Yaling Sun is Professor of Education and Director of the Curriculum and Instruction Department at Yunnan Normal University, in Yunnan Province, China. She is also a Counselor of Yunnan Provincial Government. Yaling's research interests cover areas of teacher education, schooling counseling, and curriculum and instruction. In 2007, she was awarded an Excellent Teacher of Ed.M., a national teacher education program by the National Committee for Ed.M. Education.