Xinru Jiang

I am the first-year PhD student in Education at the University of California, San Diego. I was born and raised in China and came to the United States for college. I went to the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and got my Bachelor’s degree in Organizational Behavior Studies. After that, I obtained my Master’s degree in Developmental Psychology at Teachers College Columbia University. Then, my life has focused on children with developmental disabilities, and whose families mostly belong to low income and minority groups. My research interest is the social, cognitive, and language development of children who have autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and intellectual disability. Within this area, my particular focus is on improving school- and home-based interventions by making them more culturally adaptable in order to help children with ASD from diverse backgrounds acquire intrinsic motivation in reading and raise the quality of the early literacy and language teaching they receive.

Curriculum Vitae

Ph.D. (in progress), Education Studies, University of California, San Diego

M.A., Developmental Psychology, Teachers College Columbia University

B.A., Organizational Behavioral Studies, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Columbia University Medical Center/New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Research Assistant, Mar 2018-Jun 2018

Teachers College Columbia University, Research Assistant, Jan 2017-May 2017

University of Michigan, Jan 2015-Dec 2015

University Honors, University of Michigan, 2013-2015