Jingzi Huang

Faculty

Associate Dean

Email jingzi.huang@unco.edu
Phone 970-351-2546
Location McKee 208
Fax 970-351-1877
Office Hours By appointment
A portrait of Ginny Huang.

Education

  • Ph.D. Curriculum and Instruction in Second Language Education. Center for the Studies of Curriculum and Instruction, University of British Columbia, Canada
  • M.A. English Education and English as a Second Language Education. Language Education Department, University of British Columbia, Canada.
  • M.Ed., English as a Foreign Language Education. Foreign Language Department, Beijing Normal University, China.
  • B.A. English Literature. Foreign Language Department, Beijing Normal University, China.

Professional Experience & Affiliations

  • Present: Associate Dean, College of Education and Behavioral Sciences
  • Present: Professor, Language Education at the University of Northern Colorado
  • 2011-2025: Director, School of Teacher Education

Research Expertise & Interests

  • Classroom discourse analysis
  • Faculty development in international settings
  • Language and literacy skills development in school content area
  • Professional development for teachers working with ESL/EFL students
  • Quality teacher education for diverse student populations
  • Second and foreign language education
  • Systematic integration of language and content

Publications

  • Gleason, J., Berg, M., & Huang, J. (2017). Patterns of oral Choice and Evaluation across secondary content areas. Language and Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/09500782.2017.1391279
  • Berg, M. A. & Huang, J. (2017) Language objectives beyond vocabulary: Working with content area teachers for linguistically responsive instruction.  In Challenging Boundaries in Linguistics: Systemic Functional Perspectives. Aachen British and American Studies Series. Vol. 20 edited by Stella Neumann, Rebekah Wegener, Jennifer Fest, Paula Niemietz and Nichole Huzen, pp 381 – 404. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.
  • Huang, J., Margaret, B., Romero, D., & Walker, D. (2016). In-service teacher development for culturally and linguistically diverse responsive pedagogy. Inaugural issue of the Journal of the World Federation of Associations of Teacher Education, 1 (1), pp. 80-101.
  • Huang, J., Berg, M.; Siegrist, M.; & Chanaichon, D. (2016). Impact of a functional linguistic approach to teacher development on content area student writing. International Journal of Applied Linguistics. doi: 10.1111/ijal.12133.
  • Berg, M. & Huang, J. (2015). Improving In-service Teachers’ Effectiveness: K-12 Academic Literacy for the Linguistically Diverse. Functional Linguistics, 2 (5). http://www.functionallinguistics.com/content/2/1/5
  • Huang, J. & Laskowski, T. (2014). Developing Linguistic Sensitivity of ESL Teacher Candidates for Linguistically Responsive Instruction. The International Journal of Literacies, 20 (2), 29 – 50.
  • Huang, J. (2013). Foreign Language Education in US K-12. The Educator Special Issue: Multidimensional Perspective on American Education. April Issue. 中小学外语教育。教育家：美国教育面面观。ISSN1672-8181.
  • Huang, J. & Normandia, B. (2009). Students’ perceptions on communicating mathematically: A case study of a secondary mathematics classroom.  The International Journal of Learning 16 (5), 1-21.
  • Huang, J. & Mohan, B. (2009).  A Functional Approach to Integrated Assessment of Teacher Support and Student Discourse Development in an Elementary Chinese Program.  Linguistics and Education 20, pp. 22-38.
  • Huang, J. & Normandia, B. (2008). Linguistic Resource as Cues Signaling Conceptual Knowledge Crucial for Solving Word Problems. In Nina Norgaard, (Ed.) Systemic Functional Linguistics in Use: Odense Working Papers in Language and Communication, 29, pp. 400 – 419.  

Colorado State Engagement:

  • 2019-present: UNC Teacher Prep Contact for TeachColorado
  • 2017-present: The IHE Teacher Education Representative on Colorado Team for the National Initiative on Diverse Learner Ready Teachers Project
  • 2017-present: IHE rep on Colorado Education Preparation Provider Reports Committee
  • 2014-present: UNC Teacher Preparation Rep on CASPA (Colorado Association of School Personnel Administration)
  • 2012-present: Member on Colorado HELDE (Higher Education for Linguistically Diverse Education)
  • 2011-present: Member on Colorado College of Deans of Education (CCODE)