Yali Zhao
Associate Professor - Social Studies and Multicultural Education Early Childhood and Elementary Education- Education
Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2004
The interdisciplinary Qualitative Studies Graduate Certificate, University of Georgia, 2004
Graduate Advanced Study Certificate, University of Science & Technology, 1991
B.S., Shaanxi Normal University in Xi An, China, 1987
- Specializations
Multicultural and social science education
Technology integration in social studies
International and comparative education
- Biography
Yali Zhao is an associate professor of social studies in the College of Education & Human Development’s Department of Early Childhood and Elementary Education and the virtual exchange faculty associate in Georgia State University’s Office of International Initiatives. She graduated from the University of Georgia in 2004 with a doctorate in social science education and interdisciplinary qualitative studies graduate certificate. Previously, she was an associate professor at the University of Science and Technology in Beijing, China.
Zhao has published in several reputed academic journals, such as The Social Studies, Social Education, the International Journal of Social Education, the Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, International Education Journal, Social Studies and the Young Learners, Asia-Pacific Cybereducation Journal, the Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, Innovations in Education and Teaching International and the International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning. Zhao co-edited and published a book entitled, “Seeking the Common Dreams Between the Worlds: Stories of Chinese Immigrant Faculty in North American Higher Education.” She has mentored Georgia State faculty in international virtual exchanges in the past five years and is the inaugural recipient of the university’s Virtual Exchange Faculty Fellowship.
- Publications
Wang, Y. & Zhao, Y. (2013). Seeking the Common Dreams between the Worlds: Stories of Chinese Immigrant Faculty in North American Higher Education. The Information Age Publishing.
Zhao, Y. (2013). Straddling multiple culture worlds and promoting cross-cultural understanding as a social science educator. Wang, Y. & Zhao, Y. (eds.), Seeking the Common Dreams between the Worlds: Stories of Chinese Immigrant Faculty in North American Higher Education (pp, 113-140). The Information Age Publishing,
Wang, Y. & Zhao, Y. (2013). Introduction: Re-seeking Dreams and the Lived Experience of Chinese Immigrant Faculty. Wang, Y. & Zhao, Y. (eds.), Seeking the Common Dreams between the Worlds: Stories of Chinese Immigrant Faculty in North American Higher Education (pp. 1-12). The Information Age Publishing.
Wang, Y. & Zhao, Y. (2013). Multiple Paths and Common Dreams: Chinese Immigrant Faculty in North America. Wang, Y. & Zhao, Y. (eds.), Seeking the Common Dreams between the Worlds: Stories of Chinese Immigrant Faculty in North American Higher Education (pp, 239-255). The Information Age Publishing.
Zhao, Y., Gallagher, P., & Commander, N. (January 2014). Educating students in poverty: Cross-cultural learning from online case study discussions with American and Chinese students. The International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning.
Zhao, Y. & Lin, L. (2012). Teaching history from multiple perspectives and implications for history education in China. History Teaching, 658, (21), 58-65.
Commander, N., Zhao, Y., Gallagher, P. & You, Y. (2012). Promoting cross-cultural understanding of education through online discussions. Science Direct: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, 1-15.
Zhao, Y., Meyers, B., & Meyers, L. (2009). Cross-cultural immersion in China: Preparing pre-service teachers to teach diverse students in the U.S. The Asian-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 37 (3), 295-317.