Visiting Scholars and Fulbrights
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2008-2009 |
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Visiting scholars and international students gather for a reception hosted by the College of Education's Office of International Initiatives.
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Dr. Shin-Feng Chen, EDMS |
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Dr. Shin-Feng Chen is an Assistant Professor from National Pingtung University of Education in Taiwan. The focus of his study is theory and implementation of automatic assembling testing. |
Quick Facts:
Who:
Dr. Shin-Feng Chen
From:
Taiwan
Department:
EDMS
Visiting from/until:
July 2008 to July 2009 |
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Dr. Ron Hoz, EDHD |
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Dr. Ron Hoz is an Associate Professor, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He is collaborating with Dr. Alexander. |
Quick Facts:
Who:
Ron Hoz
From:
Israel
Department:
EDHD
Visiting from/until:
March 2009 to
September 2009 |
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Hao Liu, EDHD |
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Dr. Hao Liu is collecting and coding data having to do with children’s peer relationships and social-cognitions. |
Quick Facts:
Who:
Hao Liu
From:
The People’s Republic of China
Department:
EDHD
Visiting from/until:
September 2008 to
September 2009 |
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Wojung Oh, EDHD |
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Quick Facts:
Who:
Wojung Oh
From:
South Korea
Department:
EDHD
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Paulina Pérez, Fulbright Scholar |
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Fulbright Scholar Paulina Pérez is a first year doctoral student in the Higher Education Program. She is a faculty member of Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), one of the most prestigious public universities in Chile. Paulina holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from USACH and a master’s degree in engineering sciences, from the same University.
Before coming to Maryland, she was the Chief of Staff and Executive Assistant to the USACH’s President for almost two years. Previously, Paulina worked as the Institutional Coordinator of Undergraduate Accreditation, involved in the accreditation of 27 programs at USACH for more than three years.
Asked about her experience here at UMD, Paulina says she is happy to be here on UMD’s beautiful campus with her husband Mauricio who is also a Ph.D. student at UMD in electrical engineering.. She describes the Higher Ed program as exceeding her expectations. Asked what she misses most about Chile, Paulina replies without missing a beat “Chilean coffee!” |
Quick Facts:
Who:
Paulina Pérez
From:
Chile
Department:
EDHI
Visiting from/until:
August 2008 to ? |
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Hagit Sela, EDCI Math Education |
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“Research on teaching algebra is so interesting.” That’s what visiting scholar, Hagit Sela, believes. She is a post-doctoral research assistant in EDCI Math Education working with Dr. Dan Chazan studying how mathematics teachers think and how this influences behavior in teaching situations.
The study uses animated comics depicting teaching situations and asks study participants to describe how they think the lesson is going. The data will be used in teacher preparation to generate discussions of alternative teaching methods.
Dr. Sela received her Master’s in Math Education and Ph.D. in Education in Science and Technology from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology. She is joined in Maryland by her husband and two daughters, ages 6 and 10. |
Quick Facts:
Who:
Hagit Sela
From:
Israel
Department:
EDCI Math Education
Visiting from/until:
July 2007 to July 2009 |
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Derya Sen, International Education Policy |
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Derya Shen is a working with Dr. Steve Klees on developing her dissertation proposal on education sciences. She is being supported by a grant from the Turkish government for study abroad. |
Quick Facts:
Who:
Derya Shen
From:
Turkey
Department:
EDHI
Visiting from/until:
August 2008 to
July 2009 |
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Annie Shulz, EDHD |
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Quick Facts:
Who:
Annie Schulz
From:
Argentina
Department:
EDHD
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Tomoko Tokunaga, Fulbright Scholar |
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Tomoko Tokunaga is a doctoral student in the Socio-Cultural Foundations of Education program. |
Quick Facts:
Who:
Tomoko Tokunaga
From:
Japan
Department:
EDPS
Visiting from/until:
August 2008 to ? |
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Dr. Ruifang Xu, EDHD |
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Dr. Ruifang Xu, a visiting scholar in the College of Education, arrived in the U.S. from China in September 2008. As an assistant professor in the Department of Politics at the East China Normal University, Dr. Xu teaches Political Science to undergraduate students. While attending conferences here in the U.S. , Dr. Xu attended presentations on character, civic, and moral education in the U.S. and became interested in exploring the differences between civic education as it is taught here in the U.S. and its counterpart ‘political education’ as it is instructed in settings of higher education in China.
Specifically, Dr. Xu wishes to help her students connect theory to practice. “Mere teaching in class may not be effective in helping students cultivate civic and political awareness,” she says, “perhaps getting college students more actively involved in social practice is the key.” As a result, Dr. Xu is currently writing a paper that explores differences and similarities between service learning in the U.S. and social practice in China .
Asked about her experiences here, Dr. Xu says she has liked her six months so far, “but it’s hard to manage without a car,” she mentioned with a smile. The difficulties of adapting to a new culture not withstanding, Dr. Xu has traveled around the country, visiting New York and Disney World in Orlando during the Christmas break. She plans to travel to the Niagara Falls along the East Coast and later the West Coast during the spring break and summer, before returning to China in August this year. |
Quick Facts:
Who:
Dr. Ruifang Xu
From:
The People's Republic of China
Department:
EDHD
Visiting from/until:
September 2008 to
August 2009 |
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Mucun Zhou, International Education Policy |
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Mr. Mucun Zhou is a doctoral student at Peking University in Philosophy. He is here with from the Chinese Scholarship Council to work with Dr. Jing Lin on his doctoral dissertation. |
Quick Facts:
Who:
Mucun Zhou
From:
The People’s Republic of China
Department:
EDHI
Visiting from/until:
September 2008 to
August 2009 |
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