ABOUT ME
I am an Assistant Professor of Technical and Professional Communication in the Department of English and the Director of Communications at Center for Humanities and Technology (CHaT) at the University of Cincinnati. I received a Ph.D. in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media and an M.S. in Technical Communication from North Carolina State University, as well as a B.A. in English from Tsinghua University.
My research and teaching focus on transcultural health risk communication, digital rhetoric of Artificial Intelligence, and information design. My work appears in journals such as International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction and Journal of Rhetoric, Profession Communication, and Globalization, and has received external research support from National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
Education background
Raleigh, NC, USA
2020-2024
Raleigh, NC, USA
2018-2020
Beijing, China
2014-2018
North Carolina State University
Ph.D. in Communication, Rhetoric and Digital Media
North Carolina State University
Master of Science in Technical Communication
Tsinghua University
Bachelor of Arts in English
Selected pUBLICATIONS
(+undergraduate/graduate student mentee, *corresponding author, ‡ equal contribution)
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles:
Xie, C., Wang, Y., & Cheng, Y. (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.
Xie, C. ‡, Liu. P. ‡, & Cheng, Y. (2023). Praxis, hashtag activism, and social justice: a content analysis of #StopAsianHate narratives. Asian Journal of Communication, special issue on “Communicative Response to Anti-Asian Racism”.
Xie, C. (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, special issue on “Intercultural and Participatory Risk Communication about COVID-19: Using Immaterial Labor to Promote Social Justice in a Pandemic”, 11, 55-71.
Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings:
Hahn, D.+, Moore, R.+, Lu, K., & Xie, C*. (2025). Constructing Long COVID Risk Communication in the US: A Topic Modeling-Based Discourse Analysis of News Coverage. (Proceedings of the 43rd ACM International Conference on Design of Communication (SIGDOC’ 25)). (Best Paper Award at SIGDOC’25).
Liu, P. & Xie, C. (2023). Designing Between Virtuality and Reality: Improving Inclusiveness in Hybrid Spaces. In Proceedings of the 41st ACM International Conference on Design of Communication (SIGDOC’ 23).
Kong, Y., Xie, C., Wang, J., Jones, H., & Ding, H. (2021, October). AI-Assisted Recruiting Technologies: Tools, Challenges, and Opportunities. In Proceedings of the 39th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication (SIGDOC’ 21) (pp. 359-361).
Fellowships
Global One Health Fellowship
Awarded by the Global One Health Academy (GOHA) at North Carolina State University
$30,000
2023-2024
awards
Best Paper Award
Awarded by ACM Special Interest Group on Design of Communication (SIGDOC)
First Place Winner of the Student Research Competition
Awarded by ACM Special Interest Group on Design of Communication (SIGDOC)
CCCC Scholars for the Dream Travel Award
Awarded by Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC)
10/2025
$500
10/2022
$1000
2/2023
Grants
NEH Humanities Research Centers on Artificial Intelligence Grant
Title: RAI-306945 University of Cincinnati Center for Explainable, Ethical, and Trustworthy AI
Role: Co-PI (Andre Curtis-Trudel (PI), Anthony Chemero (Co-PI), Chenxing Xie (Co-PI), Andrew Cullison (Co-PI), Helen Meskhidze (Co-PI)
Awarded by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
Bearcat AI Grant
Title: Integrating Ethical AI into Professional Writing Across Disciplines
Role: PI (Co-PIs: Katie Powell, Lora Anderson, Teresa Cook, Andre Curtis-Trudel, Laura Wilson)
Awarded by DTS at University of Cincinnati
CPTSC Research Grant
Title: “Building a Skill Taxonomy for Doctoral Graduates in Technical and Professional Communication: A Corpus-Assisted Study of Academic Job Market (2013-2023)”
Role: Co-PI (PI: Yeqing Kong, Co-PI: Huiling Ding)
Awarded by The Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication
$498,430
2025-2028
$1,500
2025-2026
$2,000
2023-2024
Teaching
Cincinnati, OH
Fall 2025
Cincinnati, OH
Fall 2025
Cincinnati, OH
Fall 2024
Cincinnati, OH
Fall 2024
PWRT 6027/ENGL 5127 Responsible AI in Technical and Professional Communication (Undergraduate/Graduate)
Instructor, University of Cincinnati
PWRT 7048 Rhetoric of Health and Medicine (Graduate)
Instructor, University of Cincinnati
PWRT 7045 Principles and Practices of Web Design (Graduate)
Instructor, University of Cincinnati
PWRT 6025/ENGL 5125 Information Design (Undergraduate/Graduate)
Instructor, University of Cincinnati