Chongqing City is missioned by China’s State Council to be the engine for economic, cultural, and social advancement in western China and so, explained Yang, “is a new window opened to the west.”

Yang’s lectures on American history and culture are popular with students and have led to her twice being recognized with the CQUT Favorite Teacher Award. Of her year here Yang says, “I hope to study American urbanization deeply and profoundly.” She was attracted by “the outstanding research achievements of professor [and HTS Chair] Ronald Bayor and the high reputation of Georgia Tech.”

In Atlanta for the past month, Yang says our hot weather doesn't bother her a bit.  Chongquing City is the hottest region in China with summer temperatures regularly soaring above one hundred.  

Yang holds a master’s from Sichuan International Studies University.