Projects

Research projects, side projects, web/app products, etc.

Research & academic

Research programs, dissertation work, and curriculum development.

2023-Present / Dissertation research

Rural Migrant Families, Social Class, and Family Language Policy

Dissertation

My doctoral research examines how rural migrant families in urban China negotiate language, classed belonging, institutional expectation, and children's everyday identity work.

2022-Present / Digital literacy

AI-Assisted Multilingual Reading and Digital Literacy

Ongoing

A research thread on AI audio, multilingual reading equity, and children's negotiation of digital resources across afterschool literacy learning.

2022-Present / Community-school-university research

Multilingual Afterschool Literacy, Arts-Based Cultural Probes, and Linguistic Justice

Ongoing

A design-oriented research program with superdiverse learners, arts-based literacy activities, and multilingual identity work in a Canadian afterschool program.

2021-2022 / Curriculum design / EdTech

AI-Based EAL Curriculum for Early-Year Learners

Completed

Curriculum and teacher-training work for AI-supported English as an additional language learning products for Chinese early-year learners.

2018-2021 / Early childhood education

Early Childhood Literacy Curriculum and Teacher Training

Completed

Curriculum design, classroom discourse research, and teacher training across One Village One Preschool, PACE Research Institute, and related early literacy programs.

Studio & side projects

Web and app products, tools, and things I build for fun.

2026 / Web / app product

Hello Sleep

Live

A sleep companion web app (PWA) inspired by Jade Wu's Hello Sleep. It walks people through evidence-based behavioral steps for insomnia — building a sleep log, setting a protected time-in-bed window, unlearning conditioned arousal, and winding down — one action at a time. Built as a friendly, offline-capable product with a CUTE raccoon mascot design.

Hello Sleep app icon — a sleeping raccoon