Qianqian Zhang-Wu
Assistant Professor of English; Director of Multilingual Writing
Dr. Qianqian Zhang-Wu’s research focuses on multilingual writing, translingualism and raciolinguistic ideologies. Her work appears in high-impact, peer-reviewed journals, such as TESOL Quarterly, Written Communication, Research in the Teaching of English, and Journal of Second Language Writing among various others. Her book Languaging Myths and Realities: Journeys of Chinese international Students (Multilingual Matters, 2022) raises critical issues of social justice for multilingual students and has won three influential national and international awards, including the 2023 CCCC Research Impact Award, 2023 CCCC Advancement of Knowledge Award honorable mention, and 2022 CIES-SAIS Best Book Award. Dr. Zhang-Wu’s research was recognized by national and international professional organizations. She was the recipient of Spencer Foundation Research Grant, NCTE Research Foundation’s CNV fellowship, CIES Best Dissertation Award (SAIS-SIG), and CCCC Scholars for the Dream Award among other honors.
As a devoted educator, Dr. Zhang-Wu is committed to creating a justice-oriented, learner-centered community of practice in her classroom. She has received three teaching awards at the national, university and college levels, including the 2023 CCCC Outstanding Teaching Award, 2024 Northeastern University Excellence in Teaching Award, and 2023 CSSH Outstanding Teaching Award.
Multilingual in Mandarin Chinese, English and Japanese, Dr. Zhang-Wu is also an affiliated faculty at the Global Asian Studies Program at Northeastern University. Dr. Zhang-Wu received her Ph.D. from the Lynch School of Education at Boston College and her M.S. Ed in Educational Linguistics (TESOL) from the University of Pennsylvania.
- 2024 Northeastern University Excellence in Teaching Award
- 2023 College of Social Sciences and Humanities (CSSH) Outstanding Teaching Award
- 2023 CCCC Outstanding Teaching Award
- 2023 CCCC Research Initiative Grant
- 2023 CCCC Research Impact Award
- 2023 CCCC Advancement of Knowledge Award honorable mention
- 2022 CIES-SAIS Best Book Award
- 2021 Best Dissertation Award, Comparative and International Education Society (CIES)
- 2021 Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) Scholars for the Dream Award
- 2020-2022 NCTE Research Foundation Cultivating New Voices Among Scholars of Color (CNV) Fellowship
- 2020-2021 Hong Liu China Studies Research Award
- 2019-2020 Office of the Provost Full-Time Faculty Professional Development Fund
- 2017 AERA Bilingual Education Research SIG Travel Award, American Education Research Association
- 2014 TESOL Spirit Award from the Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania.
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Zhang-Wu, Q. & Goodman, B. (Eds.). (forthcoming, 2025). Autoethnographic Explorations of Lived Raciolinguistic Experiences Among Multilingual Scholars: Looking Inward to Move Forward. Multilingual Matters, Bristol, UK.
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Skerrett, A. & Zhang-Wu, Q. (forthcoming). Advancing Theoretical Perspectives on Transnationalism in Literacy Research: Theorizing Inside the Racial Turn and Post-Secondary Education. Research Handbook 8th Edition: Theoretical Models and Processes of Literacy. Taylor & Francis.
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Zhang-Wu, Q. (forthcoming). Cultivating Critical Language Awareness Through Translingualism: A Multimodal Narrative Project for Multilingual Students. Journal of Multilingual Theories and Practices.
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Zhang-Wu, Q., Skerrett, A. & Sangai, S*. (forthcoming). Bargaining Identity: A Transnational Multilingual Student’s Journey in Fighting Raciolinguistic Positioning. Linguistics and Education.
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Zhang-Wu, Q., & Jones, C. E. (2024). Anti-racist translingualism: investigating race in translingual scholarship in US Writing and rhetoric studies over the past decade. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 27(1), 52-65.
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Zhang-Wu, Q. (2024). Monolingual disobedience, multilingual guilt?: an autoethnographic exploration of heritage language maintenance during COVID-19 lockdowns. Multilingua, 43(2), 267-287. doi/10.1515/multi-2023-0020
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Palermo, G., Zhang-Wu, Q., Regan, D., & Poe, M. (2024). Writing program assessment as a site for multi-generational mentoring: Building research trajectories for justice. In Mentorship and Methodologies in Writing Studies. Utah State University Press.
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Zhang-Wu, Q., Poe, M., Akbari, T., & Hitchcock, M. (2024). College Writing Teachers as Co-Researchers: Promoting Faculty Understanding of Multilingual Writers Through Collaborative Program-Wide Assessment. In Global Perspectives on Building a Culture of Research in TESOL: Collaborations and Communities. Springer.
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Zhang-Wu, Q., Lerner, N., & Stephens, A. (2023). Meaningful Writing Projects Among Multilingual Undergraduate Writers: Personal, Practical and Developmental. Composition Studies.
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Zhang-Wu, Q. (2023). And Gladly Teach: Cultivating Learning Community in an Asynchronous Online Advanced Writing Course for Multilingual International Students. College English, 85(6), 522-547.
