Research Interests

• Critical Theories (intersectionality, precarity, new materialism, and Daoism)
• Linguistic and Cultural Anthropology in Education (transnational education, language education and globalization/neoliberalism, and ethnography)
• Teacher Education (teacher identity and education, multilingual/cultural education, and transnational teaching and learning)
• Qualitative Research (poetic inquiry, arts-based qualitative research, and digital approaches in qualitative research)

Research Awards & Funding

Scholarly Activities

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles (Updated November 2025)

Wang, Y. (2025). English native-speakerism in the phenomenon of Reviewer 2: Implications for qualitative research. Qualitative Research Journal, https://doi.org/10.1108/QRJ-03-2025-0078.

Wang, Y., & Perry, S. A. B. (2025). Cootie catchers and fortune tellers: folding creative origami play into critically analyzing and presenting qualitative research. Departures in Critical Qualitative Research, 14(3), 55-83. https://doi.org/10.1525/dcqr.2025.14.3.55

Wang, Y. & Fu, S. (2025). Rejecting rejections: Arts-based reflexivity of untamed scholarly identity development and sisterhood in be(com)ing academics. American Journal of Qualitative Research, 9(3), 245-265. https://doi.org/10.29333/ajqr/16647.

Wang, Y. (2025). A cootie catcher/fortune teller to recruit “English native teachers” to teach in China. Anthropology and Humanism. https://doi.org/10.1111/anhu.70017  

Wang, Y. (2025). Combining poetic analysis with thematic analysis to understand U.S. transnational teachers’ intersectional precarity in China. Sage Research Methods: Cases. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781036209216.

Wang, Y. (2024, Online First). Do participants lie?: Imposter participants in online qualitative research. Qualitative Research Journal, 0(0), https://doi.org/10.1108/QRJ-06-2024-0130.

Flint, M. A., & Wang, Y. (2024). Artful diffractions: (En)tangling with reflexivity and new materialist philosophy. Art/Research International: A Transdisciplinary Journal, 9(1), 39-68. https://doi.org/10.18432/ari29734

Cahnmann-Taylor, M., Brumbelow, A. B., Wang, Y., & Rausch, C. L. (2023). TikTok and public health storytelling: An educational tale. English Journal, 112(3), 36-43. https://doi.org/10.58680/ej202332227.

Wang, Y. (2020). Poetry in TESOL teacher education: A Chinese teacher’s identity negotiation and reconstruction before and during the pandemic. GATESOL in Action Journal, 30(1), 32-47. https://doi.org/10.52242/gatesol.102.

Cahnmann-Taylor, M., Zhang, K., Nuruddin, S. M., Meng, X., Wang, Y., Brown-Lemley, A., Sun, M., & Deaton, A. B. (2019). Critical intersections through poetry in a TESOL and World Language Education Program. Critical Issues in Education, 3(2), 138-154. 

Book Chapter

Jo, B., & Wang, Y. (2023). Identity, voices, and agency of Asian female graduate students through visual self-inquiry: An interdisciplinary study of art, literacy, and language. In B. Berriz, V. Poey, & A. Wager (Eds.), Art as a way of Listening: Language reawakening, diaspora and activism with young people (pp. 188-205). Routledge.

Book Review

Wang, Y. (2021). Review of Arts-based research and qualitative inquiry: Walking the path. Education Review, 28.  http://dx.doi.org/10.14507/er.v28.3009

Creative Scholarship

Wang, Y. (2023). Chicken recipe. Kundiman South Zine 2023: Reflection on Asian American Enclaves, throughout the American South, Kundiman. 

Wang, Y. (2023). Return. “Descending Mountain Together” Exhibition, University of Georgia School of Art & Liu Shiming Art Foundation.  

Wang, Y. (2019). Harassment. Write Bitch Write. Retrieved from https://www.writebitchwrite.com/july/2019/7/22/poem-yixuan-wang

Wang, Y. (2020). My parent’s marriage. Montana Mouthful, 3(1), 7. Retrieved from https://issuu.com/montanamouthful/docs/mmv3iss1-is

Manuscripts Under Review

Wang, Y., & Flint, M. A. (Under Review). A Daoist orientation to qualitative inquiry: (Re)considerations of silence. Cultural Studies <-> Critical Methodologies.

Manuscripts In Preparation

Wang, Y. (In Progress). You are (not) wanted: U.S. transnational teachers’ intersectional precarity in China. Intend to submit to TESOL Journal. 

Wang, Y. (In Progress). Intersectional precarity: Theoretical implications for a critical pedagogy. Intend to submit to Feminist Review. 

Regional Conferences

Wang, Y. (2023, October). Multimodal teaching and learning in College-level ESOL endorsement teacher education. Poster presented at the GATESOL 2023 Annual Conference. Athens, GA. 

Wang, Y. (2023, April). Multimodal learning materials and tools in online course engagement. Poster presented at the University of Georgia Spring Teaching Symposium. Athens, GA. 

