Tianqi Jiang

Lecturer in Chinese

Office: 508 Kent Hall
Office hours: MW 12:00pm-1:30pm
Email: tj2342@columbia.edu

Educational Background

PhD: Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Beijing Language and Culture
University
MA: MTCSOL, Beijing Language and Culture University
BA: English Language and Literature, Northwest University of Politics and Law

Classes Taught

First Year Chinese N I
First Year Chinese N II
First Year Chinese W I
First Year Chinese W Ii
Legal Chinese

Research Interests

Legal Chinese
Chinese for Specific Purposes
Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language

Tianqi Jiang earned her Ph.D in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics from Beijing
Language and Culture University. Her dissertation, “A Linguistic Study of Chinese
Business Contracts” investigates the discourse and texts of Chinese business
contracts and attempts to reveal their linguistic features. Prior to joining Columbia
in 2016, she taught Chinese in all levels at Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
(Milan, Italy), and Columbia Summer Program in Beijing. Her research interests
also include East Asian art history.