Stephanie Xiao Liang

Professional appointment: Associate Professor, Hunan University of Technology and Business, China Professional profile: Stephanie Liang graduated with a Ph.D. degree in Education from the University of Calgary, Canada in 2003. Then she worked as Vice Dean of the International College at Hunan Agricultural University from (2003-2006), operated her own high school in Shaanxi (2006-2007), was appointed as an Associate rofessor at Hunan Business College (2007-2013), and was hired as a Vice Principal of Hunan Concord College of Sino-Canada (2013-2019). Now she is an Associate Professor in the School of Foreign Languages in the Hunan University of Technology and Business. Areas of scholarship: International educationComparative educationHigher educationCross-cultural communicationEnglish public speaking Teaching foci: Higher educationTeachers’ professional developmentCross-cultural communicationEnglish as a second language Selected publications: Liang, X. (2013). Academic Adaptation: Mainland Chinese Students in Graduate Programs at a Canadian University. Changsha, China: Hunan Normal University Press.
Liang, X. (2012). On Higher Education in China and Canada from the Perspective of Humanity-orientation. Calgary, Canada: Journal of Interchange.
Liang, X. (2011). On Teacher Resource Construction in Canadian Higher Educational Institutions and Its Implications on China. Changsha, China: Journal of Hunan Agricultural University.
Liang, X. (2011). It is not an Ideal, It is in Process: A Chinese New Principal’s Thoughts and Actions in an Urbanizing Rural School [Book Chapter]. London, U.K.: New Primary Principals Talking: Global Challenges and Perspectives.
Liang, X & Abadeh, H. (2011). Inclusive and Segregated Classroom Assignments in China and the United States. International Studies of Educational Administration (ISEA),U.K.
Degrees: PhD, University of Calgary Email address: 649816833@qq.com