| Title: | Associate Professor |
| Dept: | Curriculum & Foundations |
| Office: | JH 374 |
| Phone: | 216-523-7129 |
| Email: | X.LIU6@csuohio.edu |
| Address: | 2121 Euclid Ave. JH 374, Cleveland, OH 44115 |
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| Education: | ||
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Ph.D., Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2006
M.A., Educational Psychology, niversity of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2002 B.A., Legal English, South Central University of Political Science & Law, 1998 | ||
| Brief Bio: | ||
| After two years of teaching college English in China, Dr. Liu attended graduate school and earned her Ph.D in Educational Psychology from University of Nebraska-Lincoln. During 2006-2008, she worked as research assistant professor at the Center for Research and Evaluation, University of Maine. She joined the CSU faculty in 2008 and has taught undergraduate and graduate students educational psychology and educational research. Dr. Liu has worked as co-PI and program evaluator for multiple research projects funded by Department of Education, National Science Foundation, etc. Most recently she received the Teaching Enhancement Award from the Center for Teaching Excellence at CSU. Her research interests include: computer-supported collaborative learning, peer assessment, motivation, and self-regulated learning strategies. | ||
| Honors and Awards: | ||
| 2008-2009 Teaching Enhancement Award, Cleveland State University
2008-2009 Technology Award, Cleveland State University 2007-2008 Cooperative System Fellow, National Center for Educational Statistics 2006-2007 Graduate Research Excellence Award, American Educational Research Association 2006-2007 Professional Development Award, University of Maine-Orono 2000-2003 Othmer Fellow, University of Nebraska-Lincoln | ||
| Teaching Areas: | ||
| Educational Psychology
Educational Research Educational Assessment | ||
| Professional Affiliations: | ||
| American Educational Research Association
Association for Educational Communication and Technology National Center for Educational Statistics National Council on Measurement in Education Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education | ||
| Professional Service: | ||
| Co-Editor-in-Chief of Chinese Language Teaching Methodology and Technology Journal https://www.csuohio.edu/confucius/journal-chinese-language-teaching-methodology-and-technology | ||
| Research Grants: | ||
| Co-PI, with Y. Zhu (PI), H. Wang, and K.H. Mansour of the NSF SaTC:EDU #1821775 project titled "SaTC: EDU: Game-Based Cyber Security Education on Anonymous Communication." ($299,977), August 2018-August 2020.
Principle investigator with W. Zhao (co-PI) of CSU Office of Research, Faculty Research Development-Internet of Things (FRD-IoT) project titled "Development of a Web-Based System for Supporting Home-Based Care and Treatment of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)." ($8000), January 2018-December 2018. Co-PI with W. Zhao (PI) of CSU Office of Research, Undergraduate Summer Research project titled "BUDDY-A Virtual Reality Based Computer System for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder." ($8,000), May 2018-August 2018. Principle investigator of the CSU Faculty Scholarship Initiative project titled "A comparative study of technology integration in secondary mathematics education in China and the U.S." ($5,000), July 2012- June 2014. Principle investigator of the CSU Fund for Teaching Innovation under Strategic Initiatives project titled "Web-based peer assessment: An innovative, technology-facilitated, cross-disciplinary pedagogical method for enhancing student engagement and learning" ($17,090), June 2011- June 2012. Program Evaluator of the NSF ITEST #0737583 project titled "IDEAS: Inquiry-based dynamic earth applications of supercomputing: Seeing the big picture with information technology" ($1,185,460), October 2007-September 2010. Program Evaluator of the NSF REU #0754951 project titled "REU site: Supercomputing undergraduate program in Maine (SuperMe)" ($199,969), February 2008-January 2010. Program Evaluator of the NSF DUE #0127777 project titled "Assessment of student achievement in undergraduate education (ASA)" ($500,000), June 2004-June 2006. Principal Investigator of the CSU Center for Teaching Excellence funded project titled "Digital ink-based engaged learning (DIBEL)" ($5,000), January 2009-May 2009. Co-PI of the Department of Health and Human Services funded project titled "SAMHSA youth suicide enhanced evaluation" ($80,271), August 2008-July 2009. | ||