معرفی
Xiao Tan serves as an Assistant Professor in the English Department of the College of Arts & Sciences at Utah State University, specializing in writing pedagogy and multimodal composition within second language contexts.
Research expertise includes:
- Second Language Writing Development
- Generative AI Integration in Academic Writing
- Multimodal Literacy Pedagogy
- ESL Writing Assessment
- Teacher Cognition in Technology Adoption
Tan's scholarly output (2023-2025) demonstrates concentrated investigation into generative AI's impact on L2 writing classrooms, examining teacher perceptions of ChatGPT, student transparency practices, and voice construction in AI-assisted multimodal texts. This body of work bridges composition theory with emerging technologies, revealing critical tensions between pedagogical innovation and academic integrity while establishing Tan as a significant contributor to technology-enhanced writing education research.
