 DR. YONG ZHAO,
Presidential Chair and Associate Dean for Global Education, University of Oregon, College of Education
Dr. Yong Zhao is an
internationally known scholar, author, and speaker. His works focus on the implications
of globalization and technology on education. He has designed schools that
cultivate global competence, developed computer games for language learning,
and founded research and development institutions to explore innovative
education models. He has published over 100 articles and 20 books, including Catching Up or Leading the Way:
American Education in the Age of Globalization and World Class Learners: Educating
Creative and Entrepreneurial Students. He is a recipient of the Early
Career Award from the American Educational Research Association and was named one of the 2012 10 most influential people in
educational technology by Tech & Learning magazine He is an elected fellow of the International Academy
for Education.
Zhao currently
serves as the presidential chair and associate dean for global education at the
University of Oregon, where he is also Weinman Professor of Technology and a professor
in the Department of Educational Measurement, Policy, and Leadership. Until
December, 2010, he was a University Distinguished Professor at the College of
Education, Michigan State University, where he also served as the founding
director of the Center for Teaching and Technology, executive director of the Confucius Institute,
as well as the US-China Center for Research on Educational Excellence. Born in
China’s Sichuan Province, Zhao received his B.A. in English Language Education
from Sichuan Institute and taught English in China for six years before coming
to the United States as a visiting scholar in 1992 and then going on to earn an
A.M. and Ph.D. at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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