Yong Zhao Biography

At the University of Oregon's College of Education, Yong Zhao, Ph.D., holds the presidential chair, serves as the institute's director, and teaches in the department of educational measurement, policy, and leadership. Prior to that, he held the positions of executive director of the Confucius Institute, founding director of the Office of Teaching and Technology, and US-China Center for Research on Educational Excellence in the College of Education at Michigan State University. He was also a university distinguished professor in the college. He was chosen as an International Academy for Education fellow. Dr. Zhao is a well-known academic, author, and public speaker who specializes on the effects of technology and globalization on education. He has established research and development organizations to investigate cutting-edge educational paradigms, created computer games for language learning, and devised schools that foster global competency. He is the author of over 100 papers and 20 books, and the journal Tech & Learning named him one of the top ten educational technology influencers in 2012. At the Sichuan Institute of Foreign Languages in Chongqing, China, Dr. Zhao earned a BA in English language instruction. She later earned an MA and Ph.D. in education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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