Fall 2025 office hours: by appointment
Current courses: AAAS/CHDV 3730 Asian Americans, Families, and Community, CHDV 3000 Child Development Research Methods and Critical Analysis, CHDV 3430 Child and Adolescent Cognition
Biosketch
I received my Ph.D. from the School of Teaching and Learning, The Ohio State University, with a specialization in early childhood education and child development. Prior to joining CSULA, I was a journalist/editor, a teacher in the afterschool program, a teaching/research assistant in the higher education setting, a preschool teacher, and a postdoctoral fellow. I am interested in evaluating the program effectiveness in a variety of settings. I have also devoted my time outside my job to services in the local Asian American Community and the aboriginal community in Taiwan. My teaching interests include early childhood education, techniques in the study of children, children/family/community, Asian Americans related issues, cognitive development, service learning, and senior seminar.
RESEARCH
My research focuses on program assessment in a variety of settings, such as the professional development of family child care providers in the higher education setting, early childhood education, and STEM curriculum effectiveness, and service-learning courses in higher education.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Ph.D. Child development, 1999
- School of Teaching & Learning, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio