Dr. Jie Zhang
Assistant Professor
Office: Gary A. Ransdell Hall - Room 3088
Phone: 270-745-2933
Email: jie.zhang@wku.edu
Degrees
Ph.D. Educational Psychology - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.A. Educational Psychology - Beijing Normal University
B.S. Psychology - Beijing Normal University
Biography
Dr. Jie Zhang is currently an Assistant Professor of Educational Research at Western Kentucky University, teaching master and doctoral level courses in research methods, program evaluation, and statistics. She was a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Center for the Study of Reading at the University of Illinois before she joined WKU in 2010.
Courses Taught
- EDFN 500: Research Methods
- EDFN 501: Educational Statistics
- EDLD 731/732: Program Evaluation for Educational Leaders
Research Interests
Language and literacy development, bilingualism, classroom discourse, critical thinking
Selected Publications
Zhang, J., & Stahl, K. A. D. (In press). Collaborative Reasoning: Language-rich discussions for English language learners. The Reading Teacher.
Zhang, J., Anderson, R.C., Wang, Q., Packard, J., Wu, X., Tang, S., & Ke, X. (In press). Insight into the structure of compound words among speakers of Chinese and English. Applied Psycholinguistics.
Zhang, J., Anderson, R.C., Li, H., Dong, Q., Zhang, Y, & Wu, X. (2010). Cross-language transfer of insight into the structure of compound words. Reading and Writing, 23, 311-336.
Awards
International Reading Associate Outstanding Dissertation Finalist, 2010
Outside Interests
Music, reading, outdoors (camping, hiking)
