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Prof. Xiu Chen Cravens

Vanderbilt University, USA
E. xiu.cravens@vanderbilt.edu

Prof. Xiu Cravens serves as the associate dean for international affairs at Peabody
College of Education and Human Development, Vanderbilt University. She is also
the co-director of Vanderbilt? U.S.-China Centre for Education and Culture. She
has led Vanderbilt? institutional efforts in working with universities and
institutions worldwide, particularly in the Asia-Pacific Region, in research, faculty
and student exchange, and professional development for teachers and school
administrators.

Prof. Cravens is an associate professor of the practice in education policy at
Peabody? Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations. She teaches
courses on topics of international K-12 education policy, education in the Asia
Pacific, instructional leadership, teacher development, and research design and
data analysis at the Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations. Her
research interests focus on the analysis of educational reform policies that are
particularly related to the organizational and cultural contexts of schools in the
United States and other countries in the world. Her academic work has been
devoted mainly to two areas: understanding the role of instructional leadership
in a changing policy environment, and addressing the conceptual and

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