Research Interests

My scholarly expertise brings composition studies, argumentation, teaching multilingual students, and instructional design and technology together. For example, the three main areas are: writing instructions and writing pedagogy, multilingual international students’ academic literacy, and the use of educational technology in designing and supporting teaching, learning, and writing.

In my capacity as an educator, I assist K-12 immigrant students or new undergraduate international students with transitioning to academic communities by developing their academic literacy and writing. I was a Graduate Writing Facilitator at the Student Learning Commons for 8 years. I have worked closely with Writing Centre members and continuously seek to expand writing centre pedagogy. Another stream of my scholarly activity is the use of technology in educational settings and online instructional design. Having worked closely with Drs. Phil Winne and Michael Pin Chuan Lin, we, along with other team members at different institutions, have developed a writing chatbot. The chatbot could assist writers with developing their argumentative thesis statements and evaluating the strength of the thesis statements writers produced. I often seek innovative ways that can integrate technology in classroom teaching and enhance student learning experience.

Teaching