Liz Carter
Liz Carter received her PhD in Asian Languages and Cultures from the University of California, Los Angeles, with a dissertation focusing on the intersection of the law and media in the PRC. Before coming to Vassar, she taught courses in Chinese linguistics, translation, cinema, and literature at Pepperdine University, Occidental College, and Western Washington University. Prior to academia, she worked as a journalist for Foreign Policy’s Tea Leaf Nation covering Chinese internet culture and published a book on the subject. Her research interests include language ideology in PRC mass media and inclusive Mandarin pedagogy.
Liz Carter received her Ph.D. in Asian Languages and Cultures from the University of California, Los Angeles, with a dissertation focusing on the intersection of the law and media in the PRC. Prior to academia, she worked as a journalist for Foreign Policy’s Tea Leaf Nation covering Chinese internet culture and published a book on the subject, and authored, co-authored, and translated textbooks for China’s Foreign Languages Press. Before coming to Vassar, she taught courses in Chinese linguistics, translation, cinema, and literature at Pepperdine University, Occidental College, and Western Washington University.
Her recent publications include articles on inclusive Mandarin pedagogy in the International Journal of Chinese Language Education and on Chinese criminal trials and televised confessions in Chinese Language and Discourse. At present, she is collaborating with an international group of applied linguists on a comparative study of COVID-related discourse across six languages. She also gives twice yearly guest lectures on the Chinese internet landscape and social media to diplomats bound for PRC postings through the United States Foreign Service Institute.
