EDUCATION
- Ph.D. (Expected 2025), Measurement, Evaluation, and Data Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
- M.Ed. (2020), Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment for Basic Education Quality, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
- Visiting Student (2018), National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), University of California, Los Angeles, California, United States
- B.S. (2015), Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
- Visiting Student (2014), Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
- Research Assistant (2023.12 - 2024.04), University of Alberta, Canada
- Research Intern (2022.06 – 2023.04), Government of Alberta, Canada
- Advisor: Kurian Panjikaran
- Branch: Alberta Education, Financial Services and Capital Planning
- Role: Evaluating new funding model and collecting k-12 students’ enrollment data for the 2023-2024 academic year
- Research Assistant (2021.09 - 2024.04), University of Alberta, Canada
- PI: Dr. Ying Cui
- Project: Digital Performance-Based Learning and Assessment System for Data Literacy
- Role: Collecting data from learning management systems and analyzing system log data
- Researcher and Team leader (2020.07 - 2021.08), Yuanfudao Online Technology Company, China
- Advisor: Xiaojing Guo
- Branch: Zebra AI, Research team
- Role: Building an encyclopedia for preschool children’s development and designing course outline
- Research Assistant (2017.09 - 2020.06), Beijing Normal University, China
- PI: Dr. Liang Luo
- Project: Research on Construction and Verification of Monitoring Framework for Key Factors of Compulsory Education Quality
- Role: Collecting six waves of data, designing student survey, and analyzing longitudinal data
- Research Assistant (2017.09 - 2020.06), Beijing Normal University, China
- PI: Dr. Xiaolin Guo
- Project 1: The Longitudinal Study on the Impact of the Similarities of Educational Expectations among Family Members on Children’s Social Development
- Project 2: The Longitudinal Study on the Mechanism of Primary School Students’ Filial Piety Beliefs: Family Structure, Parental Filial Belief and Parental Education Involvement
- Role: Using latent growth model to analyze large-scale data and writing manuscripts
AWARDS, GRANTS, & SCHOLARSHIPS
- Alberta Innovates Graduate Scholarship (2023-2025), University of Alberta, Canada
- Project: Assessment of collaborative problem-solving ability using machine learning
- Amount: CAD 31,000 × 2
- Andrew Stewart Memorial Graduate Prize Award (2024), University of Alberta, Canada
- Project: Assessment of collaborative problem-solving ability through interactive digital tasks
- Amount: CAD 5,000
- Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship (2023), University of Alberta, Canada
- Project: Examining pre-school children’s problem-solving strategies using process data
- Amount: CAD 12,000
- ATLAS Doctoral Research Fellowship (2022), University of Kansas, United States
- Project: Systematic review of the use of process data in educational assessment
- Amount: USD 16,000
- University of Alberta Doctoral Recruitment Scholarship (2020), University of Alberta, Canada
- The First Prize Academic Scholarship (2019, 2018), Beijing Normal University, China
ACADEMIC SERVICES
- Statistical and Methodological Consultant at CRAME, University of Alberta (2022 – 2024)
- Journal Reviewer:
- Computers & Education
- Journal of Educational Data Mining
- Interactive Learning Environments
- Frontiers in Psychology
- Chinese/English Journal of Educational Measurement and Evaluation
- Proposal Reviewer:
- 2025 National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) Annual Meeting
- 2025 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting
- 2024 International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM)
