PhD Student
Education
BA in English, Wuhan University
WHU-Leeds undergrad exchange program, University of Leeds
MS in Education (TESOL), University of Pennsylvania
PhD student in Applied Linguistics, University of Hong Kong
Siqi’s current research interest is about the academic literacies of multilingual students at EMI higher education. Her research investigates the lived writing journeys of multilingual students, exploring how they cross divergent writing practices and leverage their unique meaning-making resources. Being a passionate qualitative researcher, she enjoys talking and listening to people, learning about different stories and perspectives.
Before becoming a PhD student at CAES, Siqi worked in the field of language education as an English lecturer in a university in Mainland China and as a Chinese Mandarin teacher in US K-12 schools. She also worked as a research scholar and EAP professional in a university in the United States, exploring the academic writing experience of Chinese international students at US university. She now serves as a writing consultant at the university writing center, where she helps students across academic disciplines to succeed in various kinds of writing. Beyond applied linguistics, she is a proud feminist advocating for female agency.
Professional Affiliations:
Assistant editor of Instructed Second Language Acquisition
Reviewer for Routledge book project on education studies
Reviewer for TESOL International Association
Reviewer for Comparative and International Education Society
Reviewer for American Educational Research Association
Alumni admission interviewer and ambassador of the University of Pennsylvania
Selected Publications / Presentations:
Academic publications:
Song, S. & Lau, K. (2025). Writing economics: Languaging and translingual resources of a multilingual postgraduate writer in EMI higher education. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2025.2470392
Song, S. (2025). Becoming an English teacher with a multilingual repertoire: Funds of knowledge of a trilingual novice English teacher. In L. B. Liu, N. Mohamed, C-C. Lin, C. V. Bauler, K. Kapur (eds.), Funds of Knowledge in Teacher Education: Sustaining Local Diversity Amidst Global Standards. IGI Publishing. DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-8094-9.ch011
Song, S. (2023). [Review of the book Chinese Students and the Experience of International Doctoral Study in STEM, by Y. Yang & J. MacCallum]. Journal of International Students, 13(2), 212–215. https://www.ojed.org/jis/article/view/5664
Conference papers:
Song, S (July 2025). Being multilingual writers in the digitally mediated world. Presentation at the Hong Kong Association of Applied Linguistics. Hong Kong, China.
Song, S (July 2025). Navigating disciplinary writing in a digital era: stories of multilingual students at EMI higher education. Presentation at Asia TEFL conference. Hong Kong, China.
Song, S. (March 2025). Navigating academic identities with a multilingual repertoire: the story of a graduate student at EMI. Presentation at the American Association of Applied Linguistics Conference. Denver, CO, US.
Song, S. (March 2025). Being multilingual writers in the digitally-mediated world. Presentation at TESOL International Convention. Long Beach, CA, US.
Song, S. (March 2025). The Writing Journey of Multilingual Postgraduate Students at EMI. Presentation at TESOL International Convention Doctoral Students Forum. Long Beach, CA, US.
Song, S. (October 2024). Funds of knowledge of a trilingual novice English teacher. Presentation at NYU-Shanghai Fall 2024 TESOL Symposium. New York University Shanghai Campus, Shanghai, China.
Song, S. (March 2024). Crossing differences in the disciplinary writing of plurilingual postgraduates at an EMI university. Presentation at the International and Comparative Education Society (CIES) Conference. Miami, Florida, US.
Song, S. (March 2024). Developing academic literacies in English-medium university: The disciplinary writing journey of plurilingual postgraduates across disciplines. Presentation at the American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Conference. Houston, Texas, US.
Song, S. (March 2024). The Writing Journey of Plurilingual Postgraduates at an EMI University in Hong Kong. Presentation at HKU Research Postgraduate Symposium. University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Grants / Awards / Other Achievements:
Hong Kong PhD fellowship
HKU presidential scholarship
TESOL award for international participation, TESOL International Association
Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, The University of Hong Kong
Certificate in Teaching English Writing, British Council Teaching English
University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education graduate student scholarship