Employment Experience

Since August 2022
Associate Professor, Department of Engineering Education
Affiliate Faculty, Department of Science, Technology & Society
Affiliate Faculty, Center for Human-Computer Interaction
​Virginia Tech

January 2019 - July 2022
Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences
Affiliate Faculty, Department of Engineering, Design & Society
Affiliate Faculty, Robotics Graduate Program
​Colorado School of Mines

July 2017 - December 2018
Research Assistant Professor
Ethics Across Campus Program
Division of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences
​Colorado School of Mines

January 2016 - June 2017
Postdoctoral Research Associate
​Ethics Across Campus Program
Division of Liberal Arts and International Studies
Colorado School of Mines

August 2012 - January 2016
Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant
School of Engineering Education 
Purdue University  

January - August 2012
Postdoctoral Visiting Scholar
Hennebach Program in the Humanities
Division of Liberal Arts and International Studies 
Colorado School of Mines

Education

Ph.D., Engineering Education (with a Graduate Certificate in Social Policy)
Purdue University, 2017
Dissertation title: Working Effectively with Confucian Engineers: Sociopolitical Contexts, Cultures of Engineering Practice, and Collaborative Strategies

Ph.D. (with honors), Philosophy of Science and Technology (Engineering Ethics)
Dalian University of Technology, 2011 ("Liaoning Provincial Outstanding Dissertation Award")
Dissertation title: Exploring the Ethical Issues in Engineering from the Perspective of Practical Effectiveness

Visiting Graduate Student, Ethics of Technology and Engineering
Colorado School of Mines, 2008-2009

B.S., Materials Processing and Control Engineering
Dalian University of Technology, 2005