Li-Jen Wang, Ph.D.

I am an educational technology and language-learning researcher whose academic background brings together English language teaching and learning technology. This interdisciplinary training has shaped my work at the intersection of artificial intelligence, computer-assisted language learning, argumentative writing, and collaborative knowledge building.

My teaching career spans secondary and higher education, giving me more than twenty years of experience with learners at different stages of English development. Before moving fully into higher education, I taught English in junior and senior high schools, where I also worked in curriculum leadership and with gifted English learners. These experiences continue to shape the questions I ask as a researcher: how can technology increase opportunities for meaningful language use, support dialogue and revision, and help learners develop stronger ideas without doing the thinking for them?

My current work examines question-only AI Socratic dialogue, AI-supported writing environments, human–AI co-creative learning, and learning analytics. Across these projects, I am particularly interested in designing technologies that support productive language use, make learning processes visible, and preserve learner agency and authorship.