CCS Spotlight

Tao-chung (Ted) Yao
When Tao-chung (Ted) Yao came to the University of Hawai‘i in 1995, he made the right move on a couple of levels: First, he escaped the Massachusetts winters he’d endured at Mount Holyoke College for more than ten years; second, he added much expertise to UHM’s East Asian Languages and Literatures in the field of Chinese pedagogy. The number of Ph.D. students who come to study with Ted and their success in snagging jobs in the difficult academic market are proof that UHM made the right decision in bringing Ted here.

Born in Taiwan, Ted received his B.A. from Soochow University in English literature, then went on to Seton Hall for his master’s degree and the University of Arizona for his Ph.D. in Chinese Language and Culture. He wrote on the Ch’üan-chen Taoist sect during the 12th and 13th centuries and its influence on Chinese society. Over the years he has established himself not only as an outstanding and sought-after teacher and mentor, but also as an international leader in testing. He is inextricably involved with the ETS SAT II-Chinese Achievement Test as a member of the development committee, and is the first Chief Reader for the Chinese Advanced Placement Test of the College Board.

Ted is well known for his textbook Integrated Chinese, which has been in print under the Cheng & Tsui imprint since 1997. He has also developed a computer-adaptive test for reading Chinese (CATRC).

The author of over fifty scholarly articles in English and Chinese, Ted’s research findings have appeared in the Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, and he has been a major contributor to the Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association.

Ted’s teaching credits include not only Mount Holyoke and UHM; he has also taught as a visiting professor at Chung-yuan Christian University, Nanyang Technological University, Indiana University, The Ohio State University, Middlebury College, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and the University of Arizona.

Although Ted maintains a heavy teaching and consulting schedule, his abiding interest in Taoism infuses both his professional and personal life.

News

  • 2012 US-China International Youth Festival in China
  • Scholarships offered by the Taiwan Government – Application Deadline: March 31st
  • May 3rd, Hawaii Theatre – Upcoming Concert by Famed Hong Kong Singers
  • Ode to Spring – 2012 Han Sheng Concert, March 11, 4 pm, Orvis
  • Award Winning Chinese Film, Let the Bullets Fly, opens March 2nd
  • University of Tokyo-University of Hawai’i Summer Residential Institute–APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 1, 2012
  • Master’s in East-West Relations, Beijing Foreign Studies University – Deadline April 30, 2012
  • Associated Chinese University Women Scholarships, Application Deadline April 1st, 2012
  • Feb. 21, MIT scholar Huang Yasheng to give two free talks at UHM
  • UH-Hilo offers Summer Tour to China
  • SUMMER 2012 INTERNSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT
  • 2012–2013 UHM–Peking University Exchange Program Application Open
  • Tsinghua University Chinese History and Society Program – June 25th – July 20th 2012
  • Feb. 9th – “Meeting the Need for Management Ethics in China”
  • Feb. 3rd – Chinese contemporary artists talk
  • Feb. 1st – Ding Guangquan to speak on 趣味汉语
  • Feb. 1st – “Comedy in the Chinese Cultural Sphere” – A Lecture by Dashan
  • Feb. 1st – Talks by Dr. Chifang Chao on Dance in Taiwan and Okinawa
  • Wing-tsit Chan Graduate Fellowship in Chinese Philosophy Fund with East-West Center
  • Eu Tong Sen and Ah Kin Buck Yee scholarships
  • Ning Fund Application Form 2012 Deadline Jan. 31
  • CCS Course List Spring 2012
  • $20000 scholarship for Chinese Studies on semester at sea
  • 2011-2012 East-West Center Opportunities for Study and Scholarships
  • New Ford Fellowship Programs for 2012

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