Associate Professor of Teacher Education, SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY, USA.

Yong Yu, Ed.D., is an associate professor and department chair in the Education Unit at State University of New York (SUNY) at Plattsburgh. She earned an Ed. D in Curriculum & Instruction from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She has published numerous journal articles and books on language and literacy instruction. Her research interests include language and literacy instruction, motivation in teaching, and multicultural children’s literature.