Jianfen Chen, Ph.D.

Biography

Dr. Chen’s research intersects with technical and professional communication, public health rhetoric, digital rhetoric, and environmental risk communication. Her work appears in journals of Computers and Composition, Technical Communication Quarterly, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, and an edited book titled Global Rhetorics of Science. She is the recipient of the 2024 CCCC Technical and Scientific Communication Award.

Selected Publications

• 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, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPC.2024.3411922

• 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, Jianfen. A critical contextualized approach to studying clashing risk cultures: Mapping the transcultural environmental risk communication of PM2.5 in China. Global Rhetorics of Science, 2023
• Chen, Jianfen. Reimagining student-centered learning through syllabi design. Computers and Composition, 2023
• Chen, Jianfen. A comparative study of ideological differences in news reports on the US and China trade war. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2021
• Chen, Jianfen. 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), 2021
• Chen, Jianfen. Motivation in work organizations. China Renmin University Press, 2011