Xiaoming (Sarah) Liu

Biography

Dr. Liu is a Professor in the Department of Elementary Education at Towson University. She received her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Language and Literacy from Texas Tech University. She teaches literacy courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels and is the academic advisor for the Master of Arts in Teaching program. From 2018-2023, she served at the graduate program director for the M.Ed. in Elementary Education program.

Research Interests

Her research interests include literacy studies in international settings, reading processes of Chinese heritage language learners, and multicultural children’s literature. Her work has been published as many book chapters and peer-reviewed journal articles. 

Selected Publications

Liu, X. (2022). Making the invisible visible: Young Chinese heritage language learners’
reading process through retrospective miscue analysis. Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 1-38. DOI: 10.1177/14687984211067633.
 
Lucas, A., & Liu, X. (2022). Combating anti-Asian bias by developing intercultural maturity
through a short-term study abroad program in China. In G. Martinez-Alba, L. Javier, P. Herrera, and A. Hersi (Eds.), Antiracist teacher education: Theory and practice (pp. 121-139). Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.

Song, L., Cai, Q., Hong, H., Liu, X., Jin, L. & Li, Q. (2022). Sustaining a self-initiated 
professional learning community: A story of six teacher educators’ experiences. In R. E. Ferdig, E. Baumgartner, R. Hartshorne, R. Kaplan-Rakowski, and C. Mouza (Eds), A retrospective of teaching, technology, and teacher education during the COVID-19 pandemic. Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). 

Liwanag, M. P., Liu, X., Hong, H. (Spring 2020). Critical Conversations about Global and Multicultural Literature. WOW Stories: Connections from the Classroom, 7(1). https://wowlit.org/on-line-publications/stories/volume-vii-issue-1/3/

Liu, X. (2018). Teacher education experiences of culturally and linguistically diverse international students in the U.S.: Perspectives from five Chinese students. In B. Blummer, J. M. Kenton, & M. Wiatrowski (Eds.), Promoting Ethnic Diversity and Multiculturalism in Higher Education. (pp.96-111). IGI Global. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-4097-7