Faculty and Staff
Mike Chu
Professor, English
Tel.: (630) 942-3030
Fax: (630) 942-3711
Room: IC 3045b
e-mail: chumike@cod.edu
Areas of Research Interest:
• Asian Literature
• English Literature
• Idiomaticity
• Modern English Grammar
Recent Courses Taught:
• English 091 - Preparation for College Writing I
• English 092 - Preparation for College Writing II
• English 102 - Composition
• English 103 - Composition
• English 130 - Introduction to Literature
• English 228 - Shakespeare
Current Projects:
• Working on the second edition of Working American Idioms
• Co-authoring three GEPT (General English Proficiency Test) preparation books for Bookman Publisher in Taipei, Taiwan. Intermediate Reading, High-intermediate Reading, and Intermediate Writing
Selected Publications, Presentations, Performances, Books:
• English Sentence Combining. Taipei: Bookman, 1999.
• Working American Idioms. Taipei: Crane, 1986.
• Pitfalls in English. Lincoln: Athena Software, 1985.
• Town Crier . trans. Taipei: Crane Publishing, 1984.
• "White Cloud Spring" Plainsong, vol. 3, no. 3, Spring 1983. 20.
Education:
Ph.D. English - British Literature, University of Nebraska
M.A. English - British Literature, University of Nebraska
M.A. English - British Literature, University of Chinese Culture
B.A. English, Soochow University
Awards and Recognitions:
• Outstanding Faculty Award, Instructional Alternatives
• Outstanding Service, Nebraska Historical Society
• Regent's Fellowship, University of Nebraska
• Friends of Soochow, University Scholarship