Publications

9 Peer-Reviewed Articles
10 Book Chapters
16 Conference Presentations

Last Updated: January 1, 2025

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Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

2025

Chen, Q., Tawilapakul, U., & Lin, A. M. Y. (2025). Teacherness in the age of GenAI: An ethnographic exploration of pedagogical decision-making and AI integration in English language teaching. System. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2025.103877

Chen, Q. (2025). Critical Intersubjectivity: Leveraging Designed Narratives to Mitigate Language Ideologies in Pre-Service Teacher Education. Applied Linguistics. https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amaf024

Chang, D. H., Chen, Q., & Lin, A. M. Y. (2025). Translingual approach in assessing academic writing for emerging multilingual writers in EMI higher education. Linguistics and Education, 87, 101403.

Liu, C., Chen, Q., Zhang, L., & Lin, A. M. Y. (2025). Play–literacy interface in childhood education: Across the scales of time and space. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood. https://doi.org/10.1177/14639491241311650

2024

Liu, C., Barker, M. K., Chen, Q., Cheng, M. M. W., Oyelekan, O. S., & Lin, A. M. Y. (2024). “He drank too much gatorade”: Exploring learner conceptions in scientific reasoning from a social semiotic perspective. Linguistics and Education, 85, 101377. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.linged.2024.101377

Lin, A. M. Y., & Chen, Q. (2024). Reflections on cope and kalantzis: How intelligent is generative AI? Towards trans-semiotizing the turing test. Multimodality & Society, 4(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/26349795241241315

2023

Chen, Q., & Lin, A. M. Y. (2023). Social structures, everyday interactions, and subjectivity—where (and how) does decolonizing begin?—Attending to desires, fears, and pains. Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 20(2), 105–126. https://doi.org/10.1080/15427587.2023.2219059

2022

Chen, Q., & Lin, A. M. Y. (2022). Reconceptualizing semiotic resources in the eco-social system of an online language tutoring course. Pedagogies: An International Journal, 17(4), 348–367. https://doi.org/10.1080/1554480x.2022.2139260

Chen, Q. (2022). Vlog virtual tour: A critical framing perspective. Journal of Media Literacy Education, 14(3), 108–118. https://doi.org/10.23860/jmle-2022-14-3-9

Books

Under Contract

Chen, Q., Liu, Y., & Lin, A. M. Y. (under contract). Teachers as AI Developers: Democratizing Educational AI Through Open-Source Innovation and Sustainable Practice. Cambridge Elements: Generative AI in Education. Cambridge University Press.

Book Chapters

In Press

Chen, Q. (in press). Ethnography on Subjectivity (Re)constitution in Education. In J. Green (Ed.), Research Handbook on Ethnography Of, In, and For Education: Developing Epistemologies in Changing Terrains.

Lin, A. M. Y., & Chen, Q. (2025). Towards ethical and responsible engagement of generative AI in education: The PAA Model and 4T Lenses in action. To appear in Lim, F. V., & Pun, J. (Eds.), Designing learning with multimodality in English medium education (EME) classrooms across Asia. London: Bloomsbury.

Chen, Q., Chang, D., & Lin, A. M. Y. (2025). Politics of Language Teaching. In J. Simpson (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics (3rd ed.).

Chen, Q. (in press). Translingual Perspectives in Decolonizing Researcher Subjectivity: Reinterpreting Subjectivity Reconstitution of Chinese Immigrants in Canada. In C. Sidury & Z. Tian (Eds.), Decolonizing Academic Writing Through Translingualism: Walking the Talk.

2024

Chen, Q., Zheng, Y., & Lin, A. M. Y. (2024). Critical perspectives on discourse and second language research. In B. Paltridge & M. T. Prior (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Discourse. Routledge.

Chen, Q., & Lin, A. M. Y. (2024). Allying with school teachers: Co-Journeying for creating positive impact. In Z. Kristien, P. Drew, & R. Lin (Eds.), Boundary-Spanning in School-University Partnerships. Information Age Publishing.

Chang, D., Chen, Q., & Lin, A. M. Y. (2024). Writing centers’ praxis is not neutral but raced: Collaborative ethnography. In X. Huo & C. Smith (Eds.), Interrogating Race and Racism in Postsecondary Language Classrooms. IGI Global.

