After obtaining a Bachelor’s of Social Science and a Master’s of Philosophy at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, she received a Doctorate in Developmental Psychology from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Cheung's research focuses on the role of parents, teachers, and peers in children and adolescents' school motivation and achievement. Her research uses a cross-cultural approach to explicate pathways of children's development across diverse cultural contexts. Findings from her research have been published in high-impact journals in the ﬁelds of education and child development. Dr. Cheung's research has been funded by national and international agencies, as well as private foundations. She is recipient of two prestigious early career research awards from the American Psychological Association and the Society for Research in Child Development.