美国高等教育讲座
Internationalization through Context-Driven English for Academic Purposes (EAP)，Financing Higher Education in the United States: Inequality and Student Success
讲座主题一：Internationalization through Context-Driven English for Academic Purposes (EAP)
主讲人：Susan Barone, Ph.D.
讲座主题二：Financing Higher Education in the United States: Inequality and Student Success
主讲人：Brent Evans, Ph.D.
时间：2016年5月11日（星期三） 14:30-16:30
地点：中山大学外国语学院一楼讲学厅
主持人：牛端副教授
主办单位：中山大学国际合作与交流处、教育研究所、外国语学院
主讲人简介：
Susan Barone, Ph.D.
Executive Director of Global Learning and Education; Affiliated faculty at College of Arts and Science, Center for Second Language Studies, Peabody College of Education
Susan’s research investigates the intersection of Applied Linguistics and Narrative Medicine and the connection between clinician elicitations and patient narratives in intercultural health-care contexts. She has been instrumental in developing discipline-specific language programs in the VU schools of Education, Engineering, Law, Nursing, Medicine, and Management. Professional interests include needs analysis, program design, and medical discourse analysis. Susan presents at international conferences, and her publications include articles, book chapters, and the textbook, American Legal English.
Brent Evans, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Higher Education and Public Policy, Department of Leadership, Policy & Organizations
Brent Evans is an Assistant Professor of Higher Education and Public Policy at Peabody College, Vanderbilt University where he conducts quantitative research on higher education policy. Professor Evans employs the tools and perspectives of economics and focuses on issues of college access and student success. His work is published in the American Economic Journal: Economic Policyand Innovative Higher Education. He is a Co-Principal Investigator on an Institute for Education Sciences grant that is studying the effect of pre-college advising on high school students postsecondary education outcomes in Texas.