Sydni Lockeby Catalano 江红

Sydni (江红) received her MA in Chinese Pedagogy from IU in 2023 and is currently working toward her PhD in the same major, minoring in Second Language Studies. Her research interests include heritage language learning, language ideologies, and the relationship between language and identity. As a nonnative speaker herself, Sydni aims to be an encouraging example to language learners and a motivating force through her thoughtful and effective teaching practices. In addition to linguistic, language pedagogy and second language acquisition theory, Sydni’s teaching philosophy is grounded in her professional experiences as a teacher of language and performing arts, as well as her experiences as a language learner. Currently teaching third-year Chinese, Sydni is excited to return to the Summer Language Workshop to teach this year’s first-year students. This will be her fourth year teaching with the Workshop and she looks forward to working alongside learners as they build a strong foundation for their Chinese language proficiency, navigate language ownership and learn to meaningfully incorporate Chinese language into their lives.