Scott McGinnis, PhD

Senior Academic Advisor | Professor

A Timeline of Professional Milestones

1955

Born to Daniel and Patricia McGinnis in Fostoria, OH.

1978

Receives a diploma in basic Chinese from the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center in Monterey, CA.

1980

Earns a Bachelor of Science in history from the University of the State of New York, now Excelsior College.

1984

Achieves a Master of Arts in Chinese language and receives a Leadership Award from the Ohio State University.

1985

Marries his wife, Rebecca; Receives a Certificate in Advanced Studies from the Beijing Language Institute in China.

1990

Obtains a Doctor of Philosophy in East Asian languages and literatures from the Ohio State University.

1990

Teaches as an assistant professor of Chinese at the University of Oregon until 1993.

1993

Teaches as an adjunct assistant professor of Chinese at the University of Maryland until 2003.

1993

Serves the Chinese Language Teachers Assoc. as a member, president and chair of the executive board, vice president and president through 1998.

1995

Is a visiting assistant professor of East Asian languages and literatures at Wake Forest University.

1998

Serves the Modern Language Association of America as an executive and ad hoc committee member through 2006.

1999

Is executive director of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages and an associate at the National Foreign Language Center until 2003.

2003

Is the McDermott Endowed Chair Guest Professor of Chinese at the United States Military Academy.

2003

Teaches as an associate professor at the Defense Language Institute in Washington, D.C. until 2007.

2007

Is an academic advisor and professor at the Defense Language Institute, continuing in the roles.

2013

Is an editorial board member of “Applied Language Learning” through today.

2016

Receives the A. Ronald Walton Award from the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages.

2021

Maintains membership with the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages and Phi Kappa Phi.

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