Contact Information
707 S. Mathews Ave. | MC-168
Urbana, IL 61801
Education
Master Course in Online Teaching (MCOT) Certificate, Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Certification for English Placement Test (EPT) Essay Rating, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Certificate in TESOL, Department of Linguistics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Graduate Teacher Certificate, Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
M.A. Teaching English as a Second Language, Department of Linguistics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
B.A. Integrated Strategic Communications, University of Kentucky; Magna Cum Laude
Grants
Co-PI, 2021 Annual International Prestigious Universities Collaboration Program Grant [元智大學 110 學年度國際名校教研合作計畫] Yuan-Ze University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan. Summer, 2021. Award: $3,300 USD ($100,000 NTD)
Co-PI. Provost Initiative for Teaching Advancement (PITA) Grant recipient, 2013. “Supporting 21st Century Global Graduate Students: Developing an online academic writing module for online international students”
Awards and Honors
College of Liberal Arts and Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Impact Award (for inspiring efforts during COVID), 2020
Excelling in Language Instruction Award, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Nominated), 2018
Mary A. Hussey Award for Excellence in ESL Teaching
Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
Courses Taught
- ESL 111
- ESL 112
- ESL 115
- ESL 515
- ESL 521
- ESL 522
- ESL 525
Additional Campus Affiliations
Senior Lecturer, Linguistics
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- Association for Business Communication (ABC)
- Consortium on Graduate Communication (CGC)
Recent Publications
Huang, J. (2024). I bet I’m right: A professional tone “gambling” game. In Whalen, D., Drehmer, C. & Caenaugh, A. (2024). Seeing the future of business communication teaching from a mile high perch. Business and Professional Communication Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1177/23294906241227537
[Invited] Huang, W., & Huang, J. (2024). Gamification of Learning. In J.E. Coryll, L.M. Baumgartner, & J.W. Bohonos (Eds.), Method for Facilitating Adult Learning: Strategies for Enhancing Instruction and Instructor Effectiveness. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003446019
Huang, J. (2018). Unit 3: Integrating sources. In R. Sadler, J. Pennell, & J. Kotnarowski (Eds) Introduction to academic writing for ELLs [e-Text]. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Illinois eText.