Curriculum Vitae
Name: Dan Wang
Telephone: 607-351-2622 607-351-1979
Email: dwang03@syr.edu
Address: 1603 Hasbrouck Apts
Ithaca, NY 14850
Education
Syracuse University, Ph.D., Cultural Foundations of Education, expected May 2009.
University of Connecticut, Master of Arts, Educational Studies, 2003.
Beijing Foreign Studies University, Bachelor of Arts, English Program for Information
Management, 1998.
Research Interest
Rural education in China, history of modern education in China, sociology of education,
and qualitative methodology.
Dissertation
Workplace De-politicized: the Everyday Work of Rural Teachers in China.
Publications
Wang, Dan. Family-School Relations as Social Capital: Chinese Immigrant Parents in the
U.S., The School Community Journal. (R&R)
Wang, Dan. 2008. The Policy of “Two Exemptions and One Subsidy”: Voices from A
Local Rural School, Chinese Education & Society. (Forthcoming)
Wang, Dan. 2008. Alienated Labor: the Everyday Work of Rural Teachers, Rural China
Review, Vol.3. (Chinese)
Presentations
Wang Dan. 2008. Workplace De-moralized: Authoritarian Administration, presented at Illinois
/Indiana National Dissertation Workshop on East Asian education, Indiana University,
Bloomington, IN.
Wang, Dan. 2007. At the Conjunction of the State and the Community: Educators in A
Chinese Rural Village School, presented at American Educational Studies Association
Annual Conference, Cleveland, OH.
Wang, Dan. 2007. Alienation of Labor: the Everyday Work of Rural Teachers, presented
at the Third Graduate Seminar on China (GSOC), Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Hong Kong.
Wang, Dan. 2005. Family-School Relations as Social Capital: Chinese Immigrant Parents
in the U.S., American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Montreal,
Canada.
Wang, Dan. 2004. Dilemma and Consequences of High Stake Tests: Lessons from A
Chinese Case, American Sociological Association Annual Conference, San Francisco,
CA.
Wang, Dan. 2003. Demographic Homogeneity and Neighborhood-Based Social
Engagement, presented at American Sociological Association Annual Conference,
Atlanta, GA.
Work in Progress
Wang, Dan. Educational, Socialism, and the Functions of the State: the Rise of Labor
Education in Early 50’s. (Chinese)
Wang, Dan. Versatility vs. Individuality: Mao and Sukhomlinskii on Well-Rounded
Development of Students.
Awards
2007 INRULED Residence Scholarship (declined)
The International Research and Training Centre for Rural Education
(INRULED), a UNESCO program in China.
2007 OYCF-Ford Teaching Fellowship
Overseas Young Chinese Forum
2006 Research and Creative Grant,
School of Education, Syracuse University
2006 Syracuse University Fellow
2003 Syracuse University Fellow
2002 Andrews International Education Award,
Neag School of Education, University of Connecticut
1998 Graduated with Honors, Beijing Foreign Studies University
1997 Scholarship of the Metrobank Foundation, Philippines
1996 First class scholarship of Beijing Foreign Studies University
1995 Scholarship of the Metrobank Foundation, Philippines
1995 First class scholarship of Beijing Foreign Studies University
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Teaching Experiences
Historical and Cultural Foundations of Modern Education: an Introduction
Sociology Department, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
December 2007- January 2008
Grade 8 teacher, Manyue Elementary School, Chongqing, China,
September 2006 – March 2007
http://news.xinhuanet.com/overseas/2006-09/22/content_5124887.htm
Teaching Assistant for American School, Cultural Foundations of Education,
Syracuse University, 2004 -2005
Work Experiences
Administrative Assistant, Graduate Student Senate,
University of Connecticut, 2001-2003.
International Project Coordinator and Interpreter, Office of Foreign Affairs,
Beijing Jiaotong University, 1998-2000.
Service
Founder and co-editor, Positions: Dialogues on Education, an online journal.
edupositions.wordpress.com
Organizer, Symposium of Qualitative Research in Rural Education,
School of Education, Beijing Univeristy, 2007.
http://www.ruralchina.org/files/RCEF_Newsletter_July_2007.pdf
Co-Chair, Research Committee
Rural China Education Foundation, 2005 - 2007
Volunteer Teacher, Rural China Education Foundation,
Jiangzhuang, Shandong, China. July/August, 2005.
Volunteer, Dream Project, Library Program,
Caohai, Guizhou, China. May, 2005.
Media Coverage:
“Extending the Right Helping Hand.” (China Daily)
“Volunteers Sow Seeds of Hope for Rural Children.” (China Daily)
Photo Gallery
Reviewer for 2005 Annual Conference of American Educational Research Association.
Co-Chair of Brown Bag Talk Sessions, Cultural Foundations of Education,
Syracuse University, 2003.
Executive Committee Member, Chinese Students and Scholars Association,
Syracuse University, 2003 to 2004.
Volunteer, Chinese Students and Scholars Association,
University of Connecticut, 2000-2003.
Research Courses Taken
Advanced Regression
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Multivariate Analysis
Logistic Regression
Hierarchical Linear Model
Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis Using Multilevel Modeling
Sampling and Survey Research
Ethnography
Advanced Qualitative Research I & II
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