Jiang Pu, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Jiang Pu, Ph.D. is a Founder | Principal Research and Educational Consultant at NextGen Education based in San Francisco Bay Area, United States, North America. I research, write, design, teach, lead, and therefore I am. Whole child education and real world learning advocate & practitioner. Founder of NextGen Education. ●Qualitative/mixed method researcher aiming to empower learners and E-learning/Edtech users through empathy and deep contextualized understanding of their needs, motivation and behavior; storyteller using data and analytics for a diverse audience through refereed journal publications, conference & workshop presentations; ●Passionate educator with global vision and local understanding based on 15+ years’ of experience teaching and researching in universities & K-12 schools; recipient of National Award for Teaching Excellence (China) and numerous awards & fellowships (U.S.); international consultant for the RGEP (Renovation of General Education Project) for Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training and United Nations’ World Bank; ●Curriculum specialist with a successful track record of developing innovative online/project-based/blended programs with a focus on literacy, 21st century skills & real world/community connection for diverse K-16 learners ●Published author, editor & translator of 15+ textbooks, children’s lit. books and poetry anthologies; ●Content strategist/project manager for large-scale cross-cultural collaborations with team building, leadership, and community outreach skills AREAS OF EXPERTISE: ●Research & methodology: Research design, Design thinking, Qualitative (e.g. ethnography, interview/contextual inquiry, focus group, case study, diary study), Quantitative (e.g. survey, web/app analytics, multivariate and A/B testing), Mixed method User/UX/HCI Research (e.g. usability testing and reliability triangulation), Data/discourse analysis ●Teaching & Education: CBL/PBL/inter-disciplinary curriculum design; Ed policy/standards/assessment; Teacher coaching & student advising (mainstream, ELL, GATE, adults); Socio constructivist/experiential/personalized/real world learning; Reggio program; Literacy/language/literature; Humanities; Multicultural & diversity Ed; Urban Ed ●Technology: Office & G-suite; Qualtrics; Userzoom