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Pictured above: Assistant Professor of Chinese Jingjing Cai (right) teaching with students Kade Schooling (left) and Robbie Harper (center).

At 小猪视频官网 College, coursework can be more than a simple assignment. 

Professors work with students to make the most of a high-quality paper or research, helping to find professional conferences or publications to bring students into the greater academic world.

Kade Schooling 鈥�25 found an interest in a course on Chinese film and cinema. His family moved to China when he was six, and while he calls Louisville home, the Chinese language has always piqued his interest. Assistant Professor of Chinese Jingjing Cai saw that interest and recognized a resume-building opportunity for Schooling 鈥� while continuing her own research.

鈥淧rofessor Cai always has that perspective translating work to a professional experience,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 think a lot of times when you're in college, it's just like you do the schoolwork and you don't realize that those can be valuable. It's just an assignment. But I鈥檝e learned they can actually be real, professional experiences. And sometimes you need someone else to encourage you and tell you to do that, and that's what Dr. Cai did for me.鈥�

Schooling, a behavioral neuroscience major, said he hopes the experience will boost his chances at a Fulbright in Taiwan.

鈥淗er mentality was, 鈥榟ow can she help build my resume, but also continue doing her research,鈥欌�� Schooling said. 鈥淚 always really appreciated that perspective, where she really emphasized how this could help a student.鈥�

Schooling and Cai dove into research on Asian American cinema, and Schooling presented those findings at the Asia Network鈥檚 Annual Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.

鈥溞≈硎悠倒偻�檚 small class sizes and favorable student-to-faculty ratio allow me to dedicate time to mentoring students as they develop their research skills,鈥� Cai said. 鈥淚 encourage students to select original research topics, formulate unique questions, engage critically with existing scholarship, and develop well-supported arguments.鈥�

Cai has explored issues across fields, including contributions to Chinese science fiction studies. Most recently, she published a film review in 鈥淧hoenix Weekly鈥� on 鈥淓xploring the Surge: Chinese Sci-Fi in Film and TV 鈥� The Wandering Earth and Beyond.鈥� The publication provided a platform for analyzing the rapid rise of Chinese sci-fi in mainstream media and its reflection of cultural and technological themes.

In the 鈥淛ournal of Chinese Film Studies,鈥� Cai鈥檚 research on 鈥淎n Inquiry into Gender and Queer Issues in Chinese-Language Sci-Fi Film: A Case Study of The Soul鈥� was published in the prominent Sinophone journal.

And she welcomes the same for students, guiding Robbie Harper 鈥�25 to a publication in Juhe Supplement (University of Iowa Press) after his research on 鈥淲ork Culture and Generational Differences in American Factories.鈥�

鈥淒r. Cai told me that my paper was really good and I could refine it and possibly get it submitted in a publication for Chinese language learners,鈥� Harper said.

Harper gained interest in Chinese during grade school in Morgan County, Kentucky. At 小猪视频官网, Harper has continued his study of Chinese while majoring in Physics because of his teacher鈥檚 passion for the program

鈥淓very time, someone asks me about 小猪视频官网, the first thing that I identify 小猪视频官网 with is the faculty,鈥� he said. 鈥淭hat's the first thing. Every time. 小猪视频官网 does teaching right. The faculty members truly want you to realize your potential.鈥