Hey,
This spring, I'm going to be teaching at a public university (and/or possibly their "partner school") in Zhengzhou - if everything works out . . . Still working on getting the letter of invitation from the North China University of Water Conservancy and Electric Power, It's a little sketchy, but they're SAFEA certified and the current Minister of Water Resources is an alum. Someone else posted a few years back asking for details about the school, but I can't view their profile to see their other posts.
I'm from California, USA, a recent graduate (with all the bells and whistles) with a BA in Environmental Studies, so I'm stoked about the where I'll be working, unless it's actually going to be at their partner school. I was most likely hired for being a young white American female who is just attractive enough to be non-threatening. They wanted an interview with me before they even knew how incredibly relevant my academic experience is to the academics of their various colleges (regarding things like river behavior and modeling using Geographic Information Systems, etc), and I doubt they actually care about that, anyway, because I'm probably not going to be given much of an opportunity to be a part of their "real" school.
我能说汉语一点儿, have been obsessed with historical 三国 for at least ten years, and read AAAS's Journal of Science for fun. I'm extremely hard to annoy, always give everyone the benefit of the doubt, and, or so I've been told, "have never met a stranger."
I have a slew of questions that I'm still trying to articulate. Since this is the intro board, I'll refrain from posting them here.