Lecturer

Sonam Tsering Ngulphu

Sonam Tsering Ngulphu

Lecturer in Tibetan

Office Hours: By appointment
Email: st2855@columbia.edu

Educational Background

PhD: Columbia University
MTS: Harvard University
MA: Central University for Tibetan Studies

Research Interests

Tibetan Studies, Religion, and Buddhist Studies

Sonam Tsering Ngulphu has taught topics on religion, Buddhist philosophy, and Tibetan language and literature at monasteries and modern educational institutions in India and the US. He had previously worked as the managing editor of Tibet Journal, an academic quarterly on Tibetan studies, where he also co-edited thematic series on Tibet and British Raj, Tibetan monuments, and a fourteen-issue history of Tibetan art.

Sonam’s doctoral dissertation examined the eighteen-volume Collected Works of Je Tsongkhapa (1357–1419) to assess the role of the texts in the formation of Geluk School in Tibet during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. It studied the significant roles that Je Tsongkhapa’s writings have played in establishing doctrinal authority, defining philosophical boundaries, postulating intellectual identity, and reorienting monastic education for Tibet’s largest school of thought and philosophy.

Trained in several languages, Sonam specializes in translation and interpretation with a focus on classical Tibetan Buddhist texts.

Selected Publications

Precious Garland: Buddhist Polity on Life and Liberation (Rājaparikathāratnāvali, Trans & Annot. LTWA, 2014)

Verses of Naga King Drum (Nāgarājabherīgāthā, Trans. 8400, 2020)

“The Sixth Ling Rinpoche Thupten Lungtok Namgyal Trinlé (1903–1983),” “Emchi Khyenrab Norbu (1883–1962),” “Tuksé Tubten Lhundrub (1906–1955),” and other biographies under National Endowment of Humanities (NEH) Grant (Biographical Encyclopedia of Tibet, Inner Asia, and the Himalaya, http://www.treasuryoflives.org/) 

Tibet Journal (Managing Editor, 2001–2004)

Tshan rig dus deb (Assistant Editor, 2001–2003)

Naoko Sourial

Naoko Sourial

Lecturer in Japanese

Office: 514 Kent Hall
Office Hours: MW 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Email: nns2111@columbia.edu

Educational Background

MA: Japanese Pedagogy, Columbia University
BA: British and American Studies, Nanzan Universtiy

Classes Taught

JPNS UN1101 First Year Japanese I
JPNS UN1102 First Year Japanese II
JPNS UN1001 Introductory Japanese A & B
JPNS UN2201 Second Year Japanese II

Research Interests

Language Pedagogy

Content-Based Instruction

Project-Based Learning

Naoko Sourial majored in British and American Studies and American Philosophy at Nanzan University (Nagoya, Japan). She received her MA in Japanese Pedagogy at Columbia University. Ms. Sourial has many years of experience teaching Japanese. She has taught at Columbia University, The New School, NYU, and Baruch College (CUNY). She has developed and designed curriculum for advanced-level content courses such as Japanese Pop Culture at The New School.

Recent Publications

“Language Learning through Fashion – NYC as a Language Classroom” (The Third Annual NYU Conference on Second Language Pedagogy, Teaching Literacy and the Multiliteracies Framework, April 2021)

“Learning “Japanese Pop Culture” with Self-Taught Learners – Teacher’s Roles in Curriculum Design of Japanese Advanced-level Courses” (American Association of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ), March 2020, presented as the pedagogy panel with a panel title, “What Is Happening in Japanese Classes Now with Increasing Numbers of Self-Taught Learners?)

 “Content-Based Instruction Efforts to Develop Japanese Learners’ Critical Awareness toward Social Justice” (2019 Foreign Language Education Symposium (FLEDS), Monterey, CA,  2019)

“Connecting and Reflecting through Fashion: Advanced Japanese Curriculum Design using Anthropological and Sociological Approach” (The 25th Princeton Pedagogy Forum Proceedings, 2019)

Yike Li

Yike Li

Lecturer in Chinese

Office: 506 Kent Hall
Office Hours: TW 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Phone: (212) 854-8545
Email: yl4707@columbia.edu

Educational Background

MA: Chinese Philology, Beijing Language and Culture University
BA: English, Beijing Language and Culture University

Classes Taught

Chinese UN1115 ACCELERATED FIRST YEAR CHINESE (W)
Chinese UN1101 FIRST YEAR CHINESE I
Chinese UN1102 FIRST YEAR CHINESE II
Chinese UN2201 SECOND YEAR CHINESE N I
Chinese UN2202 SECOND YEAR CHINESE N II

Research Interests

Pedagogical Grammar
Chinese Phonetics
Development of Audio-Visual Materials

Yike Li was appointed as a Chinese Language Lecturer in the fall of 2020. Prior to joining Columbia University, he taught at Princeton University and Harvard University for six years. He has teaching experiences at different summer language programs, such as Princeton in Beijing and Harvard Beijing Academy. He was awarded the Certificate of Distinction in Teaching and was recognized for excellence in teaching for six consecutive semesters at Harvard. He received funding from the Princeton Center for Language Study and the Department of East Asian Studies of Princeton University to make thirty 1- to 3-minute videos for use as supplementary materials for FIRST STEP – An Elementary Reader for Modern Chinese (Chih-p’ing Chou, Jing Wang and Jun Lei 2014). This effort involved scriptwriting, directing, recording, editing and producing.

Publications

Development of Audio-Visual Materials for First-Year CSL Classes, publication pending