Current Visiting Scholars: Visiting International Scholars: Research and Development: School of Education: Indiana University Bloomington

Current Visiting Scholars

2025-2026 Visiting Scholars

Each year, School of ��ɫ��Ƶhosts a number of talented visiting international scholars who spend a year working with faculty hosts on world educational issues.

Yufang Lu

China

Home institution:: North University of China
Research area(s):: AI empowerment in college English instruction
Faculty host:: Curt Bonk
Department:: Learning, Design, and Adult Education

Gülten Kartal

Turkey

Home institution:: Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University, Pazaryeri Vocational School
Academic position:: Lecturer
Research area(s):: Culture, cultural issues, presence, transactional presence, transactional distance, distance education, open and distance learning, instructional design, generative AI. Instructional design in open and distance learning; cultural issues in distance education; presence and transactional distance
Faculty host:: Curt Bonk
Department:: Learning, Design, and Adult Education

Xiaomei Wang

China

Home institution:: Minjiang University
Academic position:: Associate Professor
Research area(s):: Foreign language teaching; multimodality
Faculty host:: Curt Bonk
Department:: Learning, Design, and Adult Education

Current research projects:

Intelligent Technologies and Empowerment in College English Translation Teaching (Fujian Academy of Educational Sciences)
Pilot Course Empowered by Intelligent and Digital Technologies: English-Chinese Translation (University)
A Rhetorical Study of China National Publicity Films (University)

Serkan Kelesoglu

Turkey

Home institution:: Ankara University
Academic position:: Associate Professor
Research area(s):: Social studies education; social justice; teacher education; culturally responsive education/teaching
Department:: Curriculum and Instruction

Current research projects: Social studies education and culturally responsive teaching

Lifang Xue

China

Home institution:: Shanxi Agricultural University
Academic position:: Associate Professor
Research area(s):: Second language teaching; second language learning; interdisciplinary research
Faculty host:: Serafín M. Coronel-Molina
Department:: Curriculum and Instruction

Current research projects: Second language teaching and learning

Linfang Liu

China

Home institution:: Changchun Normal University
Research area(s):: Early childhood teacher leadership
Faculty host:: Daniel Castner
Department:: Curriculum and Instruction

Current research projects: Leadership and support strategies to promote teacher development

Yu-Hsiu Lee

Taiwan

Home institution:: United Nations
Academic position:: Senior Consultant (Associate Professor of Sociolinguistics)
Research area(s):: Linguistic challenges of minority populations in developing countries; language among minority groups in Southeast Asia
Faculty host:: Serafín M. Coronel-Molina
Department:: Curriculum and Instruction

Current research projects: United Nations’ engagement with language issues among minorities in Southeast Asia

Omer Kocak

Turkey

Home institution:: Ataturk University
Academic position:: Associate Professor
Research area(s):: 21st-century skills; AI literacy; information searching strategies
Faculty host:: Kyungbin Kwon
Department:: Learning, Design, and Adult Education

Current research projects: AI literacy and information search strategies

Muhammad Irfan Janjua

Pakistan

Home institution:: Higher ��ɫ��ƵDepartment, Government of the Punjab
Academic position:: Assistant Professor of English
Research area(s):: Language attitudes; multilingualism; language planning and policy
Faculty host:: Serafín M. Coronel-Molina
Department:: Curriculum and Instruction

Current research projects: Language attitudes and policy in multilingual contexts

Qin Sun

China

Home institution:: School of Foreign Languages, Shanghai Ocean University
Academic position:: Lecturer
Research area(s):: College English textbooks in China
Faculty host:: Serafín M. Coronel-Molina
Department:: Curriculum and Instruction

Current research projects: College English textbook studies

Elif Ozturk

Turkey

Home institution:: Giresun University, Department of Early Childhood Education
Academic position:: Associate Professor
Research area(s):: Early childhood education, environmental education, nature-based play, science education in early childhood, children’s thinking skills, mixed-methods research
Faculty host:: Valarie Akerson
Department:: Curriculum and Instruction

Current research projects: Early childhood education with a focus on environmental education, nature-based play, and early science education; exploring how children develop scientific process and thinking skills through nature and inquiry-based learning; mixed-methods projects on children’s engagement with nature and the role of teachers in fostering critical and creative thinking in early science education.

Haowen Cao

China

Home institution:: Beijing Academy of Educational Sciences
Academic position:: Associate Research Professor
Research area(s):: School closure; school resource allocation; school finance
Faculty host:: Christopher Lubienski
Department:: Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

Current research projects: School closure, resource allocation, and school finance in China

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