Research

I am passionate about exploring the social, material, and ethical complexities of applying digital technologies in college writing classrooms. In my forthcoming co-edited book (with Jason Tham), Designing for Social Justice: Community-engaged Approaches in Technical and Professional Communication, I highlight the ways in which design and design theories can be used to address social justice issues and promote positive change in communities. Contributors illuminate the theoretical, ethical, and pedagogical dimensions of design-driven methods in community-engaged projects, exploring their potential to address critical social justice issues such as ethnic and racial justice, gender equality, disability justice, cultural diversity, equity, and environmental justice. Part of my research also focuses on the intersection of race and affect in higher education, with a specific emphasis on designing innovative arts-based approaches for socially-just practices and pedagogies.

Areas of interest:

  • Digital writing and rhetoric
  • Posthumanist and new materialist theories
  • Multimodal composition pedagogy
  • Community engagement

Ongoing projects:

  • Race and affect in higher education
  • AI literacy and writing instruction
  • Arts-based research

Grants:

  • Spencer Foundation Small Grant; $60,000 (Co-PI: Xiqiao Wang)
    • Transforming translingual anti-racist research with Asian international students’ digital counter-storytelling practices
  • CCCC Research Initiative Award; $5000 (Co-PI: Xiqiao Wang)
    • Transforming Translingual anti-racist research with Asian international students’ digital counter-storytelling practices
  • CCCC Emergent Researcher Award; $10,000 (Co-PI: Jason Tham)
    • Understanding the Design, Delivery, and Impact of Multimodal Advocacy Projects: A Study of Instructors, Students, and Community Partners in Social Justice Writing Pedagogy

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