Personnel

David Lou

Director, UNL

Dr. David Lou's major responsibility is to work with the Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, deans and directors to set a direction for the Confucius Institute that meets its mission and university standards of excellence. As Director, Dr. Lou represents the program and university on a local, national and international level.

Dr. Lou works collaboratively with the Office of Academic Affairs in developing the budget for the Institute; and the faculties of all colleges and support units of the university in developing programs for the Confucius Institute. As director, Dr. Lou also supervises all staff employed by the Institute.

In addition to Director of UNL Confucius Institute, Dr. Lou serves as Director of UNL's Office of China Initiatives and holds a faculty appointment of J.K. Ludwickson Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Dr. Lou obtained his doctoral degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has published extensively in his area of expertise. He is also active professionally at the national and international level.

Rachel Zeng

Executive Associate Director, UNL

Dr. Rachel Zeng is responsible for daily managerial and operational duties of the Confucius Institute. Serve as liaison between Hanban / Confucius Institute Headquarters and the Confucius Institute's Chinese language and culture staff and its target audiences. Assist the language and culture staff in the development, implementation, and marketing of appropriate non-credit language and culture programming. Work with the Director of the Confucius Institute as needed to support and solidify partnerships and educational initiatives with the University.

Pingan Huang

Associate Director, Xi'an Jiaotong University

As a representative from the Chinese partner - Xi'an Jiaotong University and Associate Director for the UNL Confucius Institute, Prof. Huang's major responsibility is to assist the Director in planning and operation of the Institute. In particular, Prof. Huang is responsible for Chinese language teaching activities which include designing the curriculum and syllabi, selecting teaching materials and methods, and teaching quality supervision. He also works with the Director and associate directors in organizing Chinese culture activities, submitting program application and activity reports to the Office of Chinese Language Council International (Hanban), and promoting exchanges between China and the State of Nebraska.

Lei Shi

Program Coordinator, UNL

Lei Shi's general responsibilities include assisting the Director and Associate Directors to promote and develop the Chinese language and culture programs, and to provide overall program support; maintaining good communications with all personnel involved in, and monitoring the status of all ongoing programs statewide; collecting feedback from students, teachers, and other educators and administrators; facilitating the setting up of new programs and scheduling major cultural activities for the Institute; assisting new Chinese teachers and scholars to enter the USA to teach or give lectures; and coordinating meetings of UNL-CI staff and outside people and organizations.

Luan Li

Artist-In-Residence

Luan Li is the former chair of the Department of Music and associate professor at the College of Art of China at Three Gorges University in Hubei, China.

Professor Li teaches Chinese music classes for the Institute.

Lei Liu

Chinese Instructor

Lei Liu is a lecturer from International Education Center at Ocean University of China in Qingdao, China who teaches Chinese language and culture classes for the Institute in Lincoln, NE.

Office: W205.5 Nebraska Hall

Xianquan Liu

Chinese Instructor

Xianquan Liu is an English teacher from the School of Foreign Studies at Xi'an Jiaotong University, Shaanxi Province, and teaches Chinese language and culture classes at Omaha Central High School in Omaha, NE.

Xuefei Ma

Chinese Instructor

Xuefei Ma is from Changchun Foreign Languages School, Jilin Province who teaches Chinese language and culture for Lincoln Public Schools.

Office: W207.1 Nebraska Hall

Mei Li Keith

Chinese Instructor

Mei Li Keith is current President of Omaha Chinese Culture Association who teaches Chinese language and culture for the Institute at University of Nebraska at Omaha and Bellevue University in Nebraska.

He Huang

Chinese Instructor

He Huang is from Beijing Normal University who teaches Chinese language and culture at Lincoln Public Schools.

Office: W205.7 Nebraska Hall

Yuchen Fan

Chinese Instructor

Yuchen Fan is from Xi'an Jiaotong University City College who teaches Chinese language and culture for ESU #5 in Beatrice, Nebraska.

Lin Jing

Chinese Instructor

Lin Jing is from Xi'an Jiaotong University who teaches Chinese language and culture for ESU #5 in Beatrice, Nebraska.

Zhi Zheng

Chinese Instructor

Zhi Zheng is from Beijing Normal University who teaches Chinese language and culture for Lincoln Public Schools.

Office: W207.1 Nebraska Hall

Liping Ye

Chinese Instructor

Liping Ye is an instructor for the Foreign Languages Department, Lijiang Teacher's Training College who teaches Chinese language and culture for North Platte Public Schools and ESU #16 in North Platte, NE.

Xiaosheng Ouyang

Chinese Instructor

Xiaosheng Ouyang is an instructor for School of Foreign Languages, Jiujiang University who teaches Chinese language and culture for Scottsbluff Public Schools in Scottbluff, NE.

Ying Li

Chinese Instructor

Ying Li is from Beijing Foreign Studies University who teaches Chinese language and culture for Lincoln Public Schools.

Office: W207.1 Nebraska Hall

Bo Liu

Chinese Instructor

Bo Liu is from Liao Cheng University and teaches Chinese language and culture for Lincoln Public Schools.

Office: W207.1 Nebraska Hall

Zhenqiao Yang

Chinese Instructor

Zhenqiao Yang is from Guangdong University of Foreign Studies and will teach Chinese language and culture for Lincoln Public Schools.

Office: W205.7 Nebraska Hall

Angela Rystrom

Office Associate, UNL

Angela Rystrom's general responsibilities include assisting the Director and Associate Directors with various administrative duties; assist in planning and organizing activities; and general office management for the Institute.

Skylar Falter

Student Intern, UNL

Skylar's main responsibility is to help promote the Institute and its programs to targeted individuals and groups.  Her other duties include helping the Institute carry out its various teaching and cultural activities, such as Chinese Speech Competition and Chinese Culture Festival.

Jing Gu

Jing is a local part-time teacher.  She teaches Chinese culture classes and cooking classes for the Confucius Institute.