My Research

My research interests lie at the intersection of several different areas: technology theories, writing technology development, technology transfer, digital literacy, cross cultural communication, content management, etc. Over the years, my research activities have largely been committed to bringing together my interests in these areas to form a more concerted research orientation toward critical examinations of the relationships between writing technologies on the one hand and writing behaviors, cultures, and ideologies on the other, both in the field of writing in general and in the discipline of technical communication in particular. I realize many scholars in our field are conducting research in technology-related areas, my research interests, however, focus more on the impact of cultural contexts on the development of writing technologies.

Here’re some of my select publications (books and edited collections):

• (With George Pullman, Eds.). (2013). Designing web applications for the 21st –century writing classrooms. Amityville, NY: Baywood Press.
• (2009). From oracle bones to computers: The emergence of writing technologies in China. West Lafayette, IN: Parlor Press.
• (With George Pullman, Eds.). (Jan. 2008). Content management: Implications for technical communicators (Special Issue for Technical Communication Quarterly).
• (With George Pullman, Eds.). (2009). Content management: Bridging the gap between theory and practice. Amityville, NY: Baywood Press.
• (With C. Chang, S. Wang, Eds. & Trans.). (1998). Contemporary western rhetoric: Critical methods and paradigms. Beijing, China: China Social Sciences Academy Press.
• (With C. Chang, S. Wang, Eds. & Trans). (1998). Contemporary western rhetoric: Speech and discourse criticism. Beijing, China: China Social Sciences Academy Press.