Assistant Professor Shaoan Zhang recently published a study in a peer-reviewed Hong Kong education journal, New Horizons in Education in Vol.56, No.1, May 2008. The study was entitled: "Chinese Pre-Service Teachers’ Perceptions of Effects of Teacher Self-Disclosure". The study was co-authored by three other Chinese scholars, Dr. Qingmin Shi from Hebei Normal University, Professor Xiao Luo from Xiamen Jimei University, and Ms. Xueyu Ma from Xingtai University.

Dr. Zhang joined the C&I faculty in the Fall of 2007. He completed his PhD at Old Dominion University.