Current position
Full Professor, Head of Department, Department of English, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou
Director, the Sun Yat-sen University Center for English-language Creative Writing

Education
MFA in creative nonfiction, City University of Hong Kong, 2010-2012
Visiting Scholar, University of Hong Kong, June-December, 2004
PhD in Linguistics, Sun Yat-sen University, 2001-2004
Visiting Scholar, Brunel University, Britain, 2002-2003
MA in Human Geography, University at Albany, 1994-1996
Visiting scholar in Applied Linguistics, University of Leicester, Britain, 1991-1992
MA in English language and literature, Sun Yat-sen University 1984-1987
BA in English Language and Literature, Sun Yat-sen University, 1980-1984.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Professor, Sun Yat-sen University, since 2007
Associate Professor, Sun Yat-sen University, 1999 – 2007
Lecturer, Sun Yat-sen University, 1991 – 1999
Assistant Leturer, Sun Yat-sen University, 1987 – 1991

COURSES TAUGHT AND OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED TO STUDENTS
Creative Writing, Stylistics, Stylistics and Creative Writing, World Cultures and Landscapes, Introducing Western Musicals, Discourse and Translation, Etiquettes and Culture, Topics on World Culture, Intensive Reading (of English), Listening.

Organized annual study visits to universities in Hong Kong for undergraduate students to broaden their horizon for learning since 2009；
Have been offering counseling service to students in need since 2003;
Have been leading lecture series in orienting freshmen of English majors to the study of English language and literature, in preparing students for the job market or further study since 2009;
Provided students with opportunities in sharing creative writing experience with students from Lingnan University in Hong Kong, City University of Hong Kong, University of Glasgow, University of Macau.


PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS
Dai, Fan & Lv. Dairong (eds.). 2013. Functional Stylistics Studies. Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press. 
Dai, Fan & Stephen L.J. Smith. 2011 (4th print) (in both Chinese and English) Cultures in Contrast: Mis-communication and Misunderstanding
      between Chinese and North Americans. Shanghai: Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press.
Huang, Guowen, Chang, Chenguang & Dai, Fan. (eds.) 2006. Functional Linguistics as Appliable Linguistics. Guangzhou: Sun Yat-sen University 
      Press. 
Dai, Fan. 2005. Speech and Thought Presentation in The Joy Luck Club (in English). Guangzhou: Sun Yat-sen University Press.
Dai, Fan. (ed.) 2001. Teacher’s Manual: College English, Intensive Reading, Book 5. Shanghai: Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press.. 
Dai, Fan (ed.) 2001. Teacher’s Manual: College English, Intensive Reading, Book 6. Shanghai: Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press.
Jimei Xia, Jihui Xia and Dai, Fan. 1995. Getting Along with Foreigners: Case Studies of Miscommunications Between Chinese and English Speakers.
      Guangzhou: Sun Yat-sen University Press.

