Mike Chu

Mike Chu

Professor, English

Tel.: (630) 942-3030
Berg Instructional Center (BIC), Room 2516A
chumike@cod.edu

Areas of Research Interest:

• Asian Literature
• English Literature
• Idiomaticity
• Modern English Grammar
   

Recent Courses Taught:

• English 0491 - Preparation for College Writing I
• English 0492 - Preparation for College Writing II
• English 1102 - Composition
• English 1130 - Introduction to Literature
• English 2228 - Shakespeare
   

Current Projects:

• Working on the second edition of Working American Idioms
• Co-authoring three GEPT (General English Proficiency Test) preparation books for Bookman Publisher in Taipei, Taiwan. Intermediate Reading, High-intermediate Reading, and Intermediate Writing
   

Selected Publications, Presentations, Performances, Books:

• English Sentence Combining. Taipei: Bookman, 1999.
• Working American Idioms. Taipei: Crane, 1986.
• Pitfalls in English. Lincoln: Athena Software, 1985.
• Town Crier . trans. Taipei: Crane Publishing, 1984.
• "White Cloud Spring" Plainsong, vol. 3, no. 3, Spring 1983. 20.
   

Education:

• Ph.D. English - British Literature, University of Nebraska
• M.A. English - British Literature, University of Nebraska
• M.A. English - British Literature, University of Chinese Culture
• B.A. English, Soochow University
   

Awards and Recognitions:

• Outstanding Faculty Award, Instructional Alternatives
• Outstanding Service, Nebraska Historical Society
• Regent's Fellowship, University of Nebraska
• Friends of Soochow, University Scholarship