{"id":2479,"date":"2026-09-15T16:13:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T16:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/cei\/?page_id=2479"},"modified":"2026-09-15T20:50:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T20:50:27","slug":"ping-chu-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/cei\/meet-us\/ping-chu-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ping Chu"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2479\" class=\"elementor elementor-2479\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-170acc13 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"170acc13\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5575b07 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5575b07\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-540bbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"540bbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/cei\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/2026\/09\/Ping-Chu.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2359\" alt=\"Ping\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/cei\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/2026\/09\/Ping-Chu.jpg 600w, https:\/\/instruction.austincc.edu\/cei\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/2026\/09\/Ping-Chu-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a12ec40 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2a12ec40\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3402fb1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3402fb1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Psychology<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e0fd100 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e0fd100\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ping Chu is a professor in the Psychology Department at Austin Community College (ACC). She earned an M.A. in Psychology and Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin. Since 2010, she has been teaching Introduction to Psychology and Statistical Methods for the Behavioral Sciences. Ping has recently become interested in adult education and has been teaching College Prep Math for ACC&#8217;s School of College Readiness for the past three years.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-506994ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"506994ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How has your community college teaching experience shaped your character over your career?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11ecd9eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11ecd9eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Sixteen years of teaching at ACC has reshaped my perspective on higher education, helping me appreciate a model that serves the community rather than an exclusive few. Over time, I also observed certain characteristics of both the students and the faculty, including a distinct sense of entitlement among some students and a tendency for vulnerable adjunct faculty to appease them for positive evaluations an job security. My teaching experience at ACC ultimately drove me to reflect on my values as an educator, and to choose practices that are in line with my values.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2533f537 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2533f537\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><strong>Contact<\/strong><\/h4>\n<br>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psychology Ping Chu is a professor in the Psychology Department at Austin Community College (ACC). She earned an M.A. in Psychology and Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin. Since 2010, she has been teaching Introduction to Psychology and Statistical Methods for the Behavioral Sciences. 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