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My research focuses on the intersection of public health rhetoric, technical and professional communication, environmental rhetoric, and digital rhetoric. I employ a critical, rhetorical lens and qualitative research methods to explore a wide range of topics, including

the rhetorical strategies of public health experts during the COVID-19 pandemic
cultural considerations in interface design
the lived experiences of international students during the pandemic
the communication of PM 2.5 risks in China
the rhetoric of identities and narratives in environmental documentaries
the potential of digital rhetoric to build inclusive social communities and advocate for social justice-oriented digital design.

My research demonstrates my dedication to supporting under-resourced and underrepresented populations using my knowledge and experience in technical and professional communication research.

Publications

Peer-reviewed journal articles

Chen, J., Pandey, S., & Baniya, S. (2025). Navigating immigration as an alien: Discursive interface analysis of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services. (Accepted). IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication.
Cao, D., Chen, J., & Liu, S. (2024). University-industry collaboration in managing translation projects: perceptions and responses from students, instructors, and industry partners, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, 67(3), 1-21. DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2024.3411922
Hocutt, D., Ranade, N., Chen, J., & Davis, K. (2024). Data analytics for TPC curriculum, Programmatic Perspectives, 15(1), https://programmaticperspectives.cptsc.org/index.php/jpp/article/view/70
Chen, J. (2024). Constructed ethos and kairotic responses in communicating about the COVID-19 pandemic to the Chinese public: A rhetorical analysis of Dr. Zhang’s WeChat posts. Technical Communication Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1080/10572252.2024.2302467
Chen, J., Hughes, S., & Ranade, N. (2023). Reimagining student-centered learning through syllabi design. Computers and Composition, 67. 102751-https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compcom.2023.102751
Chen, J. (2021). A comparative study of ideological differences in news reports on the US and China trade war. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 11(1), 22-33, http://dx.doi.org/10.30845/ijhss.v11n1p4
Chen, J., & Li, Y. (2014). On vocabulary translating strategies in textbooks of elementary Chinese for overseas students (in Chinese). Shaanxi RTVU Journal, 16(4), 12-15.
Chen, J. (2002). On the feasibility of imposing an education tax in China (in Chinese). Education and Economics, 2, 48-50.
Chen, Y., & Chen, J. (2002). On the development of higher vocational education in comparison with Normal Higher Education (in Chinese). Journal of Dalian Education University, 1, 53-55.

Book Chapter

Ding, H., & Chen, J. (2023). A critical contextualized approach to studying clashing risk cultures: Mapping the transcultural environmental risk communication of PM2.5 in China. In Walsh, L. (Eds.), Global Rhetorics of Science. SUNY Press

Peer-reviewed Conference Proceedings

Zhang, J., Chen, J., & Xie, C. (August 2023). A systematic review of the latest trends in intercultural technical and professional communication (extended abstract). In Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference. DOI: 10.1109/ProComm57838.2023.00024
Chen, J. (2022). Communicating corporate social responsibility (CSR) via social media: A case study of Tencent CSR communication during the COVID-19 pandemic (extended abstract). In Proceedings of The 87th Annual Conference of Association for Business Communication. https://www.businesscommunication.org/page/conference-proceedings
Pandey, S., & Chen, J. (2021). Is Facebook easier to use than WeChat? A critical comparative analysis of interface features of WeChat and Facebook. In Proceedings of The 39th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication (SIGDOC '21). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 213–223. https://dl.acm.org/doi/fullHtml/10.1145/3472714.3473644
Kong, Y., Ranade, N., Chen, J., & Hannah, M. F. (2020). A critical look at computational methods and tools in corpus analysis. In Proceedings of The 38th ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication. Article 12. https://doi.org/10.1145/3380851.3416747
Chen, J. (2018). Bolstering global image: A website-based comparison of corporate introductions between Chinese and American public companies. In Proceedings of The 36th ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication (SIGDOC’ 18). ACM, Milwaukee, WI, USA, 2 pages. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3233756.3233942