Dr. Peiwen Zheng, Assistant Professor
✉ E-Mail Address:
pwzheng@cityu.edu.mo
Office
Centro Golden Dragon, 5th Floor, Room G502
Education
Ph.D. in Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis, University of Wisconsin-Madison, US
M.S. in Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis, University of Wisconsin-Madison, US
B.A. in English Language and Literature, Zhejiang University of Media and Communications, China
Positions Held
澳門城市大學教育學院助理教授
Teaching
MEDC01教育機構的行政管理與領導
Research Areas
Higher Education, Student Affairs, College Student Success
College Student Well-being and Mental Health
Technical and Community Colleges
Internationalization of Higher Education, International Student Experience
Mixed Methods Research, Qualitative research
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Wang, X., Wickersham, K., Contreras-Garcia, N., & Zheng, P (2025). “Let’s Lift You Up Rather Than Just Getting You Off the Ground”: A Transformative Qualitative Study of Community College Student Mental Health and Success. Teachers College Record, 0(0).
Zhao, T., Chen, S., Yu, Y., Zheng, P., Lin, C., & Yan, J. (2025). Digital Self-Efficacy and Interests: Postsecondary Student Pathways to a Digital Career. Journal of Postsecondary Student Success, 4(3), 118–144. https://doi.org/10.33009/fsop_jpss135653
Zhu, X., Zheng, P., & Wang, X. (2024). Using text mining to illuminate how two-year colleges adapt during COVID. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1-15.
Wickersham, K., Okur, A., Zheng, P., & Wang, X. (2024). Resilience in Technical Education Beyond COVID-19: A Case of Instructional Change and Innovation at a Midwestern Technical College. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1–16.
Wickersham, K., Zheng, P., Wang, X., & Prevost, A. (2023). Reimagining community college math reform amid COVID-19. Community College Review, 51(4), 617-640.
Wang, X., Wickersham, K., Zhu, X., Zheng, P., Wagner, B., & Prevost, A. (2021). Supporting community college students’ mental health during and beyond COVID-19. Teachers College Record.
Published Research Briefs Based on NSF-Funded Projects
Crisis as Catalyst for Change and Innovation Research Team. (2022). “Navigating That Changing and Uneven Landscape”— How Technical College Educators Grapple with Pandemic-Impacted Teaching, Learning, and Student Support (Research Brief). Wisconsin Center for Education Research.
Crisis as Catalyst for Change and Innovation Research Team (2021). Built for the moment: A descriptive account of how Wisconsin’s technical colleges respond and adapt during COVID-19 (Research Brief). Wisconsin Center for Education Research.
Selected Conference Presentations
Zheng, P. (2025, April 23-27). What Does Real College Success Mean? The Conceptualization of Well-Being for Community College International Students. 2025 Annual Meeting for American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO, United States.
Zheng, P. (2024, April 18-20). Are we well? Mental Health Experience of Community College International Students. The 65th Annual Council for the Study of Community Colleges Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Zheng, P. (2024, April 18-20). Knowing Before Serving: Holistic Well-Being and College Success of Community College International Students. The 65th Annual Council for the Study of Community Colleges Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Zheng, P. (2023, Apr 20-22). Toward a holistic approach to studying community college international student well-being: A comprehensive review of the literature. The 64th Annual Council for the Study of Community Colleges Conference, Chicago, IL, United States.
Zheng, P. (2022, Nov 15-19). Disentangling the relationship among beginning community college students’ aspiration momentum, mental health, and baccalaureate outcomes. The 47th Annual Conference of Association for the Study of Higher Education, Las Vegas, NV, United States.
Wickersham, K., Zheng, P., Prevost, A., & Wang, X. (2022, April 21-26). Changing course: Reimagining community college Math reform amid COVID-19. 2022 Annual Meeting for American Educational Research Association, United States.
Selected Honors and Awards
2024 Carolyn Kelley Dissertation Award
2020/2023 The Roy Fairbrother Fellowship
2019 The Morgridge Wisconsin Distinguished Fellowship in Technical College Leadership
Professional Membership
American Educational Research Association (AERA), 2022-present
Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), 2022-present
The Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC), 2021-present