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Ellen Klempner Sclippa Division of Languages College of Charleston  66 George Street  Charleston, SC 29424-0001  Office: 304 5 College Way  Phone: (843) 953 - 6529  email: klempnere@cofc.edu

    Instructor of Chinese (Mandarin), at the College since 1989, Ellen was born and raised in upstate new York and received her Master's Degree in Chinese from St. John's University in Jamaica, N. Y. She also has studied at Middlebury College and Taiwan Normal University. Her publications include translations of contemporary Chinese fiction in The New Realism--Writings from after the Cultural Revolution (Hippocrene Books. N.Y.C.) and The Mud Man and Other Stories (The Commercial Press, Hong Kong). In addition, her translation of "Memoirs of the Chinese Imperial Examanination System" by Shang Yanliu appeared in the American Asian Review (Institute of Asian Studies--St. John's U.). Her personal interests include music, dancing and Chinese martial arts. Ellen lives in West Ashley with her husband, daughter and cat.