SERVICES

Service to the University

Institute for Social Capital’s Data and Research Oversight Committee (Representative), UNC-Charlotte (2009 - present).

Faculty Research Grants Committee (Alternate Representative), UNC -Charlotte (2009 – present).

Academy of Qualitative Research Board, UNC Charlotte (2006 – present).

Faculty Competitive Grants Committee (Representative), UNC-Charlotte (2008 – 2010).

College of Education Diversity Committee (2008 – present).

College of Education Internationalization Committee, UNC Charlotte (2007 – 2009)

Institute for Social Capital’s Data and Research Oversight Committee (Alternate Representative), UNC-Charlotte (2008-2009).

Faculty Curriculum/Instructional Development Grants Committee (Alternate Representative), UNC - Charlotte (2006 – 2008).

Institutional Review Board (IRB) for Research with Human Subjects (Board Member), UNC - Charlotte (2005 – 2008).

College Annual Faculty Research Award Committee, UNC Charlotte (2007-2008)

College Annual teaching Award Committee, UNC Charlotte (2006 – 2008)

Unit Governance and Resources subcommittee of the Committee for Accreditation/Continuous Improvement, UNC Charlotte (2007 – 2008)

Faculty Research Grants Committee (Representative), UNC -Charlotte (2005 – 2007).

Professional Education Council, UNC – Charlotte (2006 – 2007).

College Social Committee (Member), UNC – Charlotte (2004-2005).

Department Search Committee (Member), Two Assistant Professors of Educational Research, UNC - Charlotte (2006).

Department Search Committee (Member), Assistant and Associate Professor of Educational Administration, UNC - Charlotte (2005)

School Graduate Studies Committee (Student Representative), The Ohio State University (2001 – 2003).

Service to the Profession    

Editorial service

Executive Peer-reviewer of Educational Technology & Society Journal (2009 – present).

Editorial Board member of Multicultural Learning and Teaching (2006 – present).

Editorial Board member of Journal of Special Education (2006 – present).

Editor-in-Chief of the New Waves – Educational Research & Development Journal (2007 – 2009).

Co-editor of the Teacher Education Interest Section (TEIS) Newsletter of the association of TESOL (2003 – 2006).

Professional leadership positions

President of the Chinese American Educational Research and Development Association (2008 – present).

Vice-President of the Chinese American Educational Research and Development Association (2007 – 2008).

Professional consultation

Program evaluator for a funded grant from FIPSE.

Program evaluator for South by South project.

Program evaluator for Reading Recovery.

Provided consultation for textbook evaluation to the Central Office of Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools.

Service to the Community and Practitioners             

Community leadership positions

Co-convener of the Diversity Gathering: A special project at 2004 TESOL convention in Long Beach.

Community workshops and talks

Provided statistical advice to mathematics teachers at North Carolina at a workshop sponsored by the Center of Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education at UNC – Charlotte.

Invited paper presentation for 2005 ESL Symposium sponsored by the North Carolina State University ESL program

Offered the Post-Presentation Discussions for attendees at TESOL 2005 convention.

Organized the discussion group for ESL classroom teachers who plan to do research in their own classrooms.

Served as a panel member for a seminar about research/dissertation process.

Interpreted for the Office of International Programs at UNC – Charlotte for visitors from China.

Panel member of 2007 College of Education Doctoral Research Forum at UNC Charlotte.

Presentation at the Curriculum and Instruction Doctoral Seminar at UNC Charlotte entitled “Organizing for Success in the Doctoral Program and Beyond” on November 17, 2007.