Visiting Scholar

Mengyuan Zhou

Doctoral Student, Beijing Normal University

Mengyuan Zhou is a Ph.D candidate at the Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University. She received her Master’s degree at the same University(2019). Her research is mainly about the history of American higher education. Now, her doctoral dissertation is focused on the rise of American graduate education.

Publications:

1. Li, Z.J.,& Zhou,M.Y.(2020). The Argument Between Classical Curriculum and Modern Curriculum: A Historical Investigation Centered on 1828 Yale Report. Modern University Education, 36(04):76-83.

2. Zhang,B.X.,& Zhou,M.Y.(2019). Game of Interests and...

Bryan Edward Penprase

Vice President of Sponsored Research and External Academic Relations, Soka University of America

Bryan Penprase is the Vice President for Sponsored Research and External Academic Relations at Soka University of America, where he develops strategic partnerships and builds collaborations with universities and colleges to advance undergraduate education and research at Soka University. He formerly served as Dean of Faculty for three years at Soka University, where he worked to create new academic programs, and managed the curriculum design, hiring and implementation of a new Concentration in Life Sciences. Bryan also has been actively developing global liberal arts collaborations, most...

Maria Veronica Santelices

Maria Veronica Santelices, PhD, is an associate professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Department of Education. Her research interests include educational measurement and educational policy. In higher education, she has researched admissions to selective institutions both in Chile and in the United States, and college-going decision-making, transition to higher education, persistence and the impact of financial aid on educational outcomes. Her research has been funded by several competitive research grants and she is the author of two books about Higher Education in...

Jennifer Summit

Professor of English, former Dean of Undergraduate Education and Academic Planning, and former Provost at San Francisco State University

Jennifer Summit is Professor of English, former Dean of Undergraduate Education and Academic Planning, and former Provost at San Francisco State University. As an administrator, Dr. Summit led SF State’s faculty, colleges, and academic professionals in advancing student success and educational equity through excellent teaching, curriculum development, and student academic. She secured major grants from the Teagle Foundation, College Futures Foundation, and the Keck Foundation in support of faculty-led curriculum design at SF State and across the CSU. She oversaw the expansion of the Metro...

Huili Tang

Associate Professor
Business English
Xi'An International Studies University, China

Huili TANG is an Associate Professor of Business English and former Chair of the Business English Department at Xi'an International Studies University, China. She holds an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership from Brigham Young University. With a longstanding commitment to excellence in teaching, her academic pursuits are deeply rooted in the enhancement of foreign language education, specifically in the realms of Business English and cross-cultural communication. She has been at the forefront of pedagogical innovation, leading five provincial and institutional educational reform...

Huijie Zhang

Institute of Educational Assessment, and Department of Education Management, Faculty of Education, East China Normal University (ECNU) , China

EDUCATION: Ph.D., Education Management, 2013, East China Normal University. (Shanghai); M.Ed, Higher Education, 2004, Xi’an Jiao Tong University. (Shanxi Province);

B. S., Mathematics Education, 2001, Xin Yang Teacher College. (Henan Province)

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT: 2014- Lecturer, Associate professor, Institute of Educational Assessment, Faculty of Education, East China Normal University; 2004 - 2014 Assistant, Lecturer, Higher Education Research Center, Shandong University.

Social Service: 2006 - 2014 Team member, Shandong Higher Education Evaluation Center,...