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My name is Judith. I was born in Beirut, Lebanon, to Lebanese parents and raised in the Kingdom of Bahrain, where I attended a British school called St. Christopher’s School before studying at university in the UK. I studied at Oxford Brookes University where I graduated with a BA in ‘Business and International Management’ and an MSc in ‘International Management’. I am a Third Culture Kid (aka TCK) and really grateful for being a TKC in spite of its cons.

After graduating from university, I worked for HSBC Bank but soon discovered that banking wasn’t for me. I moved to China in 2005. I lived in Xiamen from 2005 until 2008 and taught at TTK College for two academic years and then at Xiamen University for one academic year. After that I moved to Shanghai in summer 2008. I taught at Fudan University for one academic year before joining SISU in September 2009. At SISU I have taught many different courses over the years. This academic year I taught ‘Advanced Business English’, ‘English Speaking’, ‘Management’ and ‘Marketing’ in Semester 1 and now in Semester 2 I am teaching ‘Business English Report Writing Skills’, ‘International Business’ and ‘English Speaking’.

William Yuan acquired MBA and MA Degrees at prestigious universities in North America, after which he accumulated years of hands-on work experience in the financial industry there. Before joining School of Education, SISU in August 2021, William also had some years of educational management and English language teaching experience. He is currently a lecturer for International Business Law, Advanced Writing in English and Spoken English.

The forum he hosts will focus on several current topics. By interactive discussion and idea-sharing, awareness of cultural difference will be brought to attention of all participants, and confidence will be consolidated to overcome challenges and difficulties everyone faces during this epidemic period.