Areas of Interest

• School leadership development.
• Effective Schools.
• Cross-Cultural Educational Studies

Keyword Interest

• School Leadership
• Cross Cultural Studies
• Educational Reform
• Educational Evaluation

Current Research Topic/Field-Based Project

Research Topics:

• School Leadership Assessment (Wallace Foundation)
• National Institute of School Leadership Program Evaluation
• Principal Leadership Training

Former Experience

• Director, Middle Tennessee Career Center (1998-2005).
• Program Director, Nashville Career Advancement Center (1994-1998).
• Program Director, refugee resettlement (1992-1994).

Education

• M.S. (1992): Communications, University of Tennessee
• B.A. (1989): Linguistics and Literature, Peking University