Dr. Jie Zhang is Professor of Special Education at State University of New York (SUNY) Brockport. She left Shanghai, China to pursue her lifelong dream to become a teacher and earned PhD in Exceptional Learning from Tennessee Technological University. Her research focuses on the efficacy of interventions for children with disabilities, services for children with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and their families, and Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) in higher education, especially as related to pedagogy and assessments. She has published 31 peer-reviewed journal articles at the national/international level, four book chapters, 85 conference presentations and 21 invited presentations at the national/international level. Dr. Zhang received SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, Open SUNY Online Teaching Ambassador Award, Outstanding Academic Advising Award, and the Inaugural Outstanding Global Engagement Award from SUNY Brockport.