Professional Summary
Chenxing Xie is an Assistant Professor of Professional Writing in the English Department at the University of Cincinnati. She joined the department in 2024 and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Information Design and Web Design. Her research interests include transcultural health risk communication, information design and architecture, and digital rhetoric of emerging technologies and artificial intelligence. She has authored and co-authored peer-reviewed journal articles published in the Journal of Rhetoric, Profession Communication, and Globalization, International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, and Asian Journal of Communication, as well as conference proceedings in ACM Special Interest Group on the Design of Communication (SIGDOC) and IEEE Professional Communication (ProComm). Her work has won First Place in the Student Research Competition at the 40th ACM SIGDOC. She received her Ph.D. degree in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media from North Carolina State University.
Education
Ph.D.: North Carolina State University NC, USA, 2024 (Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media)
M.S.: North Carolina State University NC, USA, 2020 (Technical Communication)
B.A.: Tsinghua University Beijing, China, 2018 (English)
Research and Practice Interests
Digital Rhetoric of Artificial Intelligence, Medical Rhetoric, Transcultural Rhetoric, Risk Communication, and Information Design
Positions and Work Experience
2024 - Assistant Professor in Technical and Professional Communication, University of Cincinnati, OH, USA
Research Support
Investigators:Yeqing Kong, Chenxing Xie, Huiling Ding 2024 -2025 CPTSC CPTSC Research Grants: Building a Skill Taxonomy for Doctoral Graduates in Technical and Professional Communication: A Corpus-Assisted Study of the Academic Job Market (2013-2023) Role:Co-PI $2000 Active Type:Grant Level:National
Investigators:Chenxing Xie 2023 -2024 Global One Health Academy at North Carolina State University $30,000 Completed Type:Fellowship
Grant: #RAI-306945-26 Investigators:Chemero, Anthony; Cullison, Andrew; Curtis-Trudel, Andre; Xie, Chenxing 01-01-2026 -12-31-2028 National Endowment for the Humanities Univeristy of Cincinnati Center for Explainable, Ethical, and Trustworthy AI Role:Collaborator 406103.00 Awarded Level:Federal
Investigators:Xie, Chenxing 04-20-2026 -06-30-2026 Procter & Gamble Digital Accelerator at UC P&G Digital Accelerator@UC: Consultation and support in creating a proof-of-concept for AI-driven digitization of P&G analytical method training Role:PI 0.00 Hold Level:Industry
Publications
Peer Reviewed Publications
Chenxing Xie, Peiyao Liu, Yang Cheng (2023). Praxis, Hashtag Activism, and Social Justice: A Content Analysis of #StopAsianHate Narratives. Asian Journal of Communication, 33 (2) , 121-137More Information
Chenxing Xie (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, 11 (1) , 55-71
Chenxing Xie, Yanding Wang, Yang Cheng (2024). Does Artificial Intelligence Satisfy You? A Meta-Analysis of User Gratification and User Satisfaction With AI-Powered Chatbots. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction., 40 (3) , 613-623More Information
Chenxing Xie (2026). Tracing the Migration of Patient-Created Knowledge in Risk Communication of Long COVID. Technical Communication QuarterlyMore Information
Kristen Sullivan, Meredith R Spence Beaulieu, Jade Lyons, Emily Floess, Alexandria P Nelson, Caitlin G Niven, Savanna K Smith, Chenxing Xie, Michael Reiskind (2026). Training for complexity: Fostering interdisciplinary thinking in One Health graduate education. One Health, 101455More Information
Danielle Hahn, Ryan Moore, Ke Lu, Chenxing Xie (2025). Constructing Long COVID Risk Communication in the US: A Topic Modeling-Based Critical Discourse Analysis of News Coverage. Proceedings of the 43rd ACM International Conference on Design of Communication, 32-41More Information
Courses Taught
Information Graphics and Documentation Design Level:Both
Principles and Practices of Web Design Level:Graduate
Other Information
Personal website: https://www.xiechenxing.com/,