Hong Li Snyder
Lecturer
HUMANITIES 1040
Hong Li Snyder got her Master of Law degree (L.L.M in Economic Law) from the University of Jilin, China and an MBA degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is now working on her PhD degree. She taught Mandarin at a private school and also at the Chinese School at Stony Brook. She has taught Chinese at Stony Brook University since 2021.
Her rich teaching experience helped many students who, starting with no prior exposure to Chinese, were able to pass different levels of the HSK (China’s standardized test of Chinese language proficiency for non-native speakers).
In order to facilitate the exchange of international culture so important in education, Hong has translated sixteen children’s books from European languages into Chinese. These books were subsequently published by the Beijing Higher Education Press. She also wrote two books about Chinese Festivals published by the Shandong Friendship Press, China.
Hong is married to a physicist, and has two lovely twin daughters. She enjoys hunting for mushrooms, gardening, cooking, and Chinese painting.