Journal articles and book chapters
Dai, Fan. 2015. Teaching creative writing in English in the Chinese context. World Englishes. 34(2). 247–259.
Dai Fan. 2015. English writing as education in the Chinese context. In Graeme Harper (ed.), Creative writing and education, 71-82. Bristol: Multilingual
      Matters.
Dai Fan. 2015. Teaching Creative Writing in China. LEAP+: Magazine of Asia Pacific Writers &Translators.
      http://www.leap-plus.com/teaching-creative-writing- china/
Dai, Fan. 2014. Teaching creative writing across languages: A pedagogic experiment.
      http://iwp.uiowa.edu/publishing-gallery/creative-self-translation-english-to-chinese
Kroll, Jeri & Fan Dai, 2013. Reading as a writer in Australia and China: Adapting the workshop. New Writing: The International Journal for the  
       Practice and Theory of Creative Writing. 1-15.
Dai, Fan. 2012. “English-language Creative Writing by Chinese University Students”, in English Today, Vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 21-26
Kroll, Jeri & Dai, Fan, 2011. “Cultural and Ethical Challenges in Teaching Creative Writing: A Comparative Study of Australian and Chinese Classes”
      In Ethical Imaginations: Referred Conference Papers of the 16th Annual AAWP Conference. http://aawp.org.au/files/Kroll Dai.pdf.
Dai, Fan. 2011. “Writing, Sharing and Growing Together -- Creative Writing in Sun Yat-sen University (in English), in TEXT. April. 
      http://www.textjournal. com.au/speciss/issue10/FanDai.pdf
Dai, Fan, 2011. “The Stylistic Significance and Translation of Temporal Conjunctions in Three Days to See” in Chinese Translators (6) ：60-62.
Dai, Fan. 2010. “English-language creative writing in mainland China”, in World Englishes, Vol. 29 (4): 546–556.
Dai, Fan. 2007. Discourse and Discourse Translation in Cultural Contexts. In Foreign Languages Research. (3): 77-81. 
Dai, Fan. 2007. Mother-daughter Conflict and the Construction of Chinese Identity. In Cross-cultural Autobiographies and the Teaching and Learning
      of English. Beijing: Higher Education Press. 164-188.
Dai, Fan. 2006. The Stylistic Significance of Book Titles. In Journal of Sun Yat-sen University, (4): 43-47.
Dai, Fan. 2006. Translation and Style in Cultural Contexts.In Functional Stylistics and Translation Studies. Guangzhou: Sun Yat-sen University Press.
      99-114.
Dai, Fan. 2005. “Speech and Thought Presentation in The Joy Luck Club” in Foreign Languages and Their Teaching. (9): 56-59.
Dai, Fan & Ghadessy, Mohsen. 2004. Polarity and Modality in Parallel Texts: Martin Luther King’s Speech in English and Chinese. In HKBU Papers in
      Applied Language Studies. (in English) (8): 18-31.
Chang, Chenguang & Dai, Fan. 2003. English Idioms in Text. In Foreign Language Education, (5): 27-30.
Dai, Fan. 2002. A Functional Stylistic Analysis of a Poem. In Foreign Languages and Their Teaching. (1): 12-14.
Dai, Fan & Wang, Zhenhua. 2002.The Development and Application in Systemic Functional Linguistics. In Discourse, Discourse Function Language
      Teaching. Guangzhou: Sun Yat-sen University Press. 257-262.
Dai, Fan.  2002.“The Stylistic Meaning of the Theory of Periodicity and Appraisal in a Text”, Journal of Sun Yat-sen University, No. 5, pp. 41-48.
Dai, Fan. 1999. Training Oneself to Listen to, Speak, Read and Write English. In Supplement to the Journal of Sun Yat-sen University. (5): 24-26.
Dai, Fan. 1998. The Feminization of Migration in the Pearl River Delta (in English). In The Journal of Chinese Geography. (8): 1-20. 
Bao, Jigang & Dai, Fan. 1996. Progress on the Study of the Life Cycle of Tourist Attractions. In Studies on Tourism Development. Beijing: The
      Science Press. 26-29.
Dai, Fan & Bao, Jigang. 1996. The Social Impacts of Tourism (in English). In Chinese Geographical Science. 6 (2): 132-144. 
Smith, Christopher & Dai, Fan. 1995. Health, Wealth, and Inequality in the Chinese City (in English). In Journal of Health and Place. Vol.1 No. 3,
      pp.167-177.
Dai, Fan. 1994. Understanding British Culture Through Advertising. In Modern Foreign Languages. (2): 69-71.
Dai, Fan. 1989. Teaching Oral English. In Research on Higher Learning. Guangzhou: Sun Yat-sen University Press. 92-95.

Creative Works in English
Dai, Fan. 2014. The secret happy life of uncle Renfeng. Asia Literary Review. No. 26. 37-54.
Dai, Fan. 2011. “Face Value”, Drunken Boat. http://www.drunkenboat.com/db14/ 2fic/dai/face.php
Dai, Fan. 2000 (fiction). Butterfly Lovers: The Story of the Chinese Romeo and Juliet. (New Jersey: Homa & Sekey Books, U.S.A.

Creative Works in Chinese
Dai, Fan. 2001. Tunes from a Mother (nonfiction). Wuhan: Normal University of Central China Press.
Dai, Fan. 2000. Walking with a Rainbow: My Days in the United States (nonfiction). Hangzhou: Zhengjiang People’s Press.
Dai, Fan. 1999. Luoyong Wang: The China Boy Who Fought His Way into Broadway. (biography). Homa & Sekey Books, U.S.A.
Dai, Fan. (writer) and Jigang Bao (photographer). 1998. Thirty Thousand Miles in the United States and Canada (nonfiction). Beijing: The
      Commercial Press.


Research projects
2015-2017 The Sun Yat-sen University English-language Creative Writing Education, sponsored by Lingnan Foundation.
2015-2016 The Teaching and Research Collaboration of Creative Writing, sponsored by Australia-China Council.
2015-2016 A Joint Project of Anthology and Internship between Sun Yat-sun University and University of East Angelia, sponsored by International
      Literature Showcase Legacy Fund, British Council.
2013-2016 The Pedagogical Framework of Teaching Creative Writing in English as a Second Language, sponsored by the National Social Science
      Foundation.
2014-2015 Exploring Teaching Collaboration between Chinese and Australian Universities, sponsored by Australia-China Council.
2013-2014 The Teaching and Research of Creative Writing in Australia, sponsored by Australia-China Council.

MEMBERSHIP
Board member of Asia Pacific Writers & Translators Association
Board member of Association of Stylistics, Association of Rhetorics
Member of Association of Writers and Writing Programs, USA
National Association of Writers in Education, Britain
Member of Australasian Association of Writing Programs

AWARD
The book of Speech and Thought Presentation in The Joy Luck Club won second prize by Chinese Associaion of University Presses for excellent academic books in Central South China University Presses for 2005-2006.