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Research Summary
Academic writing, engineering communication, technical communication, university writing pedagogy, sociolinguistics
Courses & Teaching
APSC 176 Engineering Communication
APSC_V176 Engineering Communication (UBC Vantage One Engineering Program)
APSC 201 Technical Communication
APSC 501 Professional Communication for Engineering Leaders
Biography
I received my Ph.D. from the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University. My teaching and research focus on academic literacy, university writing pedagogy, engineering and professional communication, and first-year writing and communication for multilingual students. I teach undergraduate- and graduate-level courses in academic literacy, argumentation, rhetoric and composition, professional and technical communication, and intercultural communication. Prior to joining the School of Engineering, I taught in the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, Department of English and Cultural Studies at UBCO (from 2020 – 2022) and in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University (from 2018-2019).
Degrees
PhD, Education, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
MA, Applied Linguistics, Sichuan University, Sichuan, China
BA, English, Beijing International Studies University, Beijing, China
Research Interests & Projects
One of my areas of research is inclusive writing instruction. I’m a team-member on a SSHRC-funded project in collaboration with colleagues from UBCO’s Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies and Simon Fraser University. The project addresses current issues in teaching first-year writing to multilingual students in Canada. As part of that work, we developed the PRISM Framework (Plurality, Racio-linguistics, Indigenous Worldviews, and Social Justice for Multilingual Learners), which offers both a theoretical lens and a practical resource tool kit for writing and communication instructors and researchers.
Learn more on our project: Linguistic Equity in First-Year Writing
Selected Grants & Awards
SSHRC Connection Grant (2025-2026). Project team member for “Plurality, Linguistic Justice, and Ddecolonization: Addressing Current Issues in Teaching First-Year Writing to Multilingual Learners.”
UBC StEAR Enhancement Fund (2025). Project team member for “Linguistic Equity in First-Year Writing: A Decolonial Framework.”
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