Jing Xiao

• Comparative and International Education
• Higher Education Governance and Administration
• Internationalization of Higher Education
• International Branch Campuses and Partnerships

Dr. Jing Xiao is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Administration. Her areas of research include comparative and international education, higher education governance and administration, and internationalization of higher education. Prior to moving to Canada, she was an Assistant Professor at Xiamen University, China. She has worked extensively in research collaborations with scholars from both Canadian and Chinese academic communities.

Dr. Xiao’s recent research focuses on studying the impact of global geopolitical shifts on the governance of higher education, exploring institutional policies and practices in strategic internationalization, and examining how universities are developing programs, curricula, and pedagogies to respond to international student mobility.

Dr. Xiao has presented her research at national and international conferences and has been invited to give keynote presentations and lectures internationally. Currently she is working on several funded research projects investigating pedagogy and curriculum innovations to support intercultural learning experiences.

• Doctor of Philosophy, University of Alberta, 2017
• Master of Arts, Xiamen University, China, 2003
• Bachelor of Arts, Xiamen University, China, 1998

Undergraduate Teaching

• EADM 411 - Inquiry Project and Community Learning Field Experience: Issues and Perspectives in Comparative and International Education
• EADM 423 – The Professional Leader and Organizational Development
• EADM 491 – Educational Leadership: Field-based Applications

Graduate Teaching

• EADM 805 – Comparative and International Perspectives in Education
• EADM 811 – History and Development of Organizational Theory
• EADM 881 – Organizational Paradigms and Analysis
• EADM 898 – Graduate Student Individual Research Course
• EADM 990 – International Graduate Student Seminar
• EADM 991 – Educational Leadership: Field-based Applications

• Mehdilou, M. (MEd thesis in progress), Developing intercultural competence in Canadian higher education: A pedagogical imperative for enhancing teaching and learning in university setting. Department of Educational Administration, University of Saskatchewan.

• Zakharchuk, N. (PhD completed in 2021). Transforming university governance in the context of the Bologna process: A case study of Ukrainian higher education. Department of Educational Administration, University of Saskatchewan. This PhD dissertation won the Canadian Association for the Study of Educational Administration (CASEA) Thomas B. Greenfield Dissertation Award in 2022, and the University of Saskatchewan Graduate Thesis Award in 2022.

• Scott, J. (MEd thesis completed in 2020). International student Mobility: International student recruitment at the University of Saskatchewan. Department of Educational Administration, University of Saskatchewan.

• Yu, S. (MEd thesis completed in 2019). A comparative study of internationalization policies in Chinese and Canadian higher education. Department of Educational Administration, University of Saskatchewan.

• Xiao, J., & Newton, P. (2024-2026). Principal Investigator. Internationalizing the University Curriculum: Exploring pedagogy and curriculum innovations to enhance intercultural competence. University of Saskatchewan SSHRC Explore Grant.
• Xiao, J., & Newton, P. (2024-2026). Principal Investigator. Enhancing intercultural competence through formal and informal curricula: Exploring student learning experience in culturally diverse classrooms. The Jane and Ron Graham Centre for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Ignite Research Grant.
• Xiao, J., & Newton, P. (2024-2025). Principal Investigator. Exploring student mobility in the post-pandemic era: University responses in curriculum innovation to develop global citizenship education. John Ranton McIntosh Research Grant.
• Newton, P., Martell, G., & Xiao, J. (2024-2027). Co-Investigator. The role of university department heads in leading learning improvement. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Insight Grant.
• Xiao, J. (completed). Principal Investigator. Internationalization in Canadian higher education: Strategies and issues in partnerships between Chines and Western Canadian universities. John Ranton McIntosh Research Grant.
• Xiao, J. (completed). Principal Investigator. Moving towards more strategic partnerships: The success and challenges of partnerships between Canadian and Chinese universities. University of Saskatchewan President’s SSHRC Research Fund.
• Wimmer, R., Young, B., & Xiao, J. (completed). Co-Investigator. Transition experience of internationally educated teachers. University of Alberta Support for the Advancement of Scholarship Enhanced Operating Grant.

