Yiran Xu

Yiran Xu is an Assistant Professor of Writing Studies at the University of California, Merced, within the School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts. They hold a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics (Georgetown University, 2020) and an M.A. in Educational Studies (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2014).

• Research Focus: Multilingual writing development, second language acquisition, and bilingualism, particularly for adult learners in academic settings.
• Methodologies: Usage-based theory applications, corpus linguistics, and systemic functional linguistics frameworks.

Their work challenges monolingual paradigms, advocating for language diversity as a critical asset in academic and professional growth. They also contribute to advancing methodologies in second language writing research through innovative tools and techniques.