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Portrait of Dr. Pinfan Zhu

Dr. Pinfan Zhu

  • Professor at English, College of Liberal Arts

Service Activities

2027

  • Writing Competition Sponsored by University Writing Center. February 13, 2023 - February 27, 2027.

2024

  • Adjudicator, Business and Professional Communication Quarterly. July 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024.
  • Adjudicator, Technical Communication. March 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024.
  • Member, Technical Communication Committee. January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024.
  • Member, Online Teaching Committee. January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024.
  • Member, Library Committee. January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024.
  • Adjudicator, International Journal of English and Literature. January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2024.
  • Adjudicator, International Journal of English and Literature. January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2024.

2023

  • Online Teaching Committee. January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023.
  • Library Committee. January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023.
  • Adjudicator, International Journal of English and Literature. January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023.
  • Technical Communication Committee. January 1, 2023 - December 30, 2023.

2022

  • Reviewer / Referee, Technical Communication. January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Educational Research and Reviews. January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022.
  • Member, Library Committee. August 1, 2021 - December 31, 2022.
  • Member, Online Teaching Committee. August 1, 2021 - December 31, 2022.
  • Member, Technical Communication Committee. August 1, 2021 - December 31, 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Media and Communication Studies. January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, International Journal of English and Literature. January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2022.
  • Member, Annual Review Committee for Full Professors. August 1, 2020 - December 31, 2022.

2021

  • Member, Library Committee. January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2021.
  • Member, Online Teaching Committee. January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2021.
  • Member, Technical Communication Committee. January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2021.
  • Member, Annual Review Committee for Full Professors. January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Media and Communication Studies. January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Communication Design Quarterly. January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Technical Communication Quarterly. July 29, 2021 - August 8, 2021.

2020

  • Editorial Board of Chinese Traditional Medicine. Hunan University, China, 2016 -2019.. June 30, 2016 - January 7, 2020.
  • Member, Journal of Media & Communication Studies. July 15, 2019 - December 31, 2020.
  • Member, Communication Design Quarterly. January 1, 2020 - December 30, 2020.
  • Member, Online Teaching Committee. January 1, 2019 - December 30, 2020.
  • Member, Library Committee. January 1, 2019 - December 30, 2020.
  • Member, Technical Communication Commiittee. January 1, 2019 - December 30, 2020.
  • Member, Journal of Media & Communication Studies. January 1, 2017 - December 30, 2020.
  • Member, Journal of English for Specific Purpose. December 23, 2018 - January 31, 2020.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Editorial Board of Journal of Media and Communication Studies. August 1, 2018 - January 7, 2020.
  • Member, Faculty Review Committee, Full Professor. January 1, 2020.

2019

  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Mass Communication Studies. November 26, 2019 - December 10, 2019.
  • Member, Online Teaching Committee. January 1, 2010 - August 1, 2019.
  • Member, Library Committee. August 1, 2005 - August 1, 2019.
  • Member, Technical Communication Committee. August 1, 2005 - August 1, 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, The Journal of Mass Communication Studies. February 15, 2019 - February 18, 2019.

2018

  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Media & Communication Studies. October 29, 2018 - November 14, 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Media & Communication Studies. October 29, 2018 - November 10, 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Media & Communication Studies. September 25, 2018 - October 1, 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Media & Communication Studies. July 15, 2018 - July 25, 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Media & Communication Studies. June 6, 2018 - June 18, 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Media & Communication Studies. February 9, 2018 - February 18, 2018.

2017

  • Reviewer / Referee, Theory and Practice in Language Studies. December 12, 2017 - December 26, 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Media and Communication Studies. June 14, 2017 - June 28, 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Media and Communication Studies. June 14, 2017 - June 16, 2017.
  • Referee for the university's writing composition. March 10, 2017 - March 15, 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Media and Communication Studies. December 30, 2016 - January 10, 2017.