2023

Chen, Q., & Lin, A. M. Y. (2023). Facilitating the comprehension of academic content in the TOEFL iBT test preparation classroom. In K. Raza, D. Reynolds, & C. Coombe (Eds.), Handbook of Multilingual TESOL in Practice (pp. 345–357). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9350-3_23

2022

Chang, D., & Chen, Q. (2022). Transforming an introductory educational psychology online course: Design, consultation, and implementation. In Academic Project Designs and Methods: From Professional Development to Critical and Creative Practice. University of Victoria.

2021

Chen, Q., Lin, A. M. Y., & Huang, C. F. (2021). A bourdieusian and postcolonial perspective on collaboration between NESTs and NNESTs. In K. Raza, C. Coombe, & D. Reynolds (Eds.), Policy Development in TESOL and Multilingualism (pp. 271–285). Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3603-5_21

Book Reviews

Chen, Q. (2023). Higher Education Internationalization and English Language Instruction. Xiangying Huo. Springer, 2020 [Review of Higher Education Internationalization and English Language Instruction]. Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie, 33. https://doi.org/10.31468/dwr.1033

Chen, Q., Hughes, A., Hughes, S., & Lin, A. (2023). Lay Hoon Seah, Rita Elaine Silver & Mark Charles Baildon: The role of language in content pedagogy: A framework for teachers’ knowledge. Journal of World Languages, 9(3), 530–536. https://doi.org/10.1515/jwl-2023-0013

Manuscripts Under Review or In Press

Chen, Q., Chang, D., & Lin, A. M. Y. (under peer review). Language Assessment Reimagined: Moving Beyond Individualized Ability with GenAI. Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching.

Yang, M., Ma, S. Y., Chen, Q., Chiu, M. M., & Lin, A. M. Y. (under peer review). Fostering Critical, Agentic Engagement with Generative AI in Academic Research Writing through the 4T Lenses: Translanguaging, Trans-semiotizing, Transknowledging and Transculturing. Language Teaching Research (Special issue: Digital literacy and language teaching in the age of artificial intelligence).

Chen, Q. (in press). Critical Social Media Literacies and Critical Applied Linguistics. In P. De Santos & A. M. Y. Lin (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics (2nd ed.).

Yang, W., Chen, Q., & Lin, A. M. Y. (under peer review). Revisioning Learner Agency and Self-Directed Learning in the Era of Generative AI. British Journal of Educational Technology (Special issue: Agency in Learning and Self-Directed Learning with Generative AI).

Chen, Q. (under peer review). Language Teacher Agency in the Era of GenAI: A Cultural Perspective. Language Teaching Research.

Chen, Q., Lau, C., & Lin, A. M. Y. (under peer review). From Consumers to Developers: A Dual-Competencies Framework for Teacher-Led AI Innovation in Language Education. Applied Linguistics.

Chen, Q., & Tian, Z. (under peer review). Dialogic Contextualization: Reimagining EDI in China’s English Language Teaching. The TESOL Journal.

Chen, Q., Itoi, K., & Lin, A. M. Y. (under peer review). Multilingual Students’ Reflections on GenAI Use in a Japanese EMI Course: Advancing Translanguaging Pedagogies Through the PAA Model and 4T Lenses. Applied Linguistics Review.

Chen, Q., & Chang, D. H. (in press). When AI Mediates Feeling: Reframing AI Literacy Through Distributed Emotions and Ethics of Care. Critical Discourse Studies.

Du, J. M., & Chen, Q. (under peer review). Global Digital Divides and Linguistic Racism in Generative AI: Voices from Marginalised Contexts. International Journal of Applied Linguistics.

Selected Conference Presentations

2025

Chen, Q., & Lin, A. M. Y. (2025). Critical intersubjectivity and linguistic trauma: Transcultural healing in Hong Kong–Mainland China digital spaces. 2025 Humanities Conference on The Dialectics of Care, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Itoi, K., Chen, Q., & Lin, A. M. Y. (2025). Multilingual Students’ Reflections on GenAI Use in a Japanese EMI Course: Advancing Translanguaging Pedagogies Through the PAA Model and 4T Lenses. AsiaTEFL 2025, August 15–17, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong.

