She holds the Ph.D. and M.S. in Information Systems from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and a BS in Computer Science and Engineering from the Beijing University of Technology. She has published in journals including the Journal of ECommerce Research, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, and Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks. Her current research interests include Social Computing, E-Commerce, Human Computer Interaction, Online Learning, and Ubiquitous Computing.