Education

Ph.D. in Learning, Technology and Culture (Educational Technology), Michigan State University ( East Lansing, MI).
Dissertation:  Teacher Moderating and Student Engagement in Synchronous Computer Mediated Communication. Read the abstract & acknowledgement of my dissertation.
Advisor and Chair: Punya Mishra
Committee:  Curtis J. Bonk ( Indiana University), John Dirkx, Ralph Putnam, Mark Reckase, Susan Florio-Ruane.

Master of Arts: Linguistics and Applied Linguistics (Teaching English as a Foreign Language), June, 1992
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, ( Shanghai, China)
Thesis Title: Dynamic Equivalent Translation on Discourse Level
Advisor :  Zhaoyan Xi

Bachelor of Arts: English Literature (Major), Educational Psychology (Minor). July 1987
Qufu Normal University ( Qufu, China)