Zhang Wins Outstanding Dissertation Award from AERA AAPI-ER SIG

Jiadi Zhang, Ph.D. '25 C&I, has been selected as the recipient of the 2026 Outstanding Dissertation Award from the Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Education and Research (AAPI-ER) SIG of the American Educational Research Association (AERA).

Zhang was recognized for her dissertation, which is a three-year ethnography examining translanguaging pedagogies and literacy practices among Chinese American bilingual teachers, students, and parents in a community-based Chinese heritage school.

She is currently an assistant professor of Educator Preparation and Leadership at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

Zhang will be honored at the AERA Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, April 8-12.