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Kalamazoo Chinese Academy 卡城中文學校
Mailing Address
Kalamazoo Chinese Academy
P.O. Box 343
Portage, MI 49081-0343
Kalamazoo Chinese Academy: @kzooca
KCA Performing Arts: @KalamazooChineseDance
Kalamazoo Chinese Academy: @kzooca
Class Location (for in-person instruction)
Sangren Hall, Western Michigan University
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Key Personnel
2024-25 Team Members
Executive Director
Dr. L Sam Zhang - she/they
Activities Director
Promise Zhang
Artistic Director
Karin Li
Media and Communications Manager
Dr. Vun Doubblestein - she/her
Accounting Manager
Elaine Lui
Office Coordinator
Amaya Mckenzie
2024-25 Instructors
Karin Li - performing arts
Xiaoliang Wang - Chinese level 2
Hongjian Xu - Chinese level 3
Yuan Yuan - Chinese yoyo coach
Xiaoyi Zeng-Covell - substitute/assistant teacher
Promise Zhang - Chinese level 1
QiQi Zhang - early childhood Chinese
2023-24 Team Members
Executive Director
Dr. L Sam Zhang - she/they
Activities Director
Promise Zhang
Artistic Director
Karin Li
Media and Communications Manager
Dr. Vun Doubblestein - she/her
Accounting Manager
Elaine Lui
Office Coordinator
Amaya Mckenzie
2023-24 Instructors
Karin Li - Chinese dance and lion dance
Cheng Tao - lion dance and martial arts
Julia Wang - Chinese art
Xiaoliang Wang - heritage Chinese
Lianyu Yang - heritage Chinese and AP Chinese
Promise Zhang - non-heritage Chinese
2022-23 Team Members
Executive Director
Dr. Samantha Zhang
Operations Manager
Promise Zhang
Artistic Director
Karin Li
Media and Communications Manager
Dr. Vun Doubblestein
Accounting Manager
Sandy He
WMU Asian Initiatives Liaison
JC Chen
2022-23 Instructors
Sisi Chen - heritage Chinese
Mindy Hueng - Chinese yoyo and lion dance
Karin Li - dance
Faye Scott-Farnsworth - Chinese yoyo and lion dance
Cheng Tao - Tai Chi and lion dance
Lianyu Yang - heritage Chinese and AP Chinese
Promise Zhang - non-heritage Chinese
2021-22 Team Members
Principal
Elaine Lui
Vice Principal
Mei Lin
Academic Director
Dr. Moi Mooi Lew
Media and Communications Manager
Dr. Vun Doubblestein
Accounting Manager
Jinli Feng
Program Assistant
Promise Zhang
2021-22 Instructors
Language Instructors
Lily Bosak
Dr. Changzheng Liu
Lianyu Yang
Promise Zhang
Mia Zheng
Dance Instructor
Karin Li
Board of Directors
2024-25
2024-25
2024-25
Elaine Lui (Chair)
Promise Zhang (Secretary)
Karin Li (Treasurer)
Dr. Vun Doubblestein - she/her
Jen Hsu-Bishop - they/them
Dr. Reetha Raveendran - she/her
Dr. L Sam Zhang - she/they
2023-24
2024-25
2024-25
Elaine Lui (Chair)
Promise Zhang (Secretary)
Nidhi Shekhar (Treasurer)
Dr. Vun Doubblestein - she/her
Jen Hsu-Bishop - they/them
Karin Li
Dr. L Sam Zhang - she/they
2022-23
2024-25
2022-23
Elaine Lui (Chair)
Promise Zhang (Secretary)
Nidhi Shekhar (Treasurer)
Ruby Chen
Dr. Vun Doubblestein
Christopher Hodshire
Karin Li
Dr. Samantha Zhang
2020-22
2024-25
2022-23
Dr. Xiaoan Li (President)
Nidhi Shekhar (Secretary)
Jinli Feng (Treasurer)
Elaine Lui (Principal)
Mei Lin (Vice Principal)
Ruby Chen
Dr. Vun Doubblestein
Christopher Hodshire
Karin Li
Dorothy Robinett
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