Assistant Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Assistant Director of Cancer Research Training and Education Coordination at the Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center. March 2025-present
Assistant Director, Technology-Enhanced Surgical Education and Distance Education, Division of Education, American College of Surgeons, Sep 2022-March 2025
Lead the search for a College-wide educational technology solution, including establishing the strategic initiative, assembling a committee of 12 members across the College, conducting needs assessment, composing a business plan, and leading the Request for Information and the Request for Proposal processes to systematically evaluate vendor candidates.
Establish the College’s Learning Management System (LMS) steering committee and lead/facilitate monthly committee meetings.
Manage the College’s current Learning Management System (LMS). Oversee LMS technical support and staff training by working closely with IT and the vendor.
Oversee the development and delivery of a spectrum of online continuing medical education programs offered by the Division of Education and other divisions. Develop and implement a ticketing system to coordinate the work of staff members, track and communicate project progress, and enhance workflow efficiency.
Oversee the delivery of several educational technology services during the Clinical Congress and other educational conferences and live events hosted by the Division of Education, including virtual content capturing and streaming, audience response systems, and webinars.
Serve as the sole liaison between the Division of Education and the Information Technology and Integrated Communications Divisions.
Supervisory responsibility and fiscal management of a cost center.
Explore opportunities to use emerging technologies to enhance teaching and learning.
Assistant Director of Evaluation and Assessment Innovation, Division of Evaluation, Assessment, and Research, and Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Innovation and Technology and Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Dec 2020-Aug 2022
Worked closely with curriculum deans, directors, faculty and staff in developing and implementing new learning assessment processes appropriate for the evolving curriculum
Collaborated in the generation of reports necessary for ongoing curricular processes, program evaluation and improvement, and compliance.
Collaborated in educational research and writing of academic papers and grant application.
Instructional Designer, University of Virginia, School of Medicine, Office of Medical Education. Dec 2014- Dec 2020.
Instructional Design, Faculty Development, and Teaching
Planned, designed, and delivered professional development opportunities based on regular direct contact and anticipated needs of instructional faculty, administrative directives, pre-clerkship curriculum requirements, program competencies, and accreditation standards.
Delivered CME-accredited faculty development workshops on instructional and curriculum design principles, learning theory, technology-enhanced teaching, and research articles critiques.
Co-Instructor/rotation supervisor, “Medical Education: Learning Community Teaching Elective” pilot program
Developed and delivered professional development resources via the Internet and emails.
Assisted faculty and course leadership in writing and refining learning objectives and in developing instructional plans. Collaborated with faculty in choosing instructional methods, including use of current and emerging technologies, and in developing strategies and resources that focused on active and student-centered learning.
Provided faculty with informal feedback from observations.
Curriculum Evaluation
Assisted with curriculum evaluations and analyzed curriculum implementation outcomes, observations, student, faculty, and administrative feedback, and accountability requirements for continuous improvement related to change process initiatives and faculty development.
Worked cooperatively with faculty to evaluate and revise instructional materials and resources. Reviewed curriculum and teaching evaluation data with faculty and course leadership to develop data-driven actionable plan and establish priorities.
Research Support
Worked cooperatively with faculty members at the School of Medicine on educational research projects, grant application, and dissemination of findings. Provided data collection and analysis support for medical education research.
Provided consultation on conceptual frameworks, research design and methods, ethical treatment of participants, and research implementation.
Educational Technology Integrationist, Center for Teaching and Learning, University of South Dakota, Aug 2012-Jan 2015
Taught workshops on the use of various digital technologies in teaching, professional development, and general teaching strategies and pedagogies.
From 2012 to 2014, average ratings (1-5, 5 is the best; total no. of ratings=135) of workshop content and usefulness are 4.33 and 4.30
Organized campus-wide workshops and events with other departments on campus to present issues related to teaching and learning.
Assisted faculty in principles of course design, active learning, and assessment strategies. Provided support, including one-on-one consultations, to faculty in developing significant learning experiences using technology
Processed individual help requests from faculty, graduate teaching assistants, and staff who needed support with using technologies in their teaching and work and those who were interested in applying active learning principles in their teaching. Assistance was provided through emails, phone calls, walk-in sessions, and visiting.
Developed and maintained a Blog (http://ctlusd.blogspot.com/) to expand the center’s social media presence. Developed weekly emails to update the entire university community of the center’s upcoming workshops and events.
