About Pengfei Zhao

Pengfei Zhao is a critical researcher and qualitative research methodologist based at McGill University. She is currently working on a book manuscript studying the coming-of-age experience of rural Chinese youth during and right after the Cultural Revolution.
Pengfei Zhao is a critical researcher and qualitative research methodologist based at McGill University.

NBN Episodes hosted by Pengfei:

Phoebe Ho et al., "Diversity and the Transition to Adulthood in America" (U California Press, 2022)

July 12, 2023

Diversity and the Transition to Adulthood in America

Phoebe Ho, Hyunjoon Park, and Grace Kao
Hosted by Pengfei Zhao

How do children and adolescents transition to adulthood in today’s America? How have American society’s entrenching economic inequality and increasing…

Yi-Lin Chiang, "Study Gods: How the New Chinese Elite Prepare for Global Competition" (Princeton UP, 2022)

July 11, 2023

Study Gods

Yi-Lin Chiang
Hosted by Pengfei Zhao
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We understand very little about how elite individuals and families operate in everyday life to maintain their privileged statuses, as many of these st…

Trena M. Paulus and Jessica N. Lester, "Doing Qualitative Research in a Digital World" (Sage, 2021)

March 3, 2022

Doing Qualitative Research in a Digital World

Trena M. Paulus and Jessica N. Lester
Hosted by Pengfei Zhao

Whether you like it or not, the pandemic has pushed us to make many changes in our life, from working from home to following all the mitigation measur…

Joyce W. Nutta, "English Learners at Home and at School: Stories and Strategies" (Harvard Education Press, 2021)

December 28, 2021

English Learners at Home and at School

Joyce W. Nutta
Hosted by Pengfei Zhao

This episode of the New Books in Education features English Learners at Home and at School: Stories and Strategies (Harvard Education Press, 2021) by …

Patricia Gándara and Jongyeon Ee, "Schools Under Siege: The Impact of Immigration Enforcement on Educational Equity" (Harvard Education Press, 2021)

December 27, 2021

Schools Under Siege

Patricia Gándara and Jongyeon Ee
Hosted by Pengfei Zhao

Much has been reported and discussed about the hotly debated issue of immigration enforcement, yet a question is still to be explored: What is the imp…

Carolyn J. Heinrich, et al., "Equity and Quality in Digital Learning: Realizing the Promise in K-12 Education" (Harvard Education Press, 2020)

April 20, 2021

Equity and Quality in Digital Learning

Carolyn J. Heinrich, Jennifer Darling-Aduana, and Annalee G. Good
Hosted by Pengfei Zhao

The COVID19 pandemic has profoundly changed the landscape of K-12 education in our society. Last March, many states closed their brick-and-mortar scho…

Barbara Dennis, "Walking with Strangers: Critical Ethnography and Educational Promise" (Peter Lang, 2020)

January 11, 2021

Walking with Strangers

Barbara Dennis
Hosted by Pengfei Zhao

In this episode, I speak with Dr. Barbara Dennis of Indiana University on her new ethnography, Walking with Strangers: Critical Ethnography and Educat…

T. Paulus and A. Wise, "Looking for Insight, Transformation, and Learning in Online Talk " (Routledge, 2019)

July 30, 2020

Looking for Insight, Transformation, and Learning in Online Talk

T. Paulus and A. Wise
Hosted by Pengfei Zhao

In this episode, I speak with Dr. Trena Paulus of East Tennessee State University and Dr. Alyssa Wise of New York University on their new book, Lookin…

Xueli Wang, "On My Own: The Challenge and Promise of Building Equitable STEM Transfer Pathways" (Harvard Education Press, 2020)

July 17, 2020

On My Own

Xueli Wang
Hosted by Pengfei Zhao

In this episode, I speak with Dr. Xueli Wang from the University of Wisconsin-Madison on her new book, “On My Own: The Challenge and Promise of Buildi…

Scott Seider and Daren Graves, "Schooling for Critical Consciousness" (Harvard Education Press, 2020)

June 5, 2020

Schooling for Critical Consciousness

Scott Seider and Daren Graves
Hosted by Pengfei Zhao

In this episode, I speak with Dr. Scott Seider from Boston College and Dr. Daren Graves from Simmons University on their new book, Schooling for Criti…

Ali Michael, "Raising Race Questions: Whiteness and Inquiry in Education" (Teachers College Press, 2015)

May 13, 2019

Raising Race Questions

Ali Michael
Hosted by Pengfei Zhao

In this episode, I talked with Ali Michael on her award-winning book, Raising Race Questions: Whiteness and Inquiry in Education (Teachers College Pre…

Patricia Leavy, "Spark" (The Guilford Press, 2019)

May 3, 2019

Spark

Patricia Leavy
Hosted by Pengfei Zhao

In this episode, I talked with Patricia Leavy on her new book, Spark (The Guilford Press, 2019). The book is a highly original novel about an unexpect…

Jeong-Hee Kim, "Understanding Narrative Inquiry: The Crafting and Analysis of Stories as Research" (Sage Publications, 2016)

November 27, 2018

Understanding Narrative Inquiry

Jeong-Hee Kim
Hosted by Pengfei Zhao

In today’s episode, I talked with Dr. Jeong-Hee Kim about her new book, Understanding Narrative Inquiry: The Crafting and Analysis of Stories as Resea…

Michelle Fine, "Just Research in Contentious Times: Widening the Methodological Imagination" (Teachers College, 2018)

November 16, 2018

Just Research in Contentious Times

Michelle Fine
Hosted by Pengfei Zhao

What can a researcher do to promote social justice? A conventional image of a researcher describes her staying in the ivory tower for most of the time…

J. Lester, C. Lochmiller, and R. Gabriel, "Discursive Perspectives on Education Policy and Implementation" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017)

September 13, 2018

Discursive Perspectives on Education Policy and Implementation

Jessica Lester, Chad Lochmiller, and Rachael Gabriel, eds.
Hosted by Pengfei Zhao

The study of education policy is a scholarly field that sheds light on important debates and controversies revolving around education policy and its i…

Aaron Kuntz, "The Responsible Methodologist: Inquiry, Truth-Telling, and Social Justice" (Left Coast Press, 2015)

June 18, 2018

The Responsible Methodologist

Aaron M. Kuntz
Hosted by Pengfei Zhao

In this episode, I speak with Aaron M. Kuntz about his book, The Responsible Methodologist: Inquiry, Truth-Telling, and Social Justice (Left Coast Pre…

Patricia Leavy and Victoria Scotti, "Low-Fat Love Stories" (Sense Publishers, 2017)

May 16, 2018

Low-Fat Love Stories

Patricia Leavy and Victoria Scotti
Hosted by Pengfei Zhao

Patricia Leavy and Victoria Scotti's Low-Fat Love Stories (Sense Publishers, 2017) is a collection of short stories and artistic portraits focusing on…

Lucinda Carspecken, "Love in the Time of Ethnography" (Rowman and Littlefield, 2017)

February 27, 2018

Love in the Time of Ethnography

Lucinda Carspecken, ed.
Hosted by Pengfei Zhao

Love in the Time of Ethnography: Essays on Connection as a Focus and Basis for Research (Rowman and Littlefield, 2017) is edited by Lucinda Carspecken…

Karen Ross, "Youth Encounter Programs in Israel: Pedagogy, Identity and Social Change" (Syracuse UP, 2017)

November 18, 2017

Youth Encounter Programs in Israel

Karen Ross
Hosted by Pengfei Zhao

In her new book, Youth Encounter Programs in Israel: Pedagogy, Identity and Social Change (Syracuse University Press, 2017), Karen Ross conducts an in…