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Zhang-Wu, Q. (2023). Monolingual disobedience, multilingual guilt?: an autoethnographic exploration of heritage language maintenance during COVID-19 lockdowns. Multilingua. https://www-degruyter-com.ezproxy.neu.edu/document/doi/10.1515/multi-2023-0020/html
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Zhang-Wu, Q. (2023). Supporting Superdiverse Multilingual International Students: Insights from an Ethnographic Exploration. Research in the Teaching of English, 57(4), 378-401.
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Zhang-Wu, Q. (2023). Rethinking translingualism in college composition classrooms: A digital ethnographic study of multilingual students’ written communication across contexts. Written Communication, 40(1), 145-174.
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Zhang-Wu, Q. (2023). Asian students in American higher education: negotiating multilingual identities in the era of superdiversity and nationalism. Language and Intercultural Communication, 23(3), 253-267.
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Zhang-Wu, Q. (2023). Exploring multilingual students’ feedback literacy in an asynchronous online writing course. Assessing Writing, 56, 100718.
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Zhang-Wu, Q., Wang, Z., & Shapiro, S. (2023). CLA and translingualism: A (literal) scholarly conversation. Journal of Second Language Writing, 60, 100996.
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Zhang-Wu, Q., & Tian, Z. (2023). Raising Critical Language Awareness in a Translanguaging-Infused Teacher Education Course: Opportunities and Challenges. Journal of Language, Identity & Education, 1-20.
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Zhang‐Wu, Q. (2023). “Like a piece of wood”: The potential of multimodal translingual storytelling for restoration and peace. TESOL Journal, e732.
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Zhang-Wu, Q. (2022). Rethinking Translingualism in College Composition Classrooms: A Digital Ethnographic Study of Multilingual Students’ Written Communication Across Contexts. Written Communication.
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Zhang-Wu, Q. (2022). Once a Chinese International Student and Now an English Professor: An Autoethnographic Self-Inquiry of Journeys Against Linguicism and Monolingual Ideologies. Journal of International Students.
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Tian, Z. & Zhang-Wu, Q. (2022). Preparing Pre-service Content Area Teachers Through Translanguaging. Journal of Language, Identity, and Education.
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Zhang-Wu, Q. (2022). “Keeping Home Languages Out of the Classroom!”: Examining Multilingual Writers’ Perceptions of Translingual Writing in an Asynchronous College Composition Class. Journal of Multilingual Theories and Practices.
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Zhang-Wu, Q. (2022). Multilingual Students’ Perspectives on Translanguaging in First-Year Undergraduate Writing Classrooms. TESOL Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/tesj.651
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Zhang-Wu, Q. (2021). (Re)Imagining Translingualism as a Verb to Tear Down the English-Only Wall: “Monolingual” Students as Multilingual Writers. College English.
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Zhang-Wu, Q. & Brisk, M. (2021). “I must have taken a fake TOEFL!”: Rethinking Linguistically Responsive Instruction Through the Eyes of Chinese International Freshmen. TESOL Quarterly.
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Zhang-Wu, Q. (2021). Rethinking Chinese International Students in American Higher Education: “Raceless” and “Linguistically Incompetent”?. Educational Research and Development Journal, 24(1), 16-20.
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Zhang-Wu, Q. (2021). Preparing Monolingual Teachers of Multilingual Students: Strategies That Work. In U. Lanvers, A. Thompson., & M. East (Eds.). Language Learning in Anglophone Countries. (pp. 463-484). Palgrave Macmillan.
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Zhang-Wu, Q. (2021). Languaging Myths and Realities: Journeys of Chinese International Students. Multilingual Matters, Bristol, UK.
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Poe, M. & Zhang-Wu, Q. (2020). Super-Diversity as a Framework to Promote Social Justice: Designing Program Assessment for Multilingual Writing Outcomes. Special Issue of Composition Forum: Promoting Social Justice for Multilingual Writers on College Campuses.
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Education
Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction, Boston College
M.S. Ed in Educational Linguistics (TESOL), University of Pennsylvania -
Contact
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Offers writing instruction for students in the College of Engineering and the College of Computer and Information Science. Students practice and reflect on writing in professional, public, and academic genres—such as technical reports, progress reports, proposals, instructions, presentations, and technical reviews—relevant to technical professions and individual student goals. In a workshop setting, offers students an opportunity to evaluate a wide variety of sources and develop expertise in audience analysis, critical research, peer review, and revision.
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Designed for students whose first or strongest language is not English. Students study and practice writing in a workshop setting; read a range of texts in order to describe and evaluate the choices writers make and apply that knowledge to their own writing; explore how writing functions in a variety of academic, professional, and public contexts; and write for various purposes and audiences in multiple genres and media. Offers students an opportunity to learn how to conduct research using primary and secondary sources and to give and receive feedback, to revise their work, and to reflect on their growth as writers.
Writing in Global Contexts
ENGL 2760
Explores the various ways that linguistic diversity shapes our everyday, academic, and professional lives. Offers students an opportunity to learn about language policy, the changing place of World English in globalization, and what contemporary theories of linguistic diversity, such as translingualism, mean for writing. Invites students to explore their own multilingual communities or histories through empirical or archival research.