Dr. Liu's CV
University of Scranton
Education Department
O'Hara Hall, Office 428
Scranton, PA 18510
EDUCATION
2021 Ph.D.
University of Indiana, Bloomington
Major: Mathematics Education; Minor: Counseling Psychology
Advancing Fraction Proficiency via Deliberate Fraction Comparison
Dissertation committee: Dr. Erik Jacobson (Chair), Dr. Dionne Cross Francis, Dr. Erik Tillema, Dr. Joel Wong
2015 M.A.
Tsinghua University
Major: Higher Education
Factors and Mechanisms Influencing the Sociocultural Adaptation of International Students in China
Supervisor: Dr. Wen Wen
2012 B.A.
Zhanjiang Normal University
Double Major: Mathematics & Mathematics Education
Certificate: K-12 Mathematics Teacher Certificate
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2024-present
Assistant Professor. Education Department. Scranton University.
2022-2023
Postdoctoral Research Associate. School of Education, University of California, Irvine.
Reducing Inequalities in Opportunities to Learn Mathematics through Adaptive Teacher Professional Development. William T. Grant Foundation. PI: Rossella Santagata; Co-PI: Adriana Villavicencio [Link]
2021-2022
Postdoctoral Research Associate. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New Hampshire.
Investigation of Beginning Teachers' Expertise to Teach Mathematics via Reasoning and Proof. National Science Foundation. PI: Orly Buchbinder [Link]
2022-2023
Graduate Research Assistant.
Project: Assessing the Structure of Knowledge in Teaching Mathematics (NSF#1561453), Bloomington, Indiana. PIs: Erik Jacobson, Temple Walkowiak, Laine Bradshaw
