Cynthia Carter Ching

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Interim Dean, School of Education

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Bio

Cynthia Carter Ching was appointed interim dean for the School of Education on July 1, 2023. She is a professor of education and associate dean for academic programs in the UC Davis School of Education.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, she served as the interim vice provost and dean of undergraduate education from 2020 to 2022. In her research, funded by the National Science Foundation and others, she examines the intersection of technology, learning, collaboration, and identity. Her work examines how children, youth, and adults represent and negotiate aspects of themselves via technology in classrooms, in online environments, and in games.

Ching joined UC Davis in 2007, and previously was an associate professor in the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 2001 to 2007. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from UC Irvine and a Ph.D. in psychological studies in education from UCLA.

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