Ching Ching Tan is a professor in the Department of Communication Studies, specializing in communication for English learners. Drawing from her personal experience of learning English as an adult, she is passionate about raising awareness of linguistic diversity. Tan holds a bachelor’s degree in International Studies – Linguistics from the University of California, San Diego, and two master’s degrees from San Jose State University: one in Communication Studies and another in Fine Arts in Creative Writing (Nonfiction).