Peer-reviewed Journal
6. Zang, L. Lee, V.W.Y, & De Costa, P. (2024). She is "just an intern": Transnational Chinese language teachers' emotion labor with mentors in a teacher residency program. International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching.
5. Cárdenas Curiel, L., Ojha, L., & Zang, L. & Chen, M. (2024) “The best way to get to know a student is to know their community”: Fostering pre-service teachers’ multilingual awareness through community walks in an ESL methods course. International Multilingual Research Journal. https://doi.org/10.1080/19313152.2024.2326701
4. Lee, V. W. Y., Zang, L., & De Costa, P. (In Press) Teacher identity and language teaching. In C. A. Chapelle & M. Sato (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of applied linguistics, second edition: Instructed second language acquisition. Wiley-Blackwell.
3. Zang, L., & Lee, V. W. Y., (2023). A colleague vs. "Just an intern": Examining Chinese language teachers' emotion labor in a mentorship program. The AAAL Graduate Student Council Newsletter (7)2. 4-6
2. Chong, K. L., & Zang, L. (2023). Qualitative Addendum to the 2022 Audit of the Master of Arts in Teaching and Curriculum Program. Report submitted to: Induction and Continuing Education Committee (ICEC), Department of Teacher Education, Michigan State University.
5. Cárdenas Curiel, L., Ojha, L., & Zang, L. & Chen, M. (2024) “The best way to get to know a student is to know their community”: Fostering pre-service teachers’ multilingual awareness through community walks in an ESL methods course. International Multilingual Research Journal. https://doi.org/10.1080/19313152.2024.2326701
4. Lee, V. W. Y., Zang, L., & De Costa, P. (In Press) Teacher identity and language teaching. In C. A. Chapelle & M. Sato (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of applied linguistics, second edition: Instructed second language acquisition. Wiley-Blackwell.
3. Zang, L., & Lee, V. W. Y., (2023). A colleague vs. "Just an intern": Examining Chinese language teachers' emotion labor in a mentorship program. The AAAL Graduate Student Council Newsletter (7)2. 4-6
2. Chong, K. L., & Zang, L. (2023). Qualitative Addendum to the 2022 Audit of the Master of Arts in Teaching and Curriculum Program. Report submitted to: Induction and Continuing Education Committee (ICEC), Department of Teacher Education, Michigan State University.
1. De Costa, P., Ojha, L., & Zang, L. (2022). Mentoring through modeling and socialization: Insights from China and Nepal. In Wyatt M. & Dikilitaş K. (Eds.) International Perspectives on Mentoring in English Language Education. Palgrave Macmillan Cham.
Journal Manuscripts Under Review
1. Li, S., Zang, L., Liu, X. & Liu, X. (2024) (Under Review). Exploring the emotional labor experiences of rural novice teachers in China: An interpretative phenomenological analysis. The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher.
Journal Manuscripts in Preparation
6. Zang, L., & Li, T. (Unpublished manuscript). Integrating generative artificial intelligence to enhance critical multilingual awareness in multilingual teacher preparation. Data analysis completed.
5. Zang, L., & Li, S. (Unpublished manuscript). A systematic review of language teachers’ emotional labor: A poststructural perspective.
4. Zang, L. (Unpublished manuscript). Exploring linguistic racism and emotional labor among Chinese multilingual instructors in a multilingual operatic discipline.
3. Zang, L., & Jin, C. (In preparation). Navigating in-betweenness: The role of critical multilingual awareness in shaping the teaching identity of a biracial pre-service Spanish literacy teacher.
2. Li, T., & Zang, L. (In preparation). Bridging language and learning: Navigating multilingual learners’ linguistic diversity in STEM classrooms.
1. Zang, L. (In preparation). Pre-service teachers’ perceptions of digital literacy practices in teaching multilingual students.
5. Zang, L., & Li, S. (Unpublished manuscript). A systematic review of language teachers’ emotional labor: A poststructural perspective.
4. Zang, L. (Unpublished manuscript). Exploring linguistic racism and emotional labor among Chinese multilingual instructors in a multilingual operatic discipline.
3. Zang, L., & Jin, C. (In preparation). Navigating in-betweenness: The role of critical multilingual awareness in shaping the teaching identity of a biracial pre-service Spanish literacy teacher.
2. Li, T., & Zang, L. (In preparation). Bridging language and learning: Navigating multilingual learners’ linguistic diversity in STEM classrooms.
1. Zang, L. (In preparation). Pre-service teachers’ perceptions of digital literacy practices in teaching multilingual students.
