RESEARCH INTERESTS

Internationalization of Higher Education

Cross-border Education

Education Development in Canada

EDUCATION  

Degree: PhD in Educational Sudies

Supervisors: Dr. Ratna Ghosh & Dr. Claudia Mitchell

Time: September, 2017-June, 2022

University: Faculty of Education, McGill University, Canada

Degree: MA in Comparative Education  

Supervisor: Dr. Qiang Liu                  

Time: September, 2014-July, 2017

University: Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, China

Degree: BA in Psychology

Supervisor: Dr. Fangan Li                                       

Time: September, 2009-July, 2013

University: Qufu Normal University, China

RESEARCH GRANTS

1. 2023-2026 “Research on the strategies of promoting internationalization at home in a time of unprecedented global changes: China and beyond”, National Social Science Foundation (RMB200,000)

2. 2021-2022 “Global integration and local responsiveness in managing international branch campuses: Practical experiences from Canada”, Quebec Research Fund-Society and Culture (CAD25,000)

3. 2019-2019 “The lived experiences of Chinese students pursuing secondary education in Canada”, Consulate-general of the People’s Republic of China in Montreal (CAD1,000)

4. 2016-2017 “A comparative study of the international education strategies adopted by the U.S., the U.K., Australia, and Canada: A policy analysis”, Jointed Project Funding for Educational Social and Medical Researches (RMB 5,000)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1. Teng, J., Yang, Z. T., Yu, M., Crowley, C.B., & Jing, X. L.^* (2023). Chinese primary school teachers’ working time allocation after the enactment of the “Double Reduction” policy: A mixed-methods study. Teaching and Teacher Education, 137, 104385.

2. Jing, X. L., Ghosh, R., Gong, S., McHardy, D., & Ding, R.^* (2023). Multilevel research on factors impacting international branch campuses’ global integration and local responsiveness: An empirical investigation of two Canadian cases. Studies in Higher Education, 48(8),  1183-1196. DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2023.2187366 [SSCI]

3. Jing, X. L., Ghosh, R., Liu, B. C.,^* & Fruchier, T. (2023). A decade review and bibliometric analysis of the journal Compare. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 53(3), 506-524. DOI:10.1080/03057925.2021.1932422 [SSCI]

4. Jing, X. L., Ghosh, R., & Liu, B. C.^* (2023). Resisting neocolonial harm and localising global standards at international branch campuses: A comparative study of two Canadian cases. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 45(3), 276-290. DOI: 10.1080/1360080X.2022.2150799 [SSCI]

5. Hu, Y. Y., Jing, X. L.,^* & Yang, Y. Q. (2022). Factors impacting the sustainable development of professional learning communities in interdisciplinary subjects in Chinese K-12 schools: A case study. Sustainability, 14(21), 13847. [SSCI]

6. Jing, X. L., Peng, L. S.,^* & Dai, K. (2022). Contextual factors influencing the acculturation experiences of Chinese early study abroad students in Canada: An exploratory study. Sage Open, 12(1), 1-15. DOI:10.1177/21582440221085005 [SSCI]

7. Jing, X. L., Peng, L. S., & Dai, K.^* (2021). Why Chinese students choose to pursue secondary education in Canada: An empirical investigation based on push-pull model. Asia Pacific Education Review, 22(4), 623-636. [SSCI] 

8. Jing, X. L.,^* Ghosh, R., Sun, Z. H., & Liu, Q. (2020). Mapping global research related to international students: A scientometric review. Higher Education, 80(3), 415-433. [SSCI]

9. Jing, X. L.,^* Liu, Q., Ghosh, R., Wang, L., & Sun, Z. H. (2020). Global integration and local responsiveness in managing international branch campuses: The practice of McGill MBA Japan Program. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 42(3), 300-315. [SSCI]

10. Ghosh, R.,^* & Jing, X. L. (2020). Fostering global citizenship through student and faculty mobility: A new trend in comparative education. Beijing International Review of Education, 2(4), 553-570.

11.  Liu, Q., Turner, D., & Jing, X. L. (2019). The “Double First-Class Initiative” in China: Background, implementation, and potential problems. Beijing International Review of Education, 1(1), 92-108.

12. Yang, W., & Jing, X. L. (2020). Chinese graduate students at a Canadian University: Their academic challenges and coping strategies. In V. Tavares (Eds.), Multidisciplinary perspectives on international student experience in Canadian higher education (pp. 120-136). Hershey, U.S.: IGI Global.

13. Liu, Q., & Jing, X. L. (2017). The development process, operation status and prospects of ASEAN credit transfer system. International and Comparative Education in China, 39(9): 72-78. [CSSCI]

14. Liu, Q., & Jing, X. L. (2016). Research on the development of China’s international education: From the perspective of some developed countries. International and Comparative Education in China, 38(10): 86-93. [CSSCI]

15. Liu, B. C., Liu, Q., & Jing, X. L. (2015). APEC’s priority agenda and prospects in education field. International and Comparative Education in China, 37(3): 1-9. [CSSCI]

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

1. Jing, X. L. (March 13, 2024). How does social capital influence academic job seeking experiences in China: A comparison between PhD returnees and domestic PhDs. Comparative and International Education Society 2024 Conference, Miami, U.S.

