Visiting Assistant Professor, Education
B.A., Nanjing University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Appointed In
2021
Dr. Benjamin Wang teaches language education politics and pedagogy, first/second language acquisition theories and practices, and community-based literacy and Spanish/Mandarin literacy courses.
He delights in supporting and guiding both Oxy students and elementary-aged community kids in literacy and bilingual literacy development. His fields of research are second language acquisition, early-stage language development, bilingual education, literacy/biliteracy development, and language education policy. He is the author of the bestselling early childhood education book Don’t Say You Know Child English Acquisition (Beijing, 2015).