Teaching
Teaching Interests
Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship, Technology Management
Teaching Experience (at Gies College of Business, University of Illinois)
BADM 449: Business Policy and Strategy
Solo instructor for the undergraduate capstone course (40 students)
Included in the List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent at the University
Teaching evaluation: 4.6/5.0
Teaching Philosophy
Dedicated to equipping students with problem-solving skills and empowering them to become active learners
Comments from students:
“The professor is a very good lecturer and grades assignments with thorough feedback. Always makes you think in class and the assignments help reinforce what is taught in classes.”
“The instructor was amazing, kind, and approachable. She was always extremely helpful whenever I required assistance, and she writes extremely thoughtful and thorough comments on all of our assignments. The feedback we get is more thorough than any other course I've taken.”
“The professor is great at giving feedback. She would often comment on my canvas submissions which I really appreciated.”
Create an inclusive and interactive classroom environment where students feel comfortable speaking up and participating actively
Comments from students:
“My instructor genuinely loved being here and always making sure that all of the students were feeling good about everything.”
“She is very inclusive of students when they wanted to speak up.”
“Instructor did a great job promoting class discussion.”
“She made the course very interactive and interesting.”
View teaching as a reciprocal process where teaching and research can reinforce each other
Comments from students:
“Jingya was a great instructor. She was always extremely prepared and was very passionate about what she was teaching. I would definitely recommend someone to take BADM 449 with Jingya.”
“The professor was very well prepared, great at leading discussions, and made the class more fun!”
“Jingya was well versed in everything.”
“She was very easy to talk to and very knowledgeable on the subject.”