Education

2012        Ph.D., National Institute of Education,

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

2007        M.A., Linguistics and Applied Linguistics,

School of Foreign Languages and Literatures,

Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.

2004        B.A., English Language and Literature,

School of Foreign Languages and Literatures,

Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2014-2018, Linguist, Apple Inc., California, US.

2016-2017, Chinese lecturer, Gavilan College, California, US.

2012-2013, Affiliate Assistant Professor, Loyola University Maryland, Maryland, US

2011-2012, Visiting Scholar, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, US.

2005-2007, English instructor, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.

Publications

Hu, G, & Ren, L.. (2017). Language Ideologies, Social Capital, and Interaction Strategies: An Ethnographic Case Study of Family Language Policy in Singapore. In J. Macalister & S. H. Mirvahedi (Eds.), Family Language Policies in Multilingual World: Opportunities, Challenges and Consequences (pp.195-216). New York & London: Routledge.

Ren, L., & Hu, G. (2014). An ethnographic multiple-case study of mother-child interaction strategies in Singapore-based Chinese families. Journal of Asian Pacific Communication, 24, 274-300.

Ren, L., & Hu, G. (2013). Prolepsis, syncretism, and synergy in early language and literacy practices: A case study of family language policy in Singapore. Language Policy, 12(1), 63-83.

Ren, L., & Hu, G. (2013). A comparative study of family social capital and literacy practices in Singapore. Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 13, 98-130.

Ren, L., & Hu, G. (2010, July). A comparative study of mother-child interaction strategies in Singapore. Paper presented at the 18th international conference on Pragmatics and Language Learning, Kobe, Japan.

Ren, L., & Hu, G. (2009, October). A review of early literacy practices at home. Paper presented at the Asian Conference on Education 2009, Osaka, Japan.

Larsen-Freeman, D. (2007). Yuyan jiaoxue: Cong yufa dao yufa jineng [Teaching language: From grammar to grammaring] (L. Ren, Trans.). Beijing, China:  Beijing Normal University Press.