Chinese Flagship Program
Dr. Chao is Professor and Head of Chinese Program at Hunter College since 1998. She holds a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from New York University. In addition to teaching and research, Dr. Chao has extensive experience in managing federally funded projects. She received a U.S. Department of Education Instructional Research Studies grant to develop multimedia Chinese literacy instructional materials in 2001. Dr. Chao has directed STARTALK summer student and teacher programs since 2007. In 2017 she received STARTALK infrastructure grants to develop curricula and materials to promote blended learning, and in 2018, grants to develop a Guide on how to ensure K16 curricular articulation. Dr. Chao has been the Director of the Chinese Flagship program since 2011 and received Flagship funding to implement projects including the teacher training workshops for Flagship and Project Go teachers (2014), the Flagship K-12 blended learning pilot project (2015 to 2017), and the Global Linkage project (2018 to 2020).