Bo Liu is an Assistant Professor of Chinese and Director of the Basic Language Program in Chinese in the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Arizona. Before joining the University of Arizona, he taught Chinese language, culture, and research courses at Texas A&M University, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Oklahoma. He earned his Ph.D. in Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum from the University of Oklahoma, with a concentration in World Languages Education.
His teaching and research focus on Chinese language pedagogy, language learning motivation, teacher education, curriculum design, and language assessment. He has published research in Foreign Language Annals, RELC Journal, and Chinese as a Second Language. He is actively involved in professional service and leadership in world languages education and teacher education. In his free time, he enjoys traveling, walking his dog Lucy, watching movies, and playing pickleball.