ABOUT ME

I am a Global One Health Fellow and a Ph.D. candidate in the Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media Program at North Carolina State University. My research explores intercultural health risk communication, information design and architecture, and digital rhetoric of emerging technologies, with a focus on social justice in the global context. My work has been published in the Journal of Rhetoric, Professional Communication, and Globalization, International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, Asian Journal of Communication and ACM SIGDOC Proceedings. My work on intercultural poster design also won First Place at the 40th ACM SIGDOC.

Link to CV


Education background

Raleigh, NC, USA
08/2020-05/2024


Raleigh, NC, USA
08/2018-05/2020


Beijing, China
09/2014-07/2018

Raleigh, NC, USA
08/2016-12/2016

North Carolina State University
Ph.D. in Communication, Rhetoric and Digital Media
Expected in 2024 | Overall GPA: 4.0

North Carolina State University
Master of Science in Technical Communication
Overall GPA: 3.857/4.0

Tsinghua University
Bachelor of Arts in English | Overall GPA: 92/100

North Carolina State University
Exchange Student | Overall GPA: 4.0/4.0


pUBLICATIONS

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles:

Xie, C.*, Liu. P.*, & Cheng, Y. (2023). Praxis, Hashtag Activism, and Social Justice: A Content Analysis of #StopAsianHate Narratives. Asian Journal of Communication, special issue on “Communicative Response to Anti-Asian Racism” (*equal contribution).

Xie, C. (2022). Intercultural Content Reuse and Social Justice: Comparing Chinese and U.S. Media Coverage of Anti-Asian Racism During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Rhetoric, Professional Communication, and Globalization, special issue on “Intercultural and Participatory Risk Communication about COVID-19: Using Immaterial Labor to Promote Social Justice in a Pandemic”, 11, 55-71.

Xie, C., Wang, Y., & Cheng, Y. (2022). Does Artificial Intelligence Satisfy You? A Meta-Analysis of User Gratification and User Satisfaction With AI-Powered Chatbots. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction.

Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings and Encyclopedia:

Liu, P. & Xie, C. (2023). Designing Between Virtuality and Reality: Improving Inclusiveness in Hybrid Spaces. In Proceedings of the 41st ACM International Conference on Design of Communication (SIGDOC’ 23).

Zhang, J., Chen, J., & Xie, C. (2023). A Systematic Review on the Latest Trends in Intercultural Technical and Professional Communication. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Professional Communication (IPCC’ 23).

Cheng, Y., Xie, C., & Wang, Y. (2022). Chatbots and Health: Mental Health. The International Encyclopedia of Health Communication.

Kong, Y., Xie, C., Wang, J., Jones, H., & Ding, H. (2021, October). AI-Assisted Recruiting Technologies: Tools, Challenges, and Opportunities. In Proceedings of the 39th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication (SIGDOC’ 21) (pp. 359-361).

Xie, C. (2020, October). Topic Modeling-based Web Architecture Redesign. In Proceedings of the 38th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication (SIGDOC’ 20). Article No. 58. (pp. 1-2).

Xie, C. (2019, October). A corpus-assisted analysis of recruitment postings in content strategy. In Proceedings of the 37th ACM International Conference on the Design of Communication (SIGDOC’ 19). Article No. 51. (pp. 1-2).

Selected Work in Progress:

Xie, C. Stepping Out of the Darkness Under the Lamp: Kairotic Moments of Genre Changes in Transnational Risk Communication of Long COVID Legitimation. (Under review, Technical Communication Quarterly).

Xie, C. & Ding, H. Examining LinkedIn Profile Writing in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Changes, Ethical Concerns, and Strategies. (Under review, Journal of Business and Technical Communication).

Pandya, M. K., Khawar, L. K., & Xie, C. Digital Interface Design and Risk Communication: A comparative analysis of COVID Alert NJ, Aarogya Setu, and COVID-19 Gov PK. (Under review, Communication Design Quarterly).


Fellowships & Scholarships

Global One Health Fellowship
Awarded by the Global One Health Academy (GOHA) at North Carolina State University

CPTSC Diversity Scholarship
Awarded by the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC)

$30,000
2023-2024

$1000
07/2023


awards

Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
Awarded by North Carolina State University Graduate Student Association

First Place Winner of the Student Research Competition
Awarded by ACM Special Interest Group on Design of Communication (SIGDOC)

CCCC Scholars for the Dream Travel Award
Awarded by Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC)


2023

$500
10/2022

$1000
2/2023


Grants

CHASS Diversity Mini-Grant
Title: “Combating Anti-Asian Racism”
Role: Co-PI
(PI: Yang Cheng)
Awarded by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at North Carolina State University

ACM Student Research Competition Travel Grant
Awarded by Microsoft

$3000
2022-2023



$500
10/2020, 10/2019


Teaching

Raleigh, NC
Fall 2023

Raleigh, NC
Fall 2022

Raleigh, NC
Summer 2022, Spring 2021

Raleigh, NC
Spring 2022, Fall 2021

Raleigh, NC
Spring 2023

ENG/STS 438 & ENG 587 Responsible AI and Society (Undergraduate/Graduate)
Teaching Assistant,
North Carolina State University

ENG 421 Computer Documentation Design (Undergraduate)
Instructor,
North Carolina State University

ENG 333 Communication for Science and Research (Undergraduate)
Instructor,
North Carolina State University

ENG 331 Communication for Engineering and Technology (Undergraduate)
Instructor,
North Carolina State University

ENG 317 Designing Networked Communications (Undergraduate)
Instructor,
North Carolina State University