Hi! My name is Ye Shen. I am an educational scholar on a mission to support multilingual children’s learning and development by contributing to the knowledge base on their language, literacy, academic, and socioemotional development. I broadly focus on early development of culturally and linguistically diverse children and how early development and education may reduce racial and social-class disparities. The bulk of my research uses quantitative-oriented method, such as longitudinal growth curve modeling, structural equation modeling, and regressions. My award-winning research has been published in top-tier journals and funded by the American Educational Research Association and National Science Foundation, American Psychological Association, and the Language Learning Early Career Research Grant. 

I currently work as an Assistant Professor in the College of Education at the University of South Florida. Before that, I was a Dean's Diversity Postdoctoral Fellow in the College of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University. When I am not writing papers, I love to spend time with my family and play with my big camera.

I graduated from the University of Delaware with a Ph.D. in Education in 2022. I hold a master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a bachelor’s degree in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language from the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics in China. Prior to pursuing my academic career, I  worked as an elementary school Chinese immersion teacher in Delaware.

I am always happy to discuss science and collaborate with people. Feel free to contact me!