National Security Education Program
Strengthening national security through critical language and culture expertise
The Language Flagship
The Language Flagship leads the nation in designing, supporting, and implementing a new paradigm for advanced language education. Through an innovative partnership among the federal government, education, and business, The Language Flagship seeks to graduate students who will take their place among the next generation of global professionals, commanding a superior level of fluency in one of many languages critical to U.S. competitiveness and security.
The Language Flagship is a breakthrough in foreign language and culture instruction in the United States designed to help individuals achieve superior-level proficiency in critical languages including Arabic, Chinese, Hindi/Urdu, Korean, Persian/Farsi, and Eurasian Languages. The Language Flagship also supports new concepts in language instruction, including partnerships with innovative universities and school systems developing K-16 “pipeline” programs in Chinese and Arabic.
The Language Flagship awards grants to U.S. universities recognized as leaders in the field of language education. Student funding is available directly through Flagship university partners or through Flagship Fellowships: http://www.thelanguageflagship.org/fellowships.html.
Flagship Fellow, 2007
As a Flagship fellow, I pursued intensive Mandarin Chinese on the Flagship program at Ohio State University and at Nanjing University in Nanjing, China, from 2005 to 2007. I have a BA in East Asian Studies and Chinese and a master's degree in Chinese.
