Educational Background & Work Experience

1984-1988: Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Department of English for Science and Technology, Bachelor’s degree

1988-1991: Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Foreign Languages, Master’s degree in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics

1994-1998: Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Foreign Languages, PhD degree in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics

1991-now:   Lecturer (1991-1995), Associate professor (1996-1999), Professor (2000-now), School of Foreign Languages, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

1991-now:   National College English Testing Committee, Director of the Administration Office (1999-2003), Executive Chair of the Committee (2002-2003), Chair of the Committee (2004-now)

Teaching and Research

Dr. Yan Jin is a professor of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics at the School of Foreign Languages, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Since 1991, she has been involved in the design and development of the College English Test, which has a current annual test population of over 18 million and is the largest test of English as a foreign language in the world. She has been Chair of the National College English Testing Committee since 2004 and Deputy Chair of the National College Foreign Languages Teaching Steering Committee since 2012. She is also co-vice president of the Asian Association for Language Assessment and co-editor-in-chief of the Springer open-access journal Language Testing in Asia. She has been involved in many research projects related to test design and development and has published many articles in academic journals. She is on the editorial board of international journals such as Language Testing, Classroom Discourse, The International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching and Chinese journals such as Foreign Language Testing and Teaching, Foreign Languages in China, Foreign Language World, Foreign Language Education in China, Contemporary Foreign Languages Studies, etc.

Professional Service

2018-present Co-President, Asian Association for Language Assessment

2018-present Member-at-large, International Language Testing Association

2013-present Deputy Chair, Steering Committee of College Foreign Language Teaching, China

2004-present Chair, National College English Testing Committee, China

Co-editor-in-chief of Language Testing in Asia since its launch in 2011; Currently also on the editorial boards of Language Testing, Language Assessment Quarterly, Asia TEFL Journal, Classroom Discourse, International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, and Chinese journals such as Foreign Language Testing and Teaching, Foreign Languages in China, Foreign Language World, Foreign Language Education in China, Contemporary Foreign Languages Studies, etc.