Liang, G., & Akiba, M. (2011). Performance-related pay: District and teacher characteristics. Journal of School Leadership, 21(6),844-869.

Liang, G., & Han, J. (2005). A contrastive study on disagreement strategies for politeness between American English and Mandarin Chinese. Asian EFL Journal, 7(1), 155-166.

Akiba, M., & Liang, G. (in press). Teacher Qualification and Achievement Gap: A Cross-National Analysis of 50 Countries. In J. V. Clark (Ed.), Closing the achievement gap from an international perspective: Transforming STEM for effective education. New York, NY: Springer.

Gerstl-Pepin, C., & Liang, G. (2010). Media misrepresentations of a mascot controversy:Contested constructions of race and gender. Journal of School Public Relations, 31(3), 251-269.

Akiba, M., Chiu, Y-F., Shimizu, K., & Liang, G. (In Press). Teacher salary and national achievement: Across-national analysis of 30 countries. International Journal of Educational Research.

Liang, G., & Akiba, M. (2012). Teacher Incentive Pay Programs: How Missouri School Districts Use Economic Incentives to Recruit and Retain Teachers. Paper to be presented at University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) annual meeting, Denver, CO.

Liang, G. (2012). How American School Districts Used Incentive Pay Programs to Recruit and Retain Teachers: An Empirical Study. Paper to be presented at University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA)annual meeting, Denver, CO.

Liang, G., & Akiba, M. (2012). Teacher evaluation, performance-related pay and constructivist instruction. Paper presented at American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia,Canada.

Liang, G., & Akiba, M. (2011). Teacher evaluation, performance-related pay and student achievement: A statewide survey of middle school math teachers in Missouri.Paper presented at American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Liang, G., & Akiba, M. (2010). Performance-related pay: District and teacher characteristics. Paper presented at University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) annual meeting, New Orleans, LA.