Ding Yun

Ding Yun, female professor, is from Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. In 1984, she graduated from the Department of Foreign Languages of former Hangzhou University, majoring in English Language and Literature, and in 1989, she completed her graduate study. Professor Ding is the leader of the core discipline in English Language and Literature in China Jiliang University. She is an active member in her related professional fields and holds several directive positions: director of China Foreign Literature Teaching Research Society, member of the Guiding Committee of Foreign Language Education for the Universities in Zhejiang Province, and director of Zhejiang Association for Foreign Literature & Comparative Literature. Besides, Professor Ding is an evaluation expert of Zhejiang Association of Foreign Languages & Literatures and the member of the Academic Committee of China Jiliang University. She is enlisted in the resource-sharing course expert database created by the Department of Higher Education of Ministry of Education. In 2009, she was a senior visiting scholar at Center for Chinese Studies and the Department of Comparative Literature at University of California, Los Angeles. Professor Ding’s research fields  include English and American literature, comparative study of Chinese and foreign languages culture, and English education.

Professor Ding has long been committed to the teaching and research of English language and literature, especially prominent in British and American literature and Ulysses study. She has published more than 40 papers in domestic literary authoritative journals, core journals and university journals, 2 monographs and 6 co-authored books. She is responsible for hosting and completing more than 20 research projects. She has won two second prizes at provincial level (Ulysses series of research won the second prize of university scientific research awards of Zhejiang province in 2008, and The research project "Establishing the Training Target of Learning Ability and Creativity, and Promoting the Research and Practice of Education Teaching Reform in Universities" won the second prize of the fifth teaching awards by Zhejiang Provincial Government), one third prize (New Vistas for the Study of British and American literatures won the third prize in the theoretical research category for excellency in the second social science research award by Social Science Association of Zhejiang Province), and one first prize, three second prizes awarded by China Jiliang University. With outstanding teaching achievements, Professor Ding has been recognized and rewarded many times by the university. Since 2002, she has received several awards titled as Excellent Individual for both career and family, Excellent Researcher, and Excellent Teacher from China Jiliang University.