I work as:

Professor of Music Education (also Coordinator and Academic Advisor of Ph.D. Program in Music with concentration in Music Education) since 2004, and Founding Director of Center for Music Education Research since 2005:

I am honored to be:

• A Fulbright Researcher in Japan (2018)
• The recipient of USF Outstanding Graduate Faculty Mentor Award (2017)
• A Visiting Professor (客座教授) of Music Education at Northeast Normal University, China since 2008

I served as:

Board Member for:

• International Society for Music Education (ISME)
• College Music Society (CMS)
• Florida Music Education Association (FMEA)

Chair-Elect for:

• Philosophy Special Research Interest Group (SRIG),  National Association for Music Education (NAfME)

Music Education Consultant/Evaluator for:

• National Assessment Center for Education Quality, Ministry of Education, China
• National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
• Direcçäo dos Serviços de Educaçäo e Juventude, Macau
• School District of Hillsborough County, Florida
• Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications
• Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• Education Bureau, Hong Kong
• University Committee on Research Awards, The City University of New York
• The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Saint Paul, Minnesota

Editor for:

• Scholarship and Research, College Music Symposium
• Music Education Research International
• Research Perspectives in Music Education​​

Reviewer for:
     These journals:

• Asian Music
• ​Applied Research in Quality of Life
• Arts Education Research Journal
• Asia-Pacific Journal for Arts Education
• British Journal of Music Education
• Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education
• Heliyon
• International Journal of Music Education
• Journal of Research in Music Education
• Leisure Studies
• Malaysian Music Journal
• ​Philosophy of Music Education Review
• Psychology of Music
• Research in Arts Education
• Research Studies in Music Education

​     These publishers:

• ​Oxford University Press
• Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
• Springer International Publishing

​     This funding agency:

• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

I have lectured at:

Beijing Normal University, Beijing
​​Capital Normal University, Beijing
China Conservatory of Music, Beijing
Columbia University (Teachers College), New York
Cumhuriyet University, Sivas
East China Normal University, Shanghai
Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
​Erciyes University, Kayseri
​Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre
Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou
Guangzhou University, Guangzhou
Joetsu University of Education, Joetsu
​Meiji Gakuin University, Tokyo
Michigan State University, East Langsing
​National Kaohsiung Normal University, Kaohsiung

​National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei
National Taiwan University, Taipei
National University of Tainan, Tainan
​Okayama University, Okayama
Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Shanghai
Sichuan Conservatory of Music, Chengdu
​St. Patrick's College, Dublin
Texas State University, San Marcos
Tottori University, Tottori
​University of Miami, Miami
University of Taipei, Taipei
Wayne State University, Detroit
Xinghai Conservatory of Music​, Guangzhou
​Yokohama National University, Yokohama
Zhejiang Conservatory of Music, Hangzhou

I presented plenary/keynote addresses at these meetings:

• 2018 Seminar of the Japan Music Education Society, Tokyo (August 2018)
• 2017 Symposium on Competence-based Music and Visual Arts Curriculum and Instruction in 12-year Basic Education, Taipei (December 2017)
• China National Music Education Convention, Shanghai (October 2015)
• Pan-American Regional Conference of the International Society for Music Education, Villahermosa, Tabasco (August 2011)
• World Creativity Summit of the World Alliance for Arts Education, Hong Kong (July 2007)
• Seminar of the Japan Music Education Society, Myoko (September 2005)

My degrees and qualifications are from:

• Indiana University (Ph.D. in music education, minor areas in ethnomusicology and conducting)
• University of Leicester (M.B.A. in educational management)
• Baylor University (M.M. in music education)
• Hong Kong Baptist College (Hons.Dip. in music)
• Trinity College, London (L.T.C.L. in clarinet performance)

Estimation of my language competencies besides English:

• 100% Cantonese, Chinese
• 50% Mandarin (Putonghua), Chinese
• ​8% Japanese
• 3% French
• 3% Korean

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• ResearchGate​​