Hongping Xiong etc., pp. 693.

l  Appreciation of British and American Classic Literature (Wuhan: Wuhan University Press, 2005), ed. by Boxiang Zhang, Jiang Long and Hongping Xiong, etc.

Journal Articles

l ‘Integrating General English and English for academic purposes: Teaching Reform of English for Postgraduates of non-English majors.’ English Square (Academic Research)，2021(07):97-100.

l ‘Rootless Gatsby: A Topoanalysis of The Great Gatsby’, Foreign Literature Studies, 34 (6), 2012, pp. 137-143.

l ‘Black Gatsby under the Gaze of the Other’, Journal of PLA University of Foreign Languages, (6) 2012, pp 110-114.

l ‘Sara Maitland’s A Book of Silence’, English Square (Academic Research), (2) 2012, pp. 167-168.

l ‘Racial Passing from the Perspective of Foucault’, Etudes Francaises, (1) 2012, pp. 60-66.

l ‘Comparative Approach to English Literature’, Comparative Literature in China, (1) 2011, pp. 148-150.

l ‘Translation as Adaption: On Translation of Loanwords’, Wuhan University Journal, (6-1) 2008, pp.168-170.

l ‘The Tragic Dimension in Rip Van Winkle’, Wuhan University Journal, (5) 2003, pp. 199-204.

l ‘From Fallenness to Authenticity: the Rebirth of Birkin in D. H. Lawrence’s Women in Love’, (6) 2002, pp. 27-32.

Ø Grants

l “Critical Thinking and EAP”, Book Publishing Program funded by Graduate School of Wuhan University，2021-

l Empirical Research on Teaching Reform of English for Postgraduates of Non-English majors, Key Research Project funded by Graduate School of Wuhan University，2020-

l Research Program, “Exploring the Connection between Critical Thinking Skills and Writing”, funded by School of Foreign Languages and Literature of Wuhan University，2021-

l Empirical Research on Curriculum Reform of English for Postgraduates of Non-English majors, Key Research Project funded by Graduate School of Wuhan University，2018-

l Excellent Course Project, “Critical Thinking and Academic English”，funded by Graduate School of Wuhan University, 2019-

l National Excellent Course Project, College English, funded by Ministry of Education, PRC. 2013-2018.

l National Excellent Course Resource Sharing Project, College English，funded by Ministry of Education, PRC. 2009-2014.