Welcome Dr. Wang, Assistant Professor of Psychology
By: Kara Guetersloh, Guest Writer
Title photo retrieved from McKendree employee directory
McKendree University welcomes Dr. Hui Wang, the new Assistant Professor of Psychology. Dr. Wang is originally from China but moved to America in 2018. She got her doctorate at the University of Kansas.
Before teaching at McKendree University, Dr. Wang majored in applied linguistics and taught English in China. She wanted to find new ways to motivate her students. This led her to the field of psychology. She said, “I wondered what I could do to motivate my student’s learning. I just wanted to keep studying about motivation and then started to study psychology.”
Dr. Wang was attracted to McKendree University because of the campus life. Upon her initial visit to the university, the people st...