Education
1995 Ph.D. University of Washington
1990 M.A. East China Normal University
Work Experiences
2005 – present Named as “John Sandberg Professor of Education”
2001 - present Full professor in educational leadership at Western Michigan University
1999- 2001 Associate professor in Teaching, Learning and Leadership at Western
Michigan University
1996 - 1999 Assistant professor in Teaching, Learning and Leadership at Western
Michigan University
1995 - 1996 Postdoctoral research associate for Dr. John I. Goodlad in the Center
for Educational Renewal, College of Educ., Univ. of Washington, Seattle
1991 - 1995 Research assistant in the Center for Educational Renewal, College
of Educ., Univ. of Washington, Seattle
1988 - 1991 Faculty member in the Department of Education at the East China Normal
University, Shanghai
1984 - 1986 Elementary school teacher,
director of the English division of Fengtang School District,
researcher at the Education Bureau of Baoshan District, Shanghai