Prof Dr. Chun Zhang

Dr. Chun Zhang is a full professor at the Division of Curriculum and Teaching, Graduate School of Education, Fordham University. She was a Fulbright scholar in 2003. Her research focuses on early prevention and intervention of developmental delays and disabilities for young children birth to age eight and family-professional partnerships and collaboration. Dr. Zhang’s publications include topics on childrearing and parenting differences of immigrant, culturally and linguistically diverse families, and on preparing educators to be culturally competent in supporting young children and families from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in urban settings. She has also secured multi million dollars of funding from the U.S. Department of Education in training early childhood special education teachers in cross-cultural competence and in enhancing teacher effectiveness.