Dr. Kui Xie is the Dean and Joanne H. Hook Dean’s Chair in Educational Renewal for the College of Education & Human Development at University of Missouri. 

Prior to Mizzou, Xie was the Red Cedar Distinguished Professor and Chairperson of Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education at Michigan State University. Prior to MSU, he was Ted and Lois Cyphert Distinguished Professor and director of Research Laboratory for Digital Learning at Ohio State University. 

His research investigates areas related to motivation and engagement in digital learning, K-12 technology integration and teacher professional development, technology intervention and learning environment, learning analytics and research methods. He focuses on building translational research in partnership with K-12 schools. He has published extensively in flagship journals in crossover fields of Educational Technology, Educational Psychology, and others. His work has been highly visible to the general public appearing in The Conversation, U.S. News, NPR Radio, TIME, etc. 

Xie is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association in Division 15: Educational Psychology. He serves as the Editor-in-Chief for The Internet and Higher Education.