Jiangmei (May) Yuan, PhD
Associate Professor
Professional Highlights
- Publications appearing in multiple leading venues, including Computers & Education, Educational Technology Research and Development, Instructional Science, and Journal of Computer Assisted Learning.
- Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT) Research & Theory Division's Outstanding Reviewer Award, 2023
- American Educational Research Association (AERA) Division C New Faculty Mentoring Program, 2018
- Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT) Early Career Symposium, 2016
Degrees
- Ph.D., Learning, Design, and Technology, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA
- M.S., Information Media, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN
- M.A., Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL), St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN
- B.A., English, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
Awards
- 2019 Nominated for the CEHS Outstanding Teaching Award, WVU
- 2018 AERA Division C New Faculty Mentoring Program, American Educational Research Association (AERA)
- 2016 AECT Early Career Symposium Program, Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT)
Areas of Expertise
- Computational thinking
- STEM education
- Instructional design
- Technology integration
- Learner engagement
Research Interests
- Computational thinking
- STEM learning
- Engineering students' academic achievement in foundational courses
- Pre- and in-service teachers' learning
- Instructional design
Biographical Sketch
Dr. Jiangmei Yuan is an associate professor at West Virginia University. She earned her Ph.D in Learning, Design, and Technology from the University of Georgia. Her research interests focus on improving pre- and in-service teachers’ STEM learning and teaching, especially the learning and teaching of computational thinking and engineering design, and improving undergraduate engineering students’ engagement and academic achievement in foundational courses. Her publications have appeared in multiple leading venues, including Computers & Education, Educational Technology Research and Development, Instructional Science, and Journal of Computer Assisted Learning.