Dr. Shuwen Liu is an assistant professor at the School of English and International Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University. She has been a language teacher, innovative education practitioner, language teacher educator, passionate researcher and life-long learner. Her primary research interest lies in English medium instruction (EMI) in higher education contexts and language teacher education. TITLE/POSITION: Lecturer
EMAIL: sliu@bfsu.edu.cn
PERSONAL WEBPAGE: https://shuwenliu.carrd.co/
DEGREES • Doctor of Philosophy, Faculty of Education, University of Macau (2024) • Master of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education (2017) • Bachelor of Arts, English Department, School of Foreign Languages, Fudan University (2015)
ACADEMIC POSITIONS • Assistant Professor, School of English and International Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University (2024-present); • EFL Instructor, English Language Center, University of Macau (2018-2020); • Research Fellow and Teaching Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of Education (2017-2018)
OVERSEAS EXPERIENCE • C.Y.Tung Scholar, Semester at Sea (2015)
TEACHING • Introduction to Linguistics • Reading Critically in English • Interpersonal Communication
RESEARCH INTERESTS • Language education • Language teacher education • English medium instruction in higher education
RESEARCH PROJECTS • Identity co-construction in EMI education
ACADEMIC SERVICES • Selected reviewer responsibilities Reviewers for TESOL Quarterly (SSCI, Q1), Teaching and Teacher education (SSCI, Q1), Language and Education (SSCI, Q1), System (SSCI, Q1), Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development (SSCI, Q1), AAAL, AERA
SCHOLARLY WORKS Selected publications (*Corresponding author) • Liu. S*. & Yuan, R. (2025). Same class different worlds: A narrative inquiry of two students in an English Medium Instruction classroom. TESOL Quarterly. (SSCI, Q1, IF: 3) • Liu. S.* & Yuan, R. (2025). Monologuing into a dialogic space through translanguaging: probing the perceptions and practices of a history EMI teacher in higher education. Applied Linguistics Review. (SSCI, Q1, IF:2.6) • Liu, S.*, Yuan, R., & Wang, C. (2025). ‘Let emotion ring’: An autoethnographic self-study of an EFL instructor in Wuhan during COVID-19. Language Teaching Research. (SSCI, Q1, IF: 4.8) • Liu. S*. & Yuan, R. (2024). “Part of me is teaching English”: Probing the language-related teaching practices of an English-medium Instruction (EMI) teacher. Applied Linguistics Review. (SSCI, Q1, IF: 2.6) • Liu, S., & Li, W. (2024). One policy, two implementations: probing policy specifications in two EMI courses in a Macao university. Current Issues in Language Planning. (SSCI, Q1, IF:1.7) • Liu, S., Yuan, R., & Wang, K. (2024). Explicit teaching of reflective practice (RP) in pre-service teacher education: Probing the immediate and long-term influence. Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice. (SSCI, Q2, IF: 3.6) • Liu, S. (2025). Integrating intercultural humor in content teaching in EMI classrooms: A tale in a Macao classroom. In C. Qiu & R. Yuan (Eds.), English medium instruction pedagogy in disciplinary classrooms (pp. 47–64). New York: Routledge. • Liu. S. & Yuan, R. (2023). Probing pre-service language teachers’ emotional experiences through lesson study: A Macau study. The Language Learning Journal. (ESCI; SJR, Q1, IF: 3.5) • Yuan, K., & Liu, S.*(2024). Understanding EFL Instructor Identity Changes during Online Teaching in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study in China. RELC Journal. (SSCI, Q2, IF: 2.1)
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