Qiuyan Wu
Graduate Student
Learning Sciences Research Institute
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Building & Room:
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About
Research, Teaching and Praxis Interests
Learning of individuals and communities in addressing sustainability challenges, especially how learners bring heterogeneous knowledge, experiences, and values into collective sensemaking and solution-finding.
Discipline
Equity and justice in adaptation and transition toward sustainability
Year Entered Program
2020
Advisor
Minjung Ryu
Hometown
Inner Mongolia, China
Professional Goals
Work on cross-disciplinary projects where I employ Learning Sciences concepts and tools to help reveal and facilitate consequential learning processes and outcomes in addressing sustainability challenges.
Why Learning Sciences?
I chose to undertake a Ph.D. study in Learning Sciences because it is interdisciplinary and investigates human learning in various contexts (educational settings, workplaces, communities, etc) and across the life span.
Why LSRI at UIC?
I came to UIC because UIC and the city where it sits (Chicago) embrace diversity. When I have breaks from my Ph.D. work, I am always able to find and participate in events and dialogues that are fun and inclusive of diverse voices and identities.
Awards & Honors
Provost’s Graduate Research Award, University of Illinois Chicago (2022).
SoLAR LAK Conference Scholarship, Society for Learning Analytics Research (2022)
Selected Publications
Ryu, M., Bano, R., & Wu, Q. (2021). Where Does CER Stand on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion? Insights from a Literature Review. Journal of Chemical Education, 98(12), 3621–3632.
Wu, Q. & Ryu, M. (2023). How connecting cultural resources and academic learning mediates youth’s engagement in environmental learning. 17th International Conferences of the Learning Sciences, Montreal, Canada (June 10-15). 2023 ICLS Proceedings, 1158-1161.
Wu, Q. (2021). A Learner-centered Approach to Assessing Expansive Learning. Learning Sciences Graduate Student Conference, Virtual (November 13 &14). 2021 LSGSC Proceedings, 91-92.
Education
Master in Cognitive Neuroscience at Chinese Academy of Sciences (China);
Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering at Shandong Jiaotong University (China)