
Research
Areas of Interest
Multilingual Writing
Technology Enhanced Language Learning
Generative AI
Online/Hybrid Language Learning
Teacher Development
Qualitative Research
Postdigital
Publications
Edited Books
Journal Articles
Wang, C., & Tian, Z. (Eds., 2025). Rethinking writing education in the age of generative AI. Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Rethinking-Writing-Education-in-the-Age-of-Generative-AI/Wang-Tian/p/book/9781032727653
Tian, Z., & Wang, C. (Eds., 2025). Rethinking language education in the age of generative AI. Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Rethinking-Language-Education-in-the-Age-of-Generative-AI/Tian-Wang/p/book/9781032727639
Wang, C., & Wang, Z. (2025). Investigating L2 writers' critical AI literacy in AI-assisted writing: An APSE Model. Journal of Second Language Writing, 67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jslw.2025.101187
Tan, X., Xu, W., & Wang, C. (2025). Voice in AI-assisted multimodal texts: What do readers pay attention to? Computers & Composition, 75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2025.102918
Zhu, M., & Wang, C. (2025). A systematic review of research on AI in language education. Language Learning & Technology, 29(1), 1-29. https://www.lltjournal.org/item/10125-73606/
Tan, X., Wang, C., & Xu, W. (2025). To disclose or not to disclose: Exploring the risk of being transparent about GAI use in second language writing. Applied Linguistics. https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amae092
Tan, X., Xu, W., & Wang, C. (2025). Purposeful remixing with generative AI: Constructing designer voice in multimodal composing. Computers & Composition, 75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2024.102893
Wang, C., & Yazan, B. (2024). Negotiating identity tensions: Challenges of an online volunteer English language teacher in rural China. RELC Journal. https://doi.org/10.1177/00336882241275163
Li, Z., Wang, C., & Bonk, C. J. (2024). Exploring the utility of ChatGPT for self-directed online language learning. Online Learning, 28(3), 157-180. https://doi.org/10.24059/olj.v28i3.4497
Li, B., Lowell, V., Wang, C., & Li, X. (2024). A systematic review of the first year of publications on ChatGPT and language education: Examining research on ChatGPT’s use in language learning and teaching. Computers & Education: Artificial Intelligence. https://doi-org.colby.idm.oclc.org/10.1016/j.caeai.2024.100266
Wang, C., Li, Z., & Bonk, C. (2024). Understanding self-directed learning in AI-assisted writing: A mixed methods study of postsecondary learners. Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence, 6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeai.2024.100247
Wang, C. (2024). Exploring students’ generative AI-assisted writing processes: Perceptions and experiences from native and nonnative English speakers. Technology, Knowledge and Learning. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10758-024-09744-3
Wang, C., & Canagarajah, S. (2024). Postdigital ethnography in applied linguistics: Beyond the online and offline in language learning. Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, 3(2). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmal.2024.100111
Li, B., Wang, C., Bonk, C., & Kou, X. (2024). Exploring inventions in self-directed language learning with generative AI: Implementations and perspectives of YouTube content creators. TechTrends. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-024-00960-3
Li, B., Bonk, C., Wang, C., Kou, X. (2024). Reconceptualizing self-directed learning in the era of generative AI: An exploratory analysis of language learning. IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 17. https://doi.org/10.1109/TLT.2024.3386098
Wang, C., Qu, P., & Zhu, M. (2023). Course design practices using Open Educational Resources (OER)-enabled pedagogy in language teacher education. Journal of Applied Instructional Design, 12(4). https://doi.org/10.59668/806.13029
Wang, C., & Luo, Y. (2021). Selected poster presentations from the American Association of Applied Linguistics conference 2021: Analysis of interactions in a synchronous hybrid English class. Language Teaching, 54(4), 578-582. https://doi.org/10.1017/S026144482100029X
Wang, C., Samuelson, B., & Silvester, K. (2020). Zhai nan, mai meng and filial piety: The translingual creativity of Chinese university students in an academic writing course. Journal of Global Literacies, Technologies, and Emerging Pedagogies, 6(2), 1120-1143.
Wang, C. (2016). Why are my Chinese students so quiet?: A classroom ethnographic study of Chinese students’ peer review activities in an American multilingual writing class. INTESOL Journal, 13(1).
Wang, C., Cheng, C., & Yao, L. (2012). College students’ voice in English Public Speaking education: A mixed-methods study. Shandong Foreign Language Teaching Journal, 33(3), 54-58. [In Chinese]
Book Chapters
Wang, C. (2022). English education enabled by technology: Stories from an online teacher for an under-sourced village school. In C. J. Bonk, & M. Zhu (Eds.), Transformative Teaching Around the World: Stories of Cultural Impact, Technology Integration, and Innovative Pedagogy, Routledge.
Pawan, F., & Wang, C. (2022). Online and hybrid research using case study and ethnographic approaches: A decision-making dialog between two researchers. In K. Dikilitaş & K. Reynolds (Eds.), Research methods in language teaching and learning: A practical guide, Wiley Blackwell.
Wang, C. (2019). The role of online teacher beliefs in a supplementary English e-learning class in rural China: An ethnographic case study. In R. Damerow & K. Bailey (Eds.), Global research on teaching and learning English: The Chinese-speaking volume, Routledge.
Conference Proceedings
Tu, X., Yang, J., Zhong, Q., Wang, C., & Maltese, A. (2022). E-textile fashion: Designing maker activity for Chinese migrant girls. International Conference of the Learning Sciences (LCLS) 2022 Volume Proceedings, 2130-2031, International Society of the Learning Sciences.
Wang, C. (2019). E-learning in rural China: Perspectives from online instructors and local teachers in rural elementary schools. In S. Carliner (Ed.), Proceedings of E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (pp. 1018-1021). New Orleans, LA, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education.
Wang, C., Cheng, C., & Yao, L. (2014). Students’ perceptions of teaching and learning of English Public Speaking in China. In W. Ren, & Z. Tian. (Eds.), The Art of English Public Speaking: Practice, Teaching, & Research – Proceedings of the 2nd & 3rd National Symposiums on English Public Speaking, Beijing, China: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press.