Chen, Q. (2025). Language Teacher Agency in the Era of GenAI: A Cultural Perspective. CPCECPR Conference 2025, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR.

2024

Chen, Q., Tawilapakul, U., & Lin, A. M. Y. (2024). Teacherness in the Age of GenAI: An Ethnographic Exploration of Pedagogical Decision-Making and AI Integration in English Language Teaching. AsiaTEFL 2024, November 15–17, 2024, Chiang Rai Rajabhat University, Chiang Rai, Thailand.

Lin, A. M. Y., Chen, Q., & Siu, P. (2024). Self-Care Amidst Neoliberal Pressures in Academia: Diverse Voices. Critical University Studies Conference 2024, Hong Kong SAR.

Chen, Q., & Lin, A. M. Y. (2024). AI and Interculturality in an Academic Task in an Education Course. Sociolinguistic Symposium 25, June 24–27, 2024, Perth, Australia.

Chen, Q., & Beltrán-Palanques, V. (2024). Duoethnography as a Tool for Challenging Language Ideologies and Stereotypes for Language Learning. The 24th International Conference on Applied Linguistics & Language Teaching, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan.

Chen, Q. (2024). Critical Intersubjectivity: Leveraging Narrative Prompts to Mitigate Language Ideologies in Pre-Service Teacher Training. 21st AILA World Congress, 11–16 August 2024, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Chen, Q., Wilsa, H., & Lin, A. M. Y. (2024). Decolonization: Flows of Thoughts and Continuing Correspondences. Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA 2024), Philadelphia, PA, United States.

2023

Chen, Q. (2023). Trans-semiotizing and Language-test Preparation. Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA 2023), Chicago, Illinois, United States.

2022

Chen, Q. (2022). Facilitate the Learning of Academic Content in TOEFL through Translanguaging and Discourse Strategies. Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA 2022), San Diego, California, United States.

2021

Chen, Q., Huang, F., & Lin, A. (2021). A Bourdieusian and Post-colonial Perspective on Collaboration Between NESTs and NNESTs. American Association of Applied Linguistics Annual Conference (AAAL 2021).

Chen, Q. (2021). Vlog Virtual Tour: A Critical Framing Perspective. Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA 2021).

Pheobe, L., Chen, Q., & Lin, A. (2021). Heteroglossic Approaches to Connecting Assessment and Learning: Breaking the Monoglossic Norms in a Public Relations Writing Course in Hong Kong. Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA 2021).

Chen, Q., & Lin, A. (2021). Analyzing the Meaning-Making in the Eco-Social System of an Online Language Tutoring Course. Sociolinguistics Symposium 23, Hong Kong.

2020

Chen, Q., & Lin, A. (2020). Trans-semiotizing in the Eco-social System of an Online Language Tutoring Course. American Association of Applied Linguistics Annual Conference (AAAL 2020).

Chen, Q. (2020). Problematizing a Chinese Doctoral Student’s Desire for Native English. ACLA 2020, The Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics Conference.

2019

Chen, Q. (2019). Multimodality, Translanguaging and Trans-semiotizing in an Online Language Tutoring Course. The 2nd International Conference of Translanguaging, 2019, Voxlox, Sweden.

Media and Newspapers

Chen, Q., & Lin, A. M. Y. (2025). Teen tragedies spark debate over AI companionship. China Daily. https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202511/19/WS691cfe0aa310d6866eb2a2a9.html

Chen, Q., & Lin, A. M. Y. (2025). AI聊天機器人風險響警號，青少年過度依賴釀悲劇. 香港信報 (Hong Kong Economic Journal). https://edu.hkej.com/php/article.detail.php?aid=62696

Digital Scholarship & Open Science

Editorial & Review Work

Guest Editorial

  • Guest editor of Journal of Critical Discourse Studies Special Issue

Journal Reviewer

  • Journal of World Languages
  • Linguistics and Education
  • British Journal of Educational Technology
  • Critical Inquiry in Language Studies
  • Australian Review of Applied Linguistics

Conference Proposal Reviewer

  • The 2025 11th International Conference on Learning and Teaching (ICLT2025)
  • American Educational Research Association Annual Conference 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Last updated: July 2026

For complete citation information and PDF copies of publications, please contact me at me@qhchen.ca