Yong Zhao is a Foundation Distinguished Professor in the School of Education at the University of Kansas and a professor in Educational Leadership at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education in Australia. He previously served as the Presidential Chair, Associate Dean, and Director of the Institute for Global and Online Education in the College of Education, University of Oregon, where he was also a Professor in the Department of Educational Measurement, Policy, and Leadership.

Prior to Oregon, Yong Zhao was University Distinguished Professor at the College of Education, Michigan State University, where he also served as the founding director of the Center for Teaching and Technology, and executive director of both the Confucius Institute and the US-China Center for Research on Educational Excellence.

He is an elected member of the National Academy of Education and a fellow of the International Academy of Education. Yong has written many groundbreaking books on education, including:

Teaching Students to Become Self-Determined Learners [co-authored with Michael Wehmeyer] (2020)

An Education Crisis Is a Terrible Thing to Waste: How Radical Changes Can Spark Student Excitement and Success [co-authored with Trina E. Emler, Anthony Snethen and Danqing Yin] (2019)

What Works May Hurt: Side Effects in Education (2018)

Reach for Greatness: Personalizable Education for All Children (2018)

Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon? Why China Has the Best (and Worst) Education System in the World (2014)

World Class Learners: Educating Creative and Entrepreneurial Students (2012)

Social Links

LinkedIn: @YongZhao

Twitter: @YongZhaoEd

Learners Without Borders - A Conversation with Yong Zhao

Future Learning Design Podcast