• Zakharchuk, N. & Xiao, J. (2023). Investigating the social and academic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on international students at a Canadian University. Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 15(2), 166-192.
• Xiao, J. (2020). International education as a strategic investment in developing a knowledge-ready workforce in Alberta. In R. D. Trilokekar, M. Tamtik, & G. Jones (Eds.). International education as public policy in Canada (pp.113-134). McGill-Queen’s University Press.
• Xiao, J., & Newton, P. (2020). School leadership challenges in Canada. In R. Papa (Ed.), The Oxford encyclopedia of educational administration (pp.1-16). London: Oxford University Press.
• Xiao, J., & Newton, P. (2019). Curricula: International higher education (Canada). In F. English (Ed.), Bloomsbury education and childhood studies (pp.1-6). London: Bloomsbury.
• Xiao, J., & Newton, P. (2019). The rise of higher education scholarship in educational administration and leadership. In A. Diaz Delgado & A. Veloso Rodriguez (Eds.), Models of educational leadership: An international review (pp. 33-46), Mexico City: National Autonomous University of Mexico IISUE Education Publishing.
• Wimmer, R., Young, B., & Xiao, J. (2019). Innovating in the margins of teacher education: Developing a bridging program for internationally educated teachers. In Education. 25(2), 23-38.
• Xiao, J. (2018) Internationalization of higher education: Considerations for adult education. Alberta Journal of Educational research, 64(2), 202-207.

• Xiao, J., & Riveros, A. (2024, June). Exploring internationalization discourses in Canadian policy documents: Continuities and discontinuities between federal and university strategies. the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (CSSHE) Annual Conference. Montreal, QC. Presentation canceled due to labor disruption.
• Xiao, J., & Riveros, A. (2024, March). What are the institutional drivers of international higher education partnerships? An analysis of Canadian-Chinese joint degree programs. Paper presented at the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) Annual Conference. Miami, FL.
• Xiao, J. & Zakharchuk, N. (2022, May). Investigating the social and academic impact of COVID-19 on international student community: A case-study of a Canadian university. Paper presented online at the Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (CSSHE) Annual Conference.
• Zakharchuk, N. & Xiao, J. (2021, April). Investigating the impact of COVID-19 on international students: A case-study of a Canadian university. Paper presented online at the 65^th Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) Annual Conference.
• Xiao, J., & Riveros, A. (2020, March). A critical discourse analysis of internationalization strategic plans at Canadian universities. Presentation canceled due to COVID-19 disruption, the 64^th Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) Annual Conference. Miami, FL.
• Xiao, J., & Riveros, A. (2019, May). The discursive construction of space in internationalization policies in Canadian higher education: A critical discourse analysis. Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (CSSHE) Annual Conference. Vancouver, BC.
• Wimmer, R., Young, B. & Xiao, J. (2019, May). Innovating in the margins of teacher education: Developing a bridging program for internationally educated teachers. Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) Annual Conference. Vancouver, BC.
• Xiao, J., & Riveros, A. (2019, April). Internationalization and the discursive reconfiguration of space in higher education. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference. Toronto, ON.
• Xiao, J., & Fillatre, M. (2018, May). Internationalization of Canadian higher education: Opportunities and challenges in cross-border partnerships with Chinese universities. Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (CSSHE) Annual Conference. Regina, SK.
• Xiao, J. (2017, August). Internationalization of higher education in China: Motivations and issues underlying the development of Chinese-British collaborative Universities. Paper presented at the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) Annual Conference. Copenhagen, Denmark.

• Xiao, J. (2023, April). International higher education partnerships in the post-pandemic era. Invited lecture at Capital Normal University, Beijing, China.
• Xiao, J. (2023, March). The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on international student mobility. Invited lecture at Xiamen University, China.
• Xiao, J. (2017, April). Internationalization of higher education: Moving towards strategic international partnerships with China. Keynote presentation at Celebration of Research, Scholarship, and Artistic Work, College of Education, University of Saskatchewan.
• Xiao, J. (2017, March). Globalization and the role of educational leadership. Keynote presentation at the International Symposium of Educational Leadership 2017, Queretaro, Mexico.
• Xiao, J. (2017, February). The role of educational leadership in fostering purposeful international collaboration. Invited lecture at the Institute of Research about University and Education (IISUE), National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.