Hi! I’m Xue (Cher) Xing, Assistant Professor of Career-Technical and Postsecondary Education (CTPE) at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. I obtained my Ph.D. in Workforce Education from the University of Georgia and moved to Las Vegas in 2016.
Department of Teaching and Learning | CEB 382
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Associate Editor, Journal of Research in Technical Careers
xue.xing@unlv.edu | 702-895-2739 (office) | 702-895-4898 (fax)
Selected Awards & Recognitions
- 2020-2021 AERA-Spencer Minority Meta-Analysis Fellow
- 2020 Distinguished Research Award by the College of Education, UNLV
- 2019 Outstanding Beginning Scholar Award by the Association for Career and Technical Education Research
- 2018 Outstanding Research Presentation Award (2nd place) for paper presentation to the Career and Technical Education Research and Professional Development Conference – The Relationship between Students’ Career Exploratory Activities and Their Post-High School Educational and Work Outcomes
- 2018 Nominee for the Outstanding Beginning Scholar Award by the Association for Career and Technical Education Research
- 2017 UNLV Faculty Travel Award
- 2014 Recognition of poster presentation (quantitative division – 2nd place) in the 2014 Graduate Student Research Conference of College of Education, the University of Georgia – A Longitudinal Study of Occupational Aspiration of Korean Adolescents
- 2012 Outstanding Poster Award (3rd place) for poster presentation with Jay W. Rojewski & John Mativo to the Career and Technical Education Research and Professional Development Conference – Curriculum Approaches in Engineering and Technology Education Undergraduate Programs
- 2011 Shanghai Undergraduate of Excellence awarded by Shanghai Department of Education, China
- 2011 Prestigious Student Award by Tongji University
- 2010 Outstanding Research Award (3rd place, project leader, funded) for the undergraduate innovative research project of Tongji University with Jie Chang, Shan Zhao, & Jianfeng Liu – Empirical investigation of project-based learning method implementation in course teaching in the field of Business and Commerce in vocational schools: A case study of Shanghai Trade and Tourism School
- 2008 & 2010 National Merit Scholarship
