Dr. Qian Sarah Wang is the Academy of Future Education's (AoFE) Research Director (Member of the Senior Management Team), Ph.D. supervisor, and former Program Director of the MA in Global Education at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU). Dr. Sarah graduated from Teachers College, Columbia University in New York, with an MA and Ed.D. in Education Leadership with cross-discipline of Social-organizational Psychology and Adult Learning and Leadership. Dr. Sarah has over ten years of teaching experience to high school and college students before joining XJTLU. As a teacher-researcher, her research focuses on technology-enhanced teaching innovation, leadership education, and teacher professional development in the international context. Her research projects emphasize emotion and metacognition in teaching and learning (e.g., self-directed learning, reflective practice, emotion regulation), action learning (including work-based and work-integrated learning), and organizational learning (with interest in informal and incidental learning). Though Dr. Sarah specializes in qualitative and action research, she advocates interdisciplinary collaboration. She regularly works with colleagues from other disciplines, such as computer science, business, sociology, and psychology, to conduct mixed-method studies. She welcomes Master's and Doctoral students who are compassionate, responsible, and resilient to adversity.

王千博士（Dr. Qian Sarah Wang）现任西交利物浦大学未来教育学院科研主任（学院核心管理团队成员）、博士生导师，曾担任国际化教育硕士项目主任。她毕业于纽约哥伦比亚大学教育学院，获得社会组织心理学硕士及教育学博士学位，研究领域横跨组织学习与成人领导力。

在2018加入西交利物浦大学前，王博士已拥有十年面向高中生和大学生的教学经验。作为研究型教师，她的研究聚焦技术赋能的创新教学、领导力教育以及国际背景下的教师专业发展。其研究重点关注教学中的情感及元认知能力（如自主学习、反思实践、情绪调节等）、行动学习（包括工作本位学习与工学结合模式）以及组织学习（尤其关注非正式和随机学习）。尽管专长于质性研究与行动研究，王博士积极倡导跨学科合作，长期与计算机科学、商学、社会学及心理学等领域的学者开展混合方法研究。她致力于培养具备勤奋品格、学术热忱与研究韧性的硕士及博士研究生。

• Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning Innovation科技赋能下的教学创新实践研究
• Culturally-attended Leadership Education注重文化情境的领导力教育研究
• Holistic Professional Development 贯通式职业发展研究
• Emotions in Education 教育中的情感研究

Director of Research, Academy of Future Education, XJTLU--2021-Present

Ph.D. Supervisor--2020-Present

Program Director--MA in Global Education 2019-2021

Assistant Professor--MA in Global Education 2021-Present

Lecture--MA in Global Education 2018-2021

Founder/Executive -- International Education Services Corp., 2011-2018

Consultant -- E.G. Verlander Associates, 2007-2011

Director of Project Management -- Champion Window and Door, 2003-2007

• Workshop: Leadership in Organizational Development
• Workshop: Research-Let Learning and Teaching (RLLT), Developing Students Enquiry Skills--Focal Question Development
• Workshop: Cross-cultural Communication Practices Using Assessments
• Workshop: Professional Communication in Business for Engineers
• Seminar: Developing Leadership Mindset for Young Adults
• Seminar: Designing PBL in Basic Education
• CCA: Global Virtual Exchange (GVE) in Education
• CCA: Cross-cultural Communication in Higher Education
• EDS 405 Education Leadership (Module Leader, 2019-Present)
• EDS 406 Education Internship (Module Leader, 2019-2021)
• EDS 402 Entrepreneurship, Education Innovation, and International Education (Module Leader, 2024-2025)
• EDS 447 Scholarship in Teaching and Learning (Module Leader, 2025-Current)

• AY 24-25 Academy of Future Education, Research (PhD) Supervisor Award
• AY 23-24 Academy of Future Education, Research Excellence Award
• AY 22-23 Academy of Future Education, Teaching Innovation Award
• 3rd Prize, The 8th XJTLU National Teaching Innovation Competition in Higher Education 第八届西浦全国大学教学创新大赛, 三等奖
• 3rd Prize, The 6th XJTLU National Teaching Innovation Competition in Higher Education 第六届西浦全国大学教学创新大赛, 三等奖