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Office Number:
Education 3149
Phone Number:
(805) 893-3893
E-mail:
education.ucsb.edu ho
Hsiu-Zu Ho
Professor, Ph.D. (University of Colorado, Boulder)
Emphasis:
Child and Adolescent Development, Research Methodology, Cultural Perspectives & Comparative Education
Research Interests:
Comparative education; Mathematics education; Multicultural education; Educational psychology; Early childhood education; Child development
Biography:
I am currently the leader of the Education program and a member of the Cultural Perspectives and Comparative Studies, Research Methodology, and Early Childhood and Adolescent Development emphases. My research interests include cultural and gender variations in child development; motivation and academic achievement; and parental involvement. I am currently conducting a cross-cultural study investigating cultural and gender variations in attitudes, beliefs, and practices of parents, teachers, and students as they influence academic achievement. The courses I teach include cross-cultural psychology, women and education, developmental behavioral genetics, and statistics. I am actively involved in the community, particularly in areas affecting women and ethnic minorities.
My academic history reflects a breadth that spans from genes to culture, the unifying theme is the investigation of sources of individual differences. I received my bachelor of science degree from Purdue University with a major in mathematics and minors in biology and psychology. Integrating my interests in these three academic domains, I pursued graduate training in behavioral genetics from the Institute of Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado and received a Ph.D. in Psychology. From there I received postdoctoral training in quantitative genetic models at the Population Genetics Laboratory, University of Hawaii. I then joined the Psychology Department at UCSB as a faculty member conducting research in developmental behavioral genetics in the areas of reading disability, spatial cognition, and gender-related issues in cognitive development. The combination of my academic interest in examining the etiology of individual differences and my personal bicultural experience has led me to investigate the role of culture in development. My participation with the South Coast Writing Project has led to recent research interests in multicultural literacy, particularly in the area of co-constructing multicultural perspectives in the classroom through the writing process. My breadth of academic interests led me to join the faculty of the Education Department at UCSB in the summer of 1995.
Recent Publications:
Ho, H-Z., Yeager, E., Green, J. L., Dixon, C. N., Tomlinson, H. A., Desler, G., & Rogers-O’Reilly, J. Archeology of a virtual tour: Uncovering the layers of student engagement with complex issues of race in digital space. Screening Noir: A Journal of Film, Television and New Media Culture, 1(2), 63-80. 2008. [Refereed Journal Article]
Ho, H-Z. & Kung, H-Y. Taiwan. The Greenwood encyclopedia of children’s issues worldwide (pp. 439-464). Westport, CT: Greenwood. 2008. [Book Chapter]
Ho, H-Z., Fox, K. R., & Gonzalez, M. Making Your Classroom Parent-Friendly to Families of English Language Learners. In Hiatt-Michael, M. (Ed) Promising Practices for Teachers to Engage Families of English Language Learners (pp. 61-85). Greenwich, CT: Information Age & Publishing. 2007. [Book Chapter]
Gonzalez, M., Ho, H-Z., & Fox, K. R. Providing Culturally-Sensitive Parent Education Programs. In Hiatt-Michael, D. (Ed) Promising Practices for Teachers to Engage Families of English Language Learners (pp 87-117). Greenwich, CT: Information Age & Publishing. 2007. [Book Chapter]
Hong, S. & Ho, H-Z. Direct and indirect longitudinal effects of parental involvement on student achievement: Second-order latent growth modeling across ethnic groups. Educational Psychology, 97, 32-42. 2006. [Journal Article]
Affiliations:
AERA: Family, School, Community Partnership SIG
AERA: International Studies SIG
AERA: Research on the Education of Asian Pacific Americans