2. Jing, X. L. (March 11, 2024). Enhancing transnational education quality through institutional, national, and international approaches: A case study of SILC Business School at Shanghai University. Comparative and International Education Society 2024 Conference, Miami, U.S.

3. Jing, X. L. (February 15, 2023). Rethinking the neocolonial practices at international branch campuses: A comparative study of two Canadian cases. Comparative and International Education Society 2023 Conference, Washington DC, U.S.

4. Jing, X. L. (September 18, 2021). Multilevel research on factors impacting international branch campuses’ global integration and local responsiveness: An empirical investigation of two Canadian cases. The Seventh World Comparative Education Forum, Beijing, China

5. Jing, X. L., Peng, L. S., & Dai, K. (April 29, 2021). Contextual factors influencing the acculturation experiences of Chinese early study abroad students in Canada: An exploratory study. Comparative and International Education Society 2021 Conference, Seattle, U.S.

6. Ghosh, R., & Jing, X. L. (April 29, 2021). Fostering global citizenship through student and faculty mobility: A new trend in comparative education. Comparative and International Education Society 2021 Conference, Seattle, U.S.

7. Jing, X. L. (June 3, 2020). Mapping global research on international branch campuses: A systematic literature review. Canadian Society for the Study of Education 2020 Conference. London, Canada. (Cancelled due to COVID-19)

8. Jing, X. L., Peng, L. S., & Dai, K. (June 3, 2020). Crossing educational and sociocultural boundaries as young diaspora: An exploration of Chinese students’ motivation to pursue secondary education in Canada. Canadian Society for the Study of Education 2020 Conference. London, Canada. (Cancelled due to COVID-19)

9. Jing, X. L., Peng, L. S., & Dai, K. (March 26, 2020). Why Chinese students choose to study secondary education in Canada: An empirical investigation based on push-pull model. Comparative and International Education Society 2020 Conference, Miami, U.S. (Transition to virtual conference due to COVID-19)

10. Wu, Y. J., & Jing, X. L. (March 23, 2020). Understanding international college students’ career development in the US: A case study of a community college in the Midwest. Comparative and International Education Society 2020 Conference, Miami, U.S. (Transition to virtual conference due to COVID-19)

11. Jing, X. L. (May 22, 2019). Global integration and local responsiveness in managing international branch campuses: An empirical investigation of McGill MBA Japan Program. XVII World Congress for Comparative Education Societies, Cancun, Mexico

12. Jing, X. L. (April 16, 2019). Exploring the development progress and emerging trends of international student-related research since 21st century. Comparative and International Education Society 2019 Conference, San Francisco, U.S.

13. Jing, X. L. (December 4, 2018). Global integration and local responsiveness in managing international branch campuses: The practice of McGill MBA Japan program. The Global Youth Scholar Forum on International Education, Beijing, China

14. Liu, Q., & Jing, X. L. (August 25, 2016). Reflecting the development of international education in China from a global perspective. XVI World Congress of Comparative Education Societies, Beijing, China

INVITED TALKS

1. Jing, X. L. (December 1, 2020). Contextual factors influencing the acculturation experiences of Chinese early study abroad students in Canada: An exploratory study. Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China.

2. Jing, X. L. (November 30, 2020). English academic writing and publication. Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China.

TEACHING COURSES

1. Pedagogy

2. Introduction to Educational Research Methods

3. Academic Writing and Publication in Comparative Education

SERVICE & CONSULTING

1. Co-VP Internal, Education Graduate Student Society 2021 Conference, McGill University

2. Principal organizer, International Workshop on Mutual Recognition of Credits among Universities in the APEC Region, 2016

3. Article Editor, Sage Open (SSCI), 2021-present

4. Copy Editor, Journal of International Students, 2017-2020

5. Reviewer, Asia Pacific Education Review, 2022-present

6. Reviewer, Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management (SSCI), 2019-present

7. Reviewer, Sage Open (SSCI), 2021-present

8. Reviewer, Girlhood Studies-An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2020-present

9. Reviewer, Frontiers of Education in China, 2019-present

10. Reviewer, American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2021 Annual Meeting

11. Reviewer, Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) 2020, 2021 Conference

12. Reviewer, Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024 Conference

HONORS AND AWARDS

1. Award for Graduate Internship Program 2021-2022, McGill University (University-Level Award)

2. International Student Research Excellence Award 2021, McGill University (Department-Level Award)

3. Graduate Excellence Award, McGill University (Department-Level Award)

4. Graduate Mobility Award 2021, McGill University (University-Level Award)

5. Dr. Gauri Shankar Guha Award in International Development Education 2021, McGill University (Faculty-Level Award)

6. Jackie Kirk Fieldwork Support Fund 2020, McGill University (Faculty-Level Award)

7. Chinese Government Scholarship for Studying Abroad 2017-2021, China Scholarship Council (National-Level Award)

8. Clifford C.F. Wong Fellowship 2017-2021, McGill University (University-Level Award)