Associate Professor
Jinrong Li is Associate Professor in the Department of English at Georgia Southern University. Before that, she taught at Iowa State University, Boston University, and Beijing Foreign Studies University. Focusing on second language (L2) writing and computer-assisted language learning, her research has developed along three interconnected themes: 1) feedback in writing instruction, 2) language teaching, technology, and writing instruction, and 3) information literacy and writing pedagogy. Her work in these areas has been published in Journal of Second Language Writing, Assessing Writing, Computers and Composition, CALICO Journal, and International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning & Teaching (IJCALT).
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About Jinrong Li
Jinrong Li is Associate Professor in the Department of English at Georgia Southern University. Before that, she taught at Iowa State University, Boston University, and Beijing Foreign Studies University. Focusing on second language (L2) writing and computer-assisted language learning, her research has developed along three interconnected themes: 1) feedback in writing instruction, 2) language teaching, technology, and writing instruction, and 3) information literacy and writing pedagogy. Her work in these areas has been published in Journal of Second Language Writing, Assessing Writing, Computers and Composition, CALICO Journal, and International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning & Teaching (IJCALT).
| Present | Faculty Member, Georgia Southern University ‐ Department of English | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Second language writing, Computer-assisted language learning, Writing instruction, Language teaching, Language technology, Information literacy, Writing pedagogy, Second language learning, TESOL, L2 writing instruction and assessment, Corpus linguistics, Discourse analysis, Language testing, and Research methods in applied linguistics
Grants
| 2021 - Present | International English Language Testing System (IELTS) language testing validation grant |
| International English Language Testing System (IELTS) | |
| Comparability of IELTS Academic Writing tasks and graduate-level multimodal writing tasks at universities in Turkey, UK, and USA | |
| Colleague(s): Aysel Saricaoglu Aygan and Duygu Candarli | |
| 2021 | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Partnership Grant |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada | |
| Partnership on University Plagiarism Prevention (PUPP) project | |
| Role: Co-applicant |
Professional Service and Affiliations
| 2022 - Present | Member, Curriculum Committee, Department of Writing and Linguistics, GS | 2021 - Present | Member, College diversity, equity, and inclusion committee, Department of Writing and Linguistics, GS | 2019 - Present | Conference Chair, Linguistics, Language, and Writing Standing Group, CCCC | 2015 - Present | Member, Department strategic planning committee, Department of Writing and Linguistics, GS | 2014 - Present | Program director, Graduate TESOL, GS | 2014 - Present | Coordinator, Linguistics area, GS | 2019 - 2022 | Committee Member, Standing Committee on Online Education and Outreach, AAAL | 2019 - 2021 | Member, CAH CURIO committee, Department of Writing and Linguistics, GS | 2020 | Member, Fulbright campus interview committee, GS | 2019 - 2020 | Member, College Graduate curriculum committee, Department of Writing and Linguistics, GS | 2018 - 2020 | Member, Department personnel committee, Department of Writing and Linguistics, GS | 2018 - 2019 | Coordinator, English as a Second Language, GS | 2018 - 2019 | Chair, Search committee for lecturer in linguistics/ESL, Department of Writing and Linguistics, GS | 2018 - 2019 | Chair, Search committee for tenure-track assistant professor in linguistics/ESL, GS | 2018 | Member, Fulbright campus interview committee, GS | 2016 - 2018 | Faculty advisor, Student Linguistics Association of Georgia, Department of Writing and Linguistics, GS | 2016 - 2017 | Co-Chair, Search committee, Department of Writing and Linguistics, GS | 2015 - 2016 | Member, College Graduate curriculum committee, Department of Writing and Linguistics, GS | 2014 - 2015 | Co-Chair, Search committee, Department of Writing and Linguistics, GS | 2013 - 2015 | Member, Curriculum Committee, Department of Writing and Linguistics, GS |
Honors and Awards
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Fellowship, Georgia Southern University (2017)
- Honorable Mention, 2015 Best Article Award, "Rethinking the Role of Autmoated Writing Evaluation (AWE) Feedback in ESL Writing Instruction," Journal of Second Language Writing (2016)
- Freda Huncke Endowment Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Department of English, Iowa State University (2008)
- Grannis Scholarship, Department of English, Iowa State University (2008)
Courses
- Written, Oral, Visual, and Electronic Composition (2007, 2008)
- Critical Thinking and Communication (2007, 2008)
- First Year Composition (2014)
- ESL Writing, Reading, Listening, and Speaking (2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014)
- ESL Writing Seminar (2012, 2013)
- ESL Academic Writing for Middle School Students (2014)
- English Academic Writing for Second Language Writers (2009-Present)
- Language, Thought, and Action (2010)
- Language, Power, and Politics (2013, 2014, 2017)
- Language and Law (2014, 2015)
- Language and Linguistic Theory (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
- Sociolinguistics (2016, 2017)
- Teaching Pronunciation and Speaking/Applied Phonology (2016)
- English for Specific Purposes/Teaching English Internationally (2015, 2016)
| 2012 | Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics and Technology, Iowa State University | |
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| 2012 | Graduate Certificate in Quantitative Psychology, Iowa State University | |
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| 2004 | M.A. in Applied Linguistics, Beijing Foreign Studies University | |
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| 2002 | B.A. in English and International Studies, China Foreign Affairs University | |
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Contact Information
P.O. Box 8026
Statesboro, GA 30460
Phone: (912) 478-5263
Office: 2218C Newton Building
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