One of the two staff members that supervised and coordinated the work of eight student employees, including guiding them to develop and update a series of self-paced tutorials teaching a wide variety of digital technologies (http://www.usd.edu/ctl/self-paced-tutorials) and scheduling all the workshops offered by our center.
Participated in the evaluation of the center's services.
Mentor, Digital Media Zone, University of Missouri, Aug 2011-July 2012
Cooperated in teaching and evaluating one of the online courses offered by the Digital Media Zone each semester.
Provided on- and off-campus students assistance who have taken any online courses offered by the Digital Media Zone. Assistance was provided through phone calls, face-to-face and online means during Zone support hours.
Research Assistant, Information Experience Lab, University of Missouri, Aug 2009-Aug 2011
Participated in and led client projects of usability evaluation.
Prepared demo presentations to visitors and potential clients of the IE lab.
Participated in usability evaluation training for undergraduates in a class taught by Professor Markita Price.
Research Assistant, an online boating education research project, funded by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators and led by Prof. Joi Moore, University of Missouri, Aug 2008-Aug 2009
Cooperated in usability evaluation of online boating safety courses and researching their information organization and presentation.
Program Assistant, California State University International Programs - China Program, Aug 2007-Jun 2008
15-20 hours every week. Tutored American students in Chinese, organized field trips for American students to learn about Chinese culture, helped American students deal with life and academic issues while studying in China, and assisted program director in office management as well as office communication.
Beijing Language Training Coordinator. Assisted Santa Fe Institute to identify a top vendor to provide an intensive one-week English language immersion course for Chinese students participating in 2006 Complex Systems International summer school held at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, March-April of 2006
Identified and contacted top language training vendors in China and assisted the Santa Fe Institute during the Request for Proposal process.
Field Research Surveyor. CVSC-TNS Research CO., LTD., July, 2002-Aug, 2002
Conducted 30 one-hour in-home interviews with families in Xiamen city who were randomly selected. Participants were surveyed about their opinions of television programs.
8/08-7/12 University of Missouri at Columbia
Doctor of Philosophy, Information Science and Learning Technologies
Dissertation: Knowledge Convergence in Collaborative Concept Mapping among Radiographic Physics Undergraduates
Committee: Dr. David Jonassen (Chair), Dr. Roy Clariana (Penn State University), Dr. James Laffey, Dr. Rose Marra, and Dr. David Bergin
9/05-7/08 Peking University, China
Master of Education, Educational Technology
Master's Thesis: Study and Assessment of Using Artificial Intelligence System CSIEC in English Education: A Design-Based Research
Advisors: Dr. Jiyou Jia and Dr. Liming Gao
Admitted to the graduate program exempted from taking national Postgraduate Admission Tests, because undergraduate academic standing Ranked No.1 (out of 45 students) in the Department of Educational Technology at Beijing Normal University
4/07-6/07 Stanford University’s Program in Beijing
Course name: Language, Culture and Thought (Course score: 96/100).
Final course paper: Ambivalent Chinese in Intercultural Communication
7/05-8/05 Santa Fe Institute in America and Chinese Academy of Sciences
Complex Systems Summer School, an interdisciplinary international summer school in Beijing.
Final group project paper: Non-verbal Human Communication under Varying Levels of Restrictions: An Empirical and Computational Investigation of Password and Gasekitomu Games
9/01-7/05 Beijing Normal University, China
B.S., Educational Technology
Thesis: Theory of Perspective-taking and Implications for Study of Web-based Interaction
B.A., English
Thesis: Weblog in English Writing Class: Problems and Strategies
Professional Certification
Beijing Municipal Commission of Education May 2005-present
Certification in High School English teaching
Certificate # 20051100141004765
Language
Mandarin : Mother language
Southern Min/Taiwanese Language: Mother language
English: Fluent
WuSi Award in Learning, Peking University, 2006-2007
Excellence in Learning Award, Peking University, 2005-2006
ZhiXing Research Award, College of Education, Peking University, 2005-2006
Spoke as Peking University student representative in the closing ceremony, Stanford University’s Program in Beijing, 2007
Entered Peking University exempted from taking graduate school entrance exams because of top performance in undergraduate studies, 2005.
Average course score ranked first (out of 45 students) and was awarded for learning performance every year, Beijing Normal University, 2001-2005