2016

  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Media and Communication Studies. December 23, 2016 - December 30, 2016.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Media and Communication Studies. December 15, 2016 - December 30, 2016.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Bülent Karakaya. October 4, 2016 - November 12, 2016.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Language Teaching and Research. September 22, 2016 - September 27, 2016.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Media and Communication Studies. September 16, 2016 - September 21, 2016.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal Of Media and Communication Studies. August 29, 2016 - September 2, 2016.
  • Other, Marilene 's PPT presentation for Academic Exchange in China. May 2, 2016 - May 10, 2016.
  • Member, Online Teaching Committee. August 1, 2010 - January 1, 2016.
  • Member, Library Committee. August 1, 2005 - January 1, 2016.
  • Member, Technical Communication Committee. August 1, 2005 - January 1, 2016.

2015

  • Editor, Editing a textbook on Speedy English for Engineers. October 1, 2015 - November 1, 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Invited by Bedford/St. Martin's as a reviewer for the textbook Writing That Works, Eleventh Edition by Walter E. Oliu, Charles T. Brusaw, and Gerald J. Alred. August 1, 2014 - September 1, 2015.
  • Mentor, Mentored a visiting scholar from China. February 1, 2015 - July 1, 2015.

2014

  • Speaker, "Accommodating Asian Students in a Compositional Class" presentation to TAs of the English Department. September 1, 2013 - September 1, 2014.
  • Member, Rhetoric and Composition Committee. August 1, 2013 - August 1, 2014.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Invited by Pearson Publisher to review for the textbook Professional Writing for Today's Workplace by Gerson & Gerson. April 1, 2014 - May 1, 2014.

2013

  • Speaker, Accommodating Asian Students’ Writing Needs, presentation to TAs. September 1, 2012 - August 1, 2013.
  • Speaker, invited twice by Professor Anysworth to give lectures on translation study in Edward University. May 1, 2013 - June 1, 2013.

2012

  • Reviewer / Referee, Invited referee by The Journal of Language Teaching and Research, to review Multi- competence at the discourse level: A Comparison of Persuasive Essays by Chinese College and High School EFL Students. September 1, 2011 - September 1, 2012.
  • Speaker, How to accommodate student diversity, presentation to TAs. September 1, 2011 - September 1, 2012.
  • Speaker, Invited twice by Professor Anysworth to give lectures on translation study in Edward University. May 1, 2012 - June 1, 2012.
  • Editor, Editing Technical Communication: Excelling in a Technological World, invited by Flat World Knowledge Publisher. April 1, 2011 - April 1, 2012.

2011

  • Speaker, Teaching a Student-centered Writing Class: Diverse Students, Diverse Needs, and Diverse Strategies, presentation to TAs. September 1, 2010 - August 1, 2011.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Public Understanding of Science (UK). Reviewed "Of and Phantasms: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and the Rhetorical Construction of ˜Bad' Scientific Work. September 1, 2010 - February 1, 2011.

2010

  • "Using Gagne's Nine Principles in Teaching a Course of International Technical Communication,a round table presentation for members of Instructional Technologies Support, Texas State University. September 1, 2009 - September 1, 2010.

2009

  • Reviewer / Referee, Revirwing a manuscript "Teaching Technical Communication in China invited by the editor-in-chief of Technical Communication. September 1, 2009 - October 1, 2009.
  • Speaker, How to Work with Asian Students in Class, presentation to TAs. September 1, 2009 - October 1, 2009.
  • Volunteer, Pack It Up and Pass It On 2007. August 1, 2007 - August 1, 2009.
  • Translator, Translated the biography of Ryan Pollack, a technical writer of National Instruments in China for the Society of Technical Communication, Austin Branch and participated the Branch's academic meeting and contributed knowledge there on April 7. 2009. April 1, 2009 - May 1, 2009.

2008

  • Volunteer, Moonlight Breakfast. October 1, 2007 - October 1, 2008.

2007

  • Editor, Served on external review panel and peer reviewed and edited the article "Planning a Taiwanese Technical Communication Program" written for the journal of Technical Communication. May 1, 2007 - August 1, 2007.
  • Speaker, Accommodating Student Diversity from Multicultural Dimensions, presentation to TAs. September 1, 2006 - August 1, 2007.

2006

  • Speaker, How to Accommodate Student Diversity, presentation to TAs. September 1, 2005 - August 1, 2006.

2005

  • Speaker, ESL Writing Problems, presentation to TAs. September 1, 2005 - October 1, 2005.