Ph.D. 2011 Foreign Language Education (Chinese), University of Texas at Austin
Dissertation: “Construction of a Chinese as a Foreign Language (CFL) Anxiety Scale: Towards a Theoretical Model of Foreign Language Anxiety”
Advisor: Professor Elaine K. Horwitz
Ph.D. 2007 Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Beijing Foreign Studies University
Dissertation: “A Cognitive Linguistic Approach to Particle Verbs in English”
Advisor: Professor Yi’an Wu
M.A. 2002 Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Harbin Institute of Technology
B.A. 2000 English, Harbin Institute of Technology