Cheng Davis

Professor Davis is a leading academic and one of the most respected Chinese-Americans in the US. She has served as the Vice President of Drexel University, Vice Dean and founder of the Graduate School of Education for the University of Pennsylvania, and is currently Special Advisor to the President of the Teachers College, Columbia University, Special Advisor to President of the University of Pennsylvania, and Senior Advisor to the Shanghai Government. Professor Davis is one of the most renowned scholars on East-West relations and philosophy relating to education, founding the Eight Nations Education Research Project to cooperate on educational policy and chairing education roundtables with leading professors and ministers from the US, China, France, New Zealand, and Thailand. For her work in the field of education, Professor Davis has received numerous awards including the President’s Award for Excellence in Leadership from Drexel University, the first University of Pennsylvania Alumni Pioneers Award, and the Award for Outstanding Contribution to Education by the government of Thailand.