Pei-Ling Hsu is a Professor at the University of Texas at El Paso, US. She received her M.S. in science education from the National Taiwan Normal University in Taiwan and her Ph.D. in science education from the University of Victoria in Canada. She is a former high school teacher of earth sciences in Taiwan. Her research interests include science discourse, science communication, student–scientist partnerships, project-based learning, and dialogic teaching. She is currently a member of the American Education Research Association and National Association for Research in Science Teaching. She is also the recipient of the Regions’ Outstanding Teaching Award from the University of Texas System and the recipient of the Outstanding Research Performance Award from the University of Texas at El Paso.