Dr. Lan Yang (Joy) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction (C&I). She is co-director of Centre for Special Educational Needs and Inclusive Education at The Education University of Hong Kong and core team member of the Key Research Area on Assessment Research into Enhancing Learning and Teaching at the Department of C&I. She obtained her PhD from The University of Hong Kong and her doctoral dissertation on a longitudinal intervention on promoting Chinese students’ academic self-concept and academic achievement was awarded the "Highly Commended Dissertation Award" by the Global SELF Research Network (2013); selection panel was chaired by Prof. Herbert Marsh (Top 1% Highly-Cited Researcher in the Social Sciences and one of the most productive educational psychologists in the world). 
She is also the Principal Investigator (PI)/co-PI/Co-I of over 20 research projects (including extremely competitive external funds like Early Career Scheme fund (1 project), General Research Funds (GRF, 5 projects) awarded by University Grants Committee, Hong Kong SAR). She has over 60 publications (including SSCI journal articles, chapters and refereed conference papers) in the fields of educational psychology as well as inclusive education. She is also primary and co-supervisor of PhD and EdD students.
Her publications have appeared in top-ranked SSCI journals, such as Educational Psychology, Journal of Educational Technology & Society, The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, International Journal of Disability, and International Journal of Inclusive Education. In 2018, Dr. Yang received the “Best Paper Award” issued by The Hong Kong Institute of Educational Research (HKERA) for her paper entitled: Perceived usefulness of teacher feedback, school engagement, and psychological well-being of Chinese students: The self-system processes perspective. According to HKERA, high scoring papers signpost originality, rigor and significance. 
She is the chief editor of a special issue on the Power of Teacher Feedback in Affecting Student Learning and Achievement: Insights from Students’ Perspective in Educational Psychology (SSCI journal; it is available at https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cedp20/41/7?nav=tocList ). Recently, her co-edited book on Assessment as Learning was published by Routledge. It is available to order at https://www.routledge.com/Assessment-as-Learning-Maximising-Opportunities-for-Student-Learning-and/Yan-Yang/p/book/9780367509972 
For more details of Dr. Joy Yang’s work, please visit https://pappl.eduhk.hk/rich/web/person.xhtml?pid=152193&name=YANG-Lan