The Commission for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Research or Teaching Award recognizes a faculty member who has completed research or teaches a course that broadly benefits or advances the interests of the AAPI community.
Qi Sun
Dr. Qi Sun is an associate professor and coordinator of the Adult and Continuing Education Ph.D. program in the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Department. As a renowned international scholar who advocates for education internationalization that incorporates “learning from the Rest beyond the West” paradigms, her publications and editorial work on various special issues promote AAPI scholarship and facilitate dialogue to enhance Asian scholars’ perspectives, voices, and issues theoretically and practically. With her expertise in adult and continuing education and by blending Eastern and Western perspectives, Qi has significantly enriched academic leadership and research for AAPI in the wider academic community and made substantial contributions to AAPI community development through scholarly work.
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