Research
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Constructing one’s cultural identity in a cross-cultural context is
a fundamental aspect of international students' experiences
of studying in the US. How do Chinese international students in American universities manage competing worldviews? Read my dissertation study here.
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Below is a list of selected publications and conference presentations I’ve given in my academic career. If you would like to see my full C.V, please send me an email.
Please note all were published under my maiden name, Siwen Zhang.
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Zhao, X., Yu E., Zhang, S. (2019) Intercultural Competence in Higher Education: A Normative Anchor, a Developmental Perspective, and a Discursive Approach. Journal of Educational Thought, 51(3), 261-280.
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Xiang, X., Zhao, X., Haste, H., Zhang, S., Lee, A., Liu, Z., & Cottman-Kappel, M. (2018). Good person, good citizen? The discourses that Chinese youth invoke to make civic and moral meaning. Citizenship Teaching & Learning, 13(2).
Zhang, S., Chen, H., Zhu, S., de Jong, J., & Stuart, G. (2017, January). HIV/AIDS prevention on southern China’s road projects: A case of embedded education. Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation.
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Zhang, S., Chen, H., Zhu, S., de Jong, J., & Stuart, G. (2017, January). Health education in China’s factories: A case of embedded education. Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation.
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Zhang, S. (2015, June) [Review of the book Educating the Chinese individual: Life in a rural boarding school by M. H. Harvard Educational Review.
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Haste, H., Zhao, X., Xiang, X., Lee, A., Cotnam-Kappel, M., Liu, Z., Zhang, S. (2015, November). Is a good citizen a good person? Chinese adolescents’ concepts of moral and civic quality. In H. Haste (Chair), Civic understanding and deep culture. Panel presented at the Association of Moral Education, Santos, Brazil.
Zhang, S., Zhao, Xu., Haste, H., (2015, November). Chinese teachers confront change: Moral and civic education in transition. In H. Haste (Chair), Panel presented at the Association of Moral Education, Santos, Brazil.
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Zhang, S., Zhao, Xu., Haste, H., (2015, April). Chinese teachers confront change: Moral and civic education in transition. In W. Veugelers (Chair), Challenges to teaching moral education for adolescents. Symposium presented at American Educational Research Association conference, Chicago, IL.
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Zhang, S., Zhao, Xu., Haste, H., (2014, November). “The world needs some people who can break out to change it”: Chinese teachers’ perceptions of civic responsibilities of students in protests. In H. Haste (Chair), Culture, context, and climate: what facilitates civic and moral awareness in Chinese youth? Panel presented at the Association of Moral Education, Pasadena, CA.
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Zhang, S., Shaw, M., Chen, C., Bermudez, A., (2013, July). What switches them on? Cultural context of youth civic engagement. Roundtable presented at the International Society of Political Psychology, Rome, Italy. (delivered on my behalf)
Austin, S., Konoeda, K., Zhang, S. (2011, November). Teaching millennial - New literacies’ potential for authentic cultural membership and action teaching in the millennium. Panel presented at the annual American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Denver, CO.
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Austin, T., Zhang, S., & Moriarity, B., & Geng, P. (2010, November). New roles of music in integrated mandarin elementary classrooms. Panel session presented at the annual meeting of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Boston, MA.