WeChat/Weixin name -- markinchina2005I am an American sociologist who has lived in China since 2005. Since arriving I have taught at a number of different universities but my main teaching job since 2007 has been at Minzu University of China in Beijing. I currently teach Public Speaking, American Culture and Oral English.I am a guitarist/songwriter/singer. I have written more than 60 (English-language) songs about life in China and have performed the and many Chinese songs in 10 Chinese Provinces. I have performed before several audiences of more than 50,000 people, sung at The National Center for the Performing Arts and Beijing's MasterCard Center as well as in bars, factories, fields and 20 Chinese weddings. My performances have been seen on more than a dozen different Chinese TV stations. In Side Out is a musical duo that I have formed with Chinese folk musician Fu Han. Ms. Fu performs on her er-hu (a two-string, bowed Chinese instrument) and I play guitar. Singing both Chinese and English-language songs, we share the vocals."I don't speak Chinese but I sing Chinese songs very well" is a 16-minute film about me produced by eBeijing.gov.cn, the website for the city of Beijing."Mark's Summer" is a 30-minute documentary about me produced by CCTV 4, the international channel of China Central Television as one of their 10-part series called Foreigners in China.I organized the "They Helped Build New China" lecture series about foreigners in China between the 1920's AND 1960's ... the speakers are the children and grandchildren of these foreign friends. First presented at Minzu University of China it was later held at Peking University.My book, Stories from My Chinese Journey, was published in China by New World Press in April 2014.I have been an invited lecturer on a variety of topics at 16 Chinese universities.Since 2010 I have also served as a judge on more than a dozen regional and national English-language speaking competitions in China.