DAVID LANGENMAYER

David Langenmayer joined us in 2016 as the Academic Dean for the freshly opened John Carroll Bashu Ivy Program in Chongqing. After David’s first months at the school he shared the following:

“As I struggle to make sense of a new school, community, and culture, I find that much of the communication I am involved in is not what it seems. At a restaurant, I order the chicken, and after much cognitive stress, I believe that I have communicated my order to the waiter proficiently. Unfortunately, I end up eating the bullfrog that is delivered to my table. These types of encounters are repeated throughout my day when involved in meetings, classes, or even just joking with my new colleagues. I spend a lot of time lost in translation. It allows me an informed perspective into the academic lives of our English language immersion students. Our academic team is working to give our students the most effective support we can do in the area of ESL to lessen their daily struggle.”