Areas of Expertise

Business and Professional Writing, Intercultural Communication, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Academic Degrees

• Ph.D., Indiana University Bloomington
• MBA, Indiana University Bloomington
• MS, The University of Edinburgh

Awards, Honors & Certificates

• IU Active Learning Grant, 2026
• IU Global Teaching and Learning Academy Fellow, 2026
• Rogers and Anderson Research Grant, Business Communication Research Foundation, Association for Business Communication 2025
• IU Summer Writing-Teaching Grant, 2025
• FACET (Faculty Academy on Excellence in Teaching) Innovate Awards Finalist, 2025
• IU Client-Based International Projects (CLIP) Fellow, 2024
• IU Mosaic Faculty Fellow, Indiana University 2024
• FACET (Faculty Academy on Excellence in Teaching) Innovate Awards Finalist, 2023
• IU OER (Open Educational Resources) Course Material Fellow, 2023
• IU Digital Gardener Faculty Fellow 2022
• IU Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Grant, 2022

Selected Publications

• Chen, X. (2026). Transforming Writing Workshops: The Impact of AI Technology. In Goodspeed-Chadwick, J., Morrone, M. C., & Whaley, D. E. (eds.) Quick Hits: Creativity in the Classroom. Indiana University Press.
• Chen, X. (2024). Identity and Professional Development of First-year Nonnative English Speaking Teachers: Two Case Studies. In M. Tseptsura, & T. Ruecker (Eds.) Nonnative English-Speaking Teachers of U.S. College Composition: Exploring Identities and Negotiating Difference. The WAC Clearinghouse; University Press of Colorado. https://doi.org/10.37514/INT-B.2024.2142
• Chen, X. (2024). Exploring Biases in Communication and Cultivating Inclusive Team Dynamics. In Whalen, D. J., Drehmer, C., & Cavanaugh, A. (eds.) Selections From the ABC 2023 Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA: A Rocky Mountain of Business Communication Teaching Innovations. Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 87(3), pp. 522-542. https://doi.org/10.1177/23294906241247303
• Chen, X. (2023). Online Collaboration Tools and International Students’ Sense of Belonging in Group Work. Journal of Teaching and Learning with Technology, Special Issue: Belonging. https://doi.org/10.14434/jotlt.v12i1.36325
• Chen, X. (2022). Second Language (L2) Students’ Adaptive Transfer Beyond First-Year Writing. INTESOL (Indiana Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) Journal, 19(1), 43-72.
• Silvester, K. L., & Chen, X. (2020). Language Across Texts and Contexts: A Reader for Multilingual Writers. Southlake, TX: Fountainhead Press.

Edited on May 6, 2026