PEER-REVIEWED CONFERENCES PRESENTATIONS/POSTERS/WORKSHOPS
12. Zang, L., De Costa, P. I., & Lee, V. W. Y. (2024, August 11-16). Transnational Chinese language teachers’ emotion labor teaching in a Chinese dual immersion program. In H. Zhang (chair), Enhancing the Quality of Professional Learning for Language Teachers (Part 2). [Symposium]. International Association of Applied Linguistics, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
11. Zang, L., Lee, V., & De Costa, P. (2024, May 16-18). She is “just an intern”: Transnational Chinese language teachers’ emotion labor with mentors in a teacher residency program [Paper presentation]. Psychology of Language Learning, Madrid, Spain.
10. Liu, X., Li, S. & Zang, L. (2024, April 11-14). Exploring the emotional labor experiences of rural novice teachers in China: An interpretative phenomenological analysis [Poster]. American Educational Research Association annual meeting (AERA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
9. Zang, L. (2024, March 16-19). Exploring linguistic racism among transnational opera music education teachers [Paper presentation]. American Association for Applied Linguistics 2024 Annual Meeting, Huston, TX, United States.
8. Li, S. & Zang, L. (2024, March 10-14). Exploring the emotional labor and agency: A case study of rural novice teachers in China [Paper presentation]. Comparative and International Education Society Conference 2024, Miami, FL, United States.
7. Zang, L., Jin, C., & Kwon, J. (2023, October 19-20). Creating a teacher pipeline for bilingual students from Asian immigrant families [Paper presentation]. Michigan World Language Association Conference 2023, Lansing, MI, United States.
6. Ojha, L.P., Zang, L., & Cárdenas Curiel, L. (2023, April 13-16). Understanding transnational pre-service teachers’ lived experiences and sense of (un)belonging during their mentored teaching practice [Paper presentation]. American Educational Research Association 2023 Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, United States.
5. Cárdenas Curiel, L., Ojha, L., & Zang, L. & Chen, M. (2024) “The best way to get to know a student is to know their community”: Fostering pre-service teachers’ multilingual awareness through community walks in an ESL methods course. In Ojha, L. & Burton, J. (Chairs), Reimagining pre-service teacher education to prepare critically conscious teachers for multilingual classrooms. [Colloquium]. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2023 Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, United States.
4. Zang, L., & Lee. V.W.Y. (2023, March 18-21). Mentorship, teacher beliefs, and emotion labor: Perspectives of Chinese as a foreign language pre-service teacher [Paper presentation]. American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2023 Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, United States.
3. Zang, L. (2022, April 15). Navigating Educational Equity on the Perspective of Multilingual Education in China [Workshop]. 2022 International Scholar Research showcase, East Lansing, MI, United States.
2. De Costa, P.I., Lee, V. W. Y., Li, W., & Zang, L. (2022, April 6). Teacher emotions and professional development: Navigating language education policy in China [Webinar]. TESOL Masterclass Webinar Series, https://m.weibo.cn/status/4755564335465429?sourceType=weixin&from=10C2095010&wm=9021_0002&featurecode=newtitle#&video
1. Zang, L. (2022, March 22-25). Exploring Chinese university NNESTs’ affective economies and emotion labor [Paper presentation]. TESOL 2022 Convention & English Language Expo, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
GRANTS, AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND HONORS
Graduate level
12. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Research Initiatives 2024
11. W. Patrick Dickson and Robin Kyburg Dickson Award for Research on Innovative Technologies in Learning, Michigan State university, 2024
11. W. Patrick Dickson and Robin Kyburg Dickson Award for Research on Innovative Technologies in Learning, Michigan State university, 2024
10. Research Enhancement Award, Michigan State University, 2024
9. Conference Travel Award, Michigan State University, 2024
8. Distinguished Graduate Student Award in Justice and Equity Pedagogy (Finalist), Michigan State University, 2024
7. Global Curriculum Fellowship, Michigan State University, 2023
6. Summer Research Fellowship, Michigan State University, 2023
5. Shirley J. Miske Expendable Fund for International Graduate Students in Education Michigan State University, 2023
4. College of Education Alumni Fellowship, Michigan State University, 2022
3. Linking All Types of Teachers Fellowship, Michigan State University, 2022
2. Summer Research Fellowship, Michigan State University, 2022
1. Summer Research Development Fellowship, Michigan State University, 2021
Undergraduate Level
3. Outstanding student services, University of California, Irvine, Career Center 2015-2016
2. Dean’s Honor List, University of California, Irvine 2014, 2016
1. Provost’s Scholarship, University of California, Irvine 2012-2016