Jie Zhao joined the SRAM master’s program in August 2008 right after she received her M.A. in Educational Psychology with a specification of health education at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Jie completed her B.A. in English Language and Literature at Henan University, China and her M.A in English Language and Literature at Sichuan International Studies University, China. She then worked as an interpreter for Huawei Technologies Co., a giant telecommunication equipment vendor in the world, where she accumulated valuable experience by working with elites from various fields, such as human resources, structure reenginnering, research & development, quality control, audition, marketing research, purchasing, and logistics.

She has a strong interest in equipping herself with knowledge from various sectors so she continued her education in the U.S and gained her first M.A. with specification of health education. Currently she is working as a research assistant in SRAM program and has been actively involved in a project studying non-response error and measurement error.