Wang, Y. (2023, February). Changing empires: Intersectional precarity of English language teachers in China. Paper presented at the 2023 JoLLE Winter Conference, Virtual. 

Wang, Y., & Flint, M. A. (2023, February). Artful diffractions: (En)tangling with reflexivity and new materialist philosophy. Roundtable presented at the Southeast Philosophy of Education Society 75^th Annual Meeting, Chattanooga, TN.

Wang, Y., Fu, S., & Pradana, W. A. (2022, October). “Toking” about ESOL teaching and learning: Precarious storytelling on TikTok. Paper presented at the GATESOL 2022 Annual Meeting, Athens, GA. 

Wang, Y., & Jo, B. (2021). Asian female international students’ identity negation and reconstruction through visual journaling. Panel presented at JoLLE 2021 Winter Conference (Virtual). 

Wang, Y. (2020, October). Poetry in TESOL teacher education: Chinese-English bilingual pre-service teachers’ identity negotiation and reconstruction. GATESOL 2020 Conference (Virtual).

Wang, Y. (2020, Feburary). Scaffolding middle school ESOL students’ academic writing skills by theater games. Poster presented at the 2020 JoLLE Winter Conference, Athens, GA. 

Wang, Y. (2019, November). Improving middle school students’ academic writing skills by theater games. Presentation presented at UGA 4’33’’ Spotlight on Arts Scholarship Competition, Athens, GA.

**Cahnmann-Taylor, M., Nuruddin, S, M., Qiu, T., Wang, Y. (2018, March). Translingual public pedagogy. Panel presented at Georgia Conference on Children’s Literature, Athens, GA.

International and National Conferences

Wang, Y. (2024, May). Imposter participants and impasses in online qualitative research. Paper presented at 20th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Champaign, IL.

Wang, Y., & Flint, M. A. (2024, May). A Daoist orientation to qualitative inquiry: (Re)considerations of silence. Paper presented at 20th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Champaign, IL.

Wang, Y (Chair)., Hong, J. H., Fu, S., & Pradana, W. A. (2024, April). Ethical Lessons beyond IRB Approvals: Rethinking Ethics in Qualitative Research. Symposium presented at American Educational Research Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

Wang, Y., & Flint, M. A. (2024, April). (Re)Considering Silence in Qualitative Research: A Daoist Understanding through Artmaking. Paper presented at American Educational Research Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

Wang, Y. (2023, November). You Are (Not) Wanted: U.S. teachers transnational experiences of intersectional precarity. Paper presented at American Educational Studies Association Annual Meeting, Louisville, KY. 

Wang, Y. (2023, November). Playing with the cootie catcher and Rubik’s cube: A case of poetic analysis and representation. Paper presented at American Educational Studies Association Annual Meeting, Louisville, KY. 

**Itaya, T., Hansen, C. M., & Wang, Y. [Discussant]. (2023, November). Exploring intersectionality, creativity, and equity in diverse learning environments. Discussant at American Educational Studies Association Annual Meeting, Louisville, KY. 

Qiu, T., Fu, S., Pradana, W. A., Tate, M. P., Wang, Y., & Yeom, E. Y. (2023, April). Questioning in the margins: Centering qualitative methodologies and methods in historically marginalized traditions. Symposium presented at American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. 

Wang, Y., Fackler, A. K., Qiu, T., & Yeom, E. Y. (2023, April). A mentoring session for first-generation doctoral students. Panel presented at American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. 

Wang, Y., & Fu, S. (2023, March). What are we “toking” about: ESL teachers’ and students’ precarious storytelling on TikTok. Paper presented at American Association for Applied Linguistics Annual Meeting, Portland, OR. 

Wang, Y. (2023, March). Intersectional precarity of sojourner U.S. English teachers in China. Graduate student council roundtable session presented at American Association for Applied Linguistics Annual Meeting, Portland, OR. 

Cahnmann-Taylor, M., & Wang, Y. (2022, November). Unsettling educative terrain with TikTok and other social media tools. Paper presented at American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. 

**Flint, M. A., Gul, A. Deaton, A. B., Ciudad-Simmons, N. G., Wang, Y., Charlemagne, D. I., Dubberly, E., Tate, M. P., Brown, L. M., Perry, S., & Mehta, E. X. (2022, April). Nomadic visual inquiries: Explorations in visual methodologies across disciplines and paradigms. Structured session presented at American Education Research Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA (Hybrid). 

Wang, Y. (2021, March). Multilingual pre-service teachers’ identity negotiation and reconstruction through poetry. Round table session presented at TESOL International Convention and English Language Expo Annual Meeting(Virtual).

Wang, Y. (2020, November). Poetry in TESOL teacher education: An appraisal analysis of a Chinese native pre-service teachers’ identity negotiation and reconstruction. American Anthropology Association Annual Meeting (Virtual).

Research-Related Guest Lectures