Irving Leung, EdD

Specialties and Interests

Research Projects

• 1998 Dissertation. Language Shift Among China Born and United States Born Chinese Students in San Francisco: Cultural, Sociological, and Educational Perspectives. University of San Francisco. 
• 1997 Research Assistant. University of San Francisco, International and Multicultural Education Department.
   Researching and editing materials for Dr. Emile Wilson for the purpose of publication in areas of Argumentation and Dissertation writing.

Courses Taught

Selected Publications

• 2007 Hope Eternal or Just the Basic Facts, http://ijournal.us. Issue No.
  16. June

Dissertations Chaired

Professional Activities

• 2000 - Conference Presenter. California Association Bilingual Education (CABE).
   Presented at the 25th annual conference in San Francisco on the effects of language shift as it pertained to China born and United States born Chinese students living in San Francisco. The purpose of the presentation was to share critical reflections from dialogues conducted during a participatory research on language shift from cultural, sociological, and educational perspectives.
• 1996  - Conference Presenter. Hong Kong University, International Language English Conference.Delivered a paper on how using Cantonese to learn English. The lecture included a theoretical foundation espoused by Cummins, Krashen, and Vygotsky and discussed practical application for acquiring English.
  

Professional Honors, Certifications, and Licenses

Areas of Consulting Interest

Biography

Irving Leung is currently an Assistant Professor and the Director of Special Education at Alliant Itnernational Unversity, where he developed and co-teaches the Mild to Moderate Special Education Program. He writes the curriculum for special education classes and collaborates with school district officials to streamline training in special education.

As Director of Field Supervision from 2006-2007 he supervised field mentors with general education interns by using  the California Standards of Teaching Profession and managed services to determine mentoring effectiveness.