Dr. Pei-Ling Hsu is Professor and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas in El Paso and is a former high school earth science teacher. Her research interests focus on Science Discourse, Youth Empowerment, Internship Education, Dialogic Pedagogy, Youth College and Career Readiness. In terms of grants, Dr. Hsu received more than 2 million funding. Dr. Hsu is the recipient of 2015 Regions’ Outstanding Teaching Awards from University of Texas System. She has taught different education courses at the undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral levels. Also, through the partnership with different organizations (e.g., museums, after school programs) and schools, Dr. Hsu’s undergraduate and graduate students participated in creating engaging science projects for K-12 students inside and outside schools. So far, about 1,300 students benefited from these science projects.

• Recognition of Mentoring Outstanding Thesis - Graduate School, UTEP (04/20/2022)
• Mentor/Recommender for Outstanding Graduate Student in Teaching, Learning & Culture - UTEP (04/10/2022)
• 10 Years of Service Recognition - UTEP (02/01/2022-02/28/2022)
• Recognition of Mentoring Outstanding Thesis - Graduate School, UTEP (04/18/2018)
• 5 Years of Service Recognition - UTEP (02/01/2018-02/28/2018)
• Honorable Mention of Undergraduate Student Research - 2017 COURI Symposium (04/19/2017)
• Star on the Mountain Award - Mayor Oscar Leeser, City of El Paso, Texas (09/01/2015-09/30/2015)
• 2015 Regents Outstanding Teaching Award - The University of Texas System (08/01/2015-08/31/2015)
• 2013-2014 Outstanding Performance Award - Office of Research and Sponsored Projects, UTEP (06/01/2014-06/30/2014)
• 2013 UTEP College of Education Excellence in Scholarship (Research) Award - College of Education, University of Texas at El Paso (05/01/2013-05/31/2013)
• University Research Institute (URI) Award - Office of Research and Sponsored Projects, UTEP (01/31/2012)
• International Committee Scholarship - National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) (02/01/2009-02/28/2009)

• Ph D in Science Education/Curriculum and Instruction, University of Victoria (2008)
• MS in Science Education, National Taiwan Normal University (2004)
• BS in Earth Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University (2000)

• An exemplary scientist’s storytelling in a high school students’ science internship International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement (2023), Pei-Ling Hsu.
• High school students’ emergent positions from science internships Education Sciences 12 11 (2022), Pei-Ling Hsu, Dina Thomason.
• Regulating emotions through cogenerative dialogues to sustain student engagement in science internships: A case study Sustainability 14 10 (2022), Pei-Ling Hsu.
• Beyond measure: Using cogenerative dialogues as a formative assessment to improve PBL science internships International Journal of Science Education 12 4 (2022), Pei-Ling Hsu, Yiyu Liao.
• Improving high school students’ internships with scientists through cogenerative dialogues Connected Science Learning (2021), Pei-Ling Hsu.

• Becoming a university professor in the United States (2022), Volume Taipei, Taiwan, Pei-Ling Hsu.
• High school students’ emergent positions from science internships (2022), Volume Vancouver, Canada, Pei-Ling Hsu, Dina Thomason.
• Professionalism in the Scholarly Environment: Scholar Etiquette and Ethics (2020), Volume College of Education, UTEP, Pei-Ling Hsu.
• Democratizing school-wide, project-based learning: A cultural-historical activity theory perspective (2019), Volume Toronto, Canada, Laura Venegas, Pei-Ling Hsu.
• Using cogenerative dialogues as formative assessments to improve project-based learning in an internship (2019), Volume Toronto, Canada, Pei-Ling Hsu, Yi-Yu Liao.

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