She currently serves as a visiting scholar in the IU School of Public Health-Bloomington Department of Kinesiology, in the Contemporary Dance Program. While at IU, her choreography of traditional Chinese folk dances will be featured in “Global Perspectives”, the 2013 annual dance concert of the program. Professor Ma joined Shanghai University of Sport in 2005 and specializes in Chinese folk fitness dance. From 2001 to 2005, Professor Ma worked as a television director in the Chinese Central Television Art Center. From 1999 to 2001, she worked at the Chinese Performing Arts Agency. Professor Ma received her Master’s degree in dance from the China Art Research Institute in 1999 and Bachelor’s degree from Qinghai Normal University in 1991. Professor Ma belongs to the Salar nationality, an ethnic minority group in China.