Eva Ye-Blank

A photo of Eva Ye-Blank

Director of International Academic Operations

Dean's Office

104 Roosevelt Hall

[email protected]

Education

  • Ph.D., Educational Leadership
  • M.A., Higher Education Student Affairs
  • B.A., Chinese Literature and Education

Professional Summary

Dr. Blank received her Doctorate degree in Educational Leadership. While serving as the Director of International Academic Operations at GACET, EMU, Dr. Blank has been teaching both undergraduate and graduate classes through different approaches: face-to-face, hybrid, and fully online. Dr. Blank has studied and worked in different countries including China, Malaysia, Switzerland,
Australia, and the United States. Her extensive experience in international education allows her to view leadership from a variety of perspectives. Dr. Blank has received the “Most Valuable Professor” award from EMU. Her research interest is focusing on Global Leadership, International Education, and Intercultural Competence.

Interests and Expertise

  • Leadership Theory and Practice
  • Women in Leadership
  • Higher Education Student Affairs
  • Multicultural Education/Intercultural Competence
  • Higher Education Internationalization/Global Business Development
  • Assessment & Evaluation (qualitative and quantitative)

Courses Taught

  • SET 177 College Preparation: Living and Learning
  • LEAD 201 Introduction to Leadership: Learning to Lead
  • LEAD 301 Applied/Advanced Leadership: Emerging as a Culturally Competent Leader
  • EDLD 509 Educational Leadership in a Pluralistic Society
  • EDLD 629 Leadership Perspective in Comparative International Education
  • MBA 601 Leaderhship and Edthcis in Business
  • MBA 691- 699 Living Case Study
    • Organizational Developement and Change
    • Research Methods (Qaulitative and Quantitative)

Selected Publications

  • Ye, X., Molitoris, I., & Anderson, D. (2018). “Opening the classroom to the world: A grounded-theory study of student perceptions of integrating intercultural competence into curriculum and pedagogy”. In Dikli, S., Brian, E., & Richard R (Eds). Handbook of Research on Curriculum Internationalization and the Future of Global Education. Hershey, PA. IGI Global.
  • Ye, X., Leon, R. A., & Anderson, D. (2016). Understanding cultural difference: Examination of Self-Authorship among international students. In K. Bista & C. Foster (Eds.). Campus Support Services, Programs, and Policies for International Students. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
  • Anderson, D. &Ye, X. (2014). Preparing globally competent citizens: identity development using self-authorship techniques within an international service-learning context. Instruction in Higher Education: From projecting activities to project competency, pp. 117-125. Voronezh State University: Voronezh, Russia.
  • Ye, X. (2011). Faculty awareness of student affairs. Issues in Nurturing Students in Contemporary Higher Educational Institutions. pp. 34-37. Voronezh: Voronezh State University: Voronezh, Russia.

Professional Memberships and Affiliations

  • International Leadership Association (ILA)
  • NAFSA Association of International Educators (NAFSA)
  • Association of Leadership Educators (ALE)
  • Phi Delta Kappa International (PDK)