Sheng Yao Cheng

Dr. (Kent) Sheng Yao Cheng is current Associate Professor in the Graduate Institute of Curriculum Studies and Center for Teacher Education at National Chung Cheng University in Taiwan. Dr Cheng is also Director of Institute for Disadvantaged Students’ Learning at CCU, the Board Member of Chinese Comparative Education Society-Taipei , Program Chair of Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) SIG: Higher Education , International Advisor of the National Center for University Entrance Examinations (Japan), Co-Director of Global Education, Training, and Leadership Institute , Affiliated Faculty in the Institute of International Studies in Education at University of Pittsburgh, and the Executive Editor of Journal of Comparative Education. Dr. Cheng received his Ph. D. in the Division of Social Science and Comparative Education at UCLA in 2004 and the topic of his dissertation focused on the Politics of Identity and Indigenous Schooling between Taiwan Aborigines and American Indians