Carl Polley

POSITION/DEPARTMENT
Assistant Professor, Chinese & Linguistics​

CONTACT INFORMATION
polley@hawaii.edu
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COURSES TAUGHT
CHN 101: Elementary Mandarin I
CHN 102: Elementary Mandarin II
CHN 201: Intermediate Mandarin I
CHN 202: Intermediate Mandarin II
CHN 290: Chinese Language and Culture through Application
EALL 261: Chinese Literature in Translation – to 850
EALL 262: Chinese Literature in Translation – 850 to the Present
LING 102: Introduction to the Study of Language
LING 150: Language in Hawai‘i and the Pacific

RESEARCH
Chinese language and pedagogy, conceptual metaphor, emotion, and thought. Gross National Happiness (GNH) and other subjective wellbeing metrics.

SERVICE
Advisory board member, GNHUSA. Guest lecturer, East-West Center. Judge, Moanalua High School World Language Speech Festival

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Recent publications: Polley, C. 2019. Elementary Mandarin I. Creative commons licensed textbook for CHN101, freely available on LibreTexts.
Musikanski, L., Polley, C., Cloutier, S., Berejnoi, E., & Colbert, J. 2017. Happiness in communities: How neighborhoods, cities, and states use subjective well-being metrics. Journal of Social Change, 9(1), 32–54.
Bergen, B., Polley, C., & Wheeler, K. 2010. Language and inner space. In Evans, V. (ed.) Language, Cognition, and Space: The State of the Art and New Directions. London: Equinox, 79–92.