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Dr. Pengfei Zhao

Title: 
Assistant Professor
Dr. Pengfei Zhao
Contact Information
Email address: 
peng-fei.zhao [at] mcgill.ca
Alternate phone: 
514-399-9563
Address: 

Education Building
3700 rue McTavish
Montr茅al, Quebec H3A 1Y2
Canada

Division: 
Educational Leadership Supervisors
Educational Studies (Ph.D.) Supervisors
Education and Society Supervisors
Second Language Education Supervisors
Department: 
Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE)
Area(s): 
Diversity, Identity and Indigenous Topics
Areas of expertise: 
  • Ethnographic and Cultural Studies
  • Research and Methods
  • Qualitative Research Methodologies
  • Feminist Methodology
  • Multilingualism and Methodology
  • Gender and Social Issues
  • Comparative Education
Biography: 

Dr. Zhao is a critical qualitative methodologist with an interdisciplinary background in inquiry methodology, sociology, and cultural studies. In her theoretical and methodological work, she draws from a wide spectrum of theories鈥攆rom critical theories to contemporary pragmatism, feminism, and post-colonial studies鈥攖o formulate a praxis- and social justice-oriented qualitative methodology. She develops scholarship on critical ethnography, feminist and narrative methodology, critical multilingual methodology, and participatory action research. Addressing key methodological issues such as validity, ethics, and translation, Dr. Zhao responds to the ontological, epistemological, ethical, and methodological challenges of conducting qualitative research in a politically troubled and culturally diverse contemporary world.

In her empirical work, she uses both Mandarin Chinese and English to perform research in North America, China, and the cross-Pacific transnational context. She is particularly interested in children鈥檚 and youth鈥檚 identity formation鈥攖he gendered and racialized process of socialization, and the various dynamics within and beyond families and communities in perpetuating and/or disrupting the reproduction of social inequality.

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Degree(s): 
  • Ph.D. in Inquiry Methodology, Indiana University Bloomington, U.S.A.
  • M.A. Literary Theory, Beijing Normal University, China
  • B.A. Chinese Language and Literature, Beijing Normal University, China
Awards, honours, and fellowships: 

Awards and Fellowships:

  • 2021, National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow, National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation, U.S.A.
  • 2019, Illinois Qualitative Distinguished Dissertation Award (Traditional Category), International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, U.S.A.
  • 2017, IIQM PhD Dissertation Award, International Institute for Qualitative Methodology, Canada

Selective Grants:

  • 2024, Practicing Research Ethics in the Technoscape: Data Ownership, Digital Infrastructure and Social Researchers鈥� Responsibilities. SSHRC Insight Development Grant. (Zhao serving as primary applicant, $73,335 CAD)
  • 2021, How Do I Talk With My Kids About the 鈥淐hinese Virus鈥�? Racialized Trauma, Youth Voices, and Transnational Chinese Families in the U.S. Racial Equity Special Research Grant, Spencer Foundation. (Zhao serving as principal investigator, $75,000 USD)
Selected publications: 

Books:

  • Zhao, P., Ross, K., Li, P., & Dennis, B. K. (2021). Making Sense of Social Research Methodology: A Student- and Practitioner-Centered Approach. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Press. (with equal co-authorship)

Recent Peer-reviewed Journal Articles:

  • Zhao, P., Li, P-J., & Qi, W. (accepted). Translation of Cultures and Texts: Building a dialogue between critical translational studies and culturally responsive methodology. Qualitative Health Research.
  • Zhao, P., Qi, W., Li, P., & Li, P. (2024). Reconceptualizing the Link between Validity and Translation in Qualitative Research: Extending the Conversation Beyond Equivalence. International Journal of Qualitative Methods.
  • Zhao, P., Lester, J. A & Paulus, T. (2023). Digital Worlds and the Folding Reality: Implications for Qualitative Inquiry. Qualitative Inquiry. Vol. 29(10), 1064-1074. .
  • Zhao, P. & Li, P. (2023). The Affordances of Videoconferencing Technology for Doing Interviews with Children Online: Methodological Explorations Based on a Critical Ethnography. Qualitative Inquiry. Vol. 29(10), 1033鈥�1044. .
  • Zhao, P. (2023). Working the Hyphens in Contemporary China: Reconsidering Researcher-Participant Relationship in an Authoritarian State. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. 36(4), 559-572. .
  • Zhao, P. & Silberstein, S. (2022). Not Waves But Ripples: Re-Worlding & Counter-Worlding of Intergenerational Feminism. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. 35(10), 1052-1066. . (with equal co-authorship)
  • Dennis, B. K. & Zhao, P. (2022). Storyworlding: An Outline of the Philosophic and Methodological Commitments of a New Feminist Methodology. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. 35(10), 1036-1051. . (with equal co-authorship)
Graduate supervision: 

Taking new students during the application period 2025.

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