Jing Yan

Research Associate Professor & Director of Grant Services

Jing Yan, Ph.D.

Dr. Yan is currently the Research Associate Professor and Director of Grant Services of College of Engineering at 91成人. She got her Ph.D. from Jackson State University in 2018. She has been assistant and associate professor in Nanjing Forestry University from 2008 to 2023. She teaches academic writing, second language acquisition and material science English. Her expertise is in engineering education, student鈥檚 development in STEM education, data analysis, discourse analysis, artificial intelligence, and human-computer interaction. Dr. Yan is the author or co-author of 30 peer-reviewed papers and principal investigator or co-principal investigator of more than 20 major research grants.

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Office: 230A Torrence Hall
Phone: 615-963-5400
Email: jyan@tnstate.edu

Education:

  • Jackson State University, Ph.D., Educational Administration and Supervision, 2018
  • Georgia Institute of Technology, MS, Computer Science, 2026

Honors and Awards:

  • Faculty Excellence Award in Service, College of Engineering, 91成人, 2025
  • Excellence Project Award of Social Science Applied Research by Jiangsu Federation of Philosophy and Social Science, Second Prize, 2019
  • Outstanding Teachers of Nanjing Forestry University, 2019
  • Craig Benson Award by Jackson State University, 2018

Employment History:

  • Research Associate Professor and Director of Grant Services, College of Engineering, 91成人, January 2024- Curren
  • Visiting Professor, 91成人, 2022- 2023
  • Associate Professor, Nanjing Forestry University, 2019- 2023
  • Assistant Professor, Nanjing Forestry University, 2008- 2019
  • Chair of English Department, Nanjing Forestry University, 2020- 2022
  • Director of University English Department, Nanjing Forestry University, 2018- 2020
  • Research Assistant, Jackson State University, 2016- 2018

Research Interest:

  • AI assisted Learning Analytics
  • Engineering Education
  • Student鈥檚 Development in STEM Education
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Machine Learning
  • Discourse Analysis

Publication:

  • Zhao, X., Yan*, J., Ranganathan, P., Wen, K., Liu, S., & Li, L. (2026). Factors influencing engaged learning among engineering undergraduates. International Journal of Engineering Education, 42(2), 549鈥�557.
  • Yang, L., Yan, J., & Yuan, Z. M. (2026). Apology strategies and ritual frame indicating expressions (RFIEs) in advanced Korean learners鈥� Chinese: An interlanguage pragmatic study. System, 138, 103974.
  • Gao, Y., & Yan*, J., & Li, L. (2026, March), Exploring the Impacts of Learning Assistants on Students鈥� Learning Engagement and Sense of Belonging in STEM Classrooms Paper presented at 2026 ASEE Southeastern Section Conference, University of Memphis, Tennessee.
  • Yang, L., & Yan*, J., & Li, L. (2026, March), Predictors of Student Evaluations in Engineering Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences at an HBCU Paper presented at 2026 ASEE Southeastern Section Conference, University of Memphis, Tennessee.
  • Zhao, X., & Yan*, J., & Li, L. (2026, March), Bridging the Engagement Gap: How the Concrete Canoe Competition Enhances Learning Engagement Among Underrepresented Engineering Students Paper presented at 2026 ASEE Southeastern Section Conference , University of Memphis, Tennessee.
  • Yan, J., Li, L., & Mosley, I. T. (2025, June). BOARD# 482: NSF HBCU-UP Implementation Program: Enhancing STEM Education for Underrepresented Students through Course-Based Undergraduate Research at HBCUs. In 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Toronto, Canada.
  • Yin, D., Liu, S., Yin, L., Du, K., Yan, J., Armwood-Gordon, C. K., & Li, L. (2025). Rechargeable cement-based solid-state nickel-iron batteries for energy storage of self-powered buildings. Sustainable Materials and Technologies, 44, e01350
  • Wang, Q., Sun, H., Li, Q., Yang, X., Chen, W., Yan, J., ... & Wang, Y. (2025). Enhanced hydrogen storage in K and Na decorated DHP-graphene monolayer: DFT and GCMC study. Chemical Physics Letters, 865, 141932.
  • Yan, J., & Li, L. (2024, June). Board 183: A Case Study of AFL Models on Factors of Engaged Learning in STEM Education. In 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon.
  • Pan, C., Shi, A., Gong, W., Chen, W., Yan, J., Zhang, X., ... & Niu, X. (2024). Defected BN Substrate Induces the Transition from Schottky to Ohmic Contact in Two-Dimensional Metals鈥揝emiconductor Junctions. ACS Materials Letters, 6(6), 2118-2125.
  • Yin, L., Liu, S., Yin, D., Du, K., Yan, J., Armwood-Gordon, C. K., & Li, L. (2024). Development of rechargeable cement-based batteries with carbon fiber mesh for energy storage solutions. Journal of Energy Storage, 93, 112181.
  • Boyd, B., Yan, J., Lightner, T., Mugo, M., Toldson, I. A., & Li, L. (2024, June). Promoting Persistence: Providing Support for HBCU Students from Low-Income Backgrounds. In 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon.
  • He, R., & Yan*, J. (2024). On Translation of Report on the Work of the Government 2023 from the Perspective of Skopos Theory. International Journal of Language, Literature and Culture, 4 (1), 16-23.
  • Mao, M., & Yan*, J. (2024). An Interpretation of the Love Tragedy in The Age of Innocence from the Perspective of the Topographical Level. International Journal of Research Publications, 140(1), 10-10.
  • Yan, J., Liu, S., Armwood-Gordon, C., Li, L. (2023). Factors affecting Active Flipped Learning on Underrepresented students in Three STEM Courses. Education and Information Technologies, 1-14.
  • Yan, J., Armwood-Gordon, C., Li, L. (2023). Assessing the Impact of State Funding on Higher Education in the United States: Trends, Allocation, and Implications. International Journal of Research Publications, 204-209.
  • Yan, J., & Li, L. (2023). An Investigation of Educational Leader鈥檚 Personality Style Inventory in K12 and Higher Education Levels. International Journal of English Literature and Social Sciences, 8(6), 262-266.
  • Shi, A., Li, W., Zhang, X., Liu, L., Chen, W., Yan, J., Niu, X., Lv, J., and Li, X. (2023). Metal Clusters Effectively Adjust the Local Environment of Polymeric Carbon Nitride for Bifunctional Overall Water Splitting, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 0-14
  • Ding, C., & Yan*, J. (2023). The Study of Pauses in Oral Production from the Perspective of Language Proficiency. International Journal of Language, Literature and Culture, 3(6), 1-15.
  • Yan, J., & Sun, R. (2022). Two New Prenylated 2-Arylbenzofurans from Artocarpus nanchuanensis and Their Antirespiratory Burst Activities. Chemistry of Natural Compound, 58, 442鈥�445.
  • Yan, J., Yan, Y, Zhu, Y. (2021). A comparison of the application of Total Physical Response method in Chinese and US online classroom teaching, Science Popular, 1348 (10), 35-36.
  • Cai, S.J., Wen, L., & Yan*, J. (2021). The application of artificial intelligence in primary and secondary school English Teaching, English Square, 173 (10), 131-133.
  • Yan, J., Wen, K.J., Li, L. (2019). Effects of summer transportation institute on minority high school students鈥� perception on stem learning, Journal of STEM education: Innovations and Research, 20 (2):58-64.
  • Yan, J., & Barbara, H. (2019). Student Leadership Displayed in an Active Flipped Learning STEM Course Compared to a Non-Active Flipped Learning STEM Course, Journal of Research in Higher Education, 2: 23-38.
  • Zheng, W., Yan, J., Shih, H. (2019). Prompting Active Learning through Implementing Self-regulated Learning Assessment in Multiple STEM Courses, Journal of Modern Education Review, 9 (8):517-531.
  • Yan, J; Li, L; Yin, JJ; Nie, YJ. (2018). A Comparison of Flipped and Traditional Classroom Learning: A Case Study in Mechanical Engineering. International Journal of Engineering Education, 34 (6): 1876-1887.
  • Yan, J., Nie, YJ., Li, L., Yin, J. (2018). Board 85: Preliminary Study of Active Flipped Learning in Engineering Mechanics. In 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  • Zheng, W., Yan, J., Allison, J. R., Zhang, Z., Shih, H. (2018). Board 165: Effects of Online Collaborative Learning with Scaffolding in Multiple STEM Courses Based on Results from Three Consecutive-Year Implementation. At 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  • Zheng, W., Yuan, Y., Yan, J., Allison, J. R., Yin, J. (2018). Board 166: Exploring Follow-up Effect of Scaffolding for Creative Problem Solving through Question Prompts in Project-based Community Service Learning. At 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Research Grants:

  • Principal Investigator: NSF Excellence in Research: Artificial Intelligence-Driven Learning Analytics to Predict Student Performance in STEM Education at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, 2025-2028. ($600,000)
  • Principal Investigator: Spencer Foundation NSF Rapid Response: Sustaining Momentum in Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences at 91成人, 2025-2026. ($25,000)
  • Co-Principal Investigator: NSF Catalyst Research on Broadening Participation in STEM Project: Application of AR/VR Technology Based on Project-oriented CDIO Approach to Enhance STEM Education in HBCUs, 2024-2025. ($175,000)
  • Co-Principal Investigator: TN Open Education Cycle 4 OER Grant, 2024-2025. ($30,000)
  • Co-Principal Investigator: NSF S-STEM Organizational Partnerships Research Hub Program, 2022-2023. ($15,000)
  • Senior Personnel: 91成人鈥揊isk鈥揑llinois Partnership for Research and Education in Materials (TSUFI-PREM), 2024-2030. ($4.2 million)
  • Senior Personnel: NSF HBCU-UP program: Implementation Project: Enhancement of CUREs-based Curriculum and Immersive Engineering Studio to Enhance Engineering Education and Retention of Underrepresented Engineers at TSU, 2023-2028. ($2.25 million)
  • Senior Personnel: 91成人 (TSU) Aviation Maintenance Technical Workers Workforce Development Grant, 2024-2026. ($ 500,000)
  • Senior Personnel: NSF: Investigating the Effect of Active Flipped Learning in STEM Education, 2016-2019 ($300,000).
  • Principal Investigator: Department of Education Industry-Academia Collaboration Synergy for Student Development Project: Design of English Chinese Interpretation Curriculum System and Development of Teaching Resources, 2022-2024.
  • Principal Investigator: Jiangsu social science foundation: The research on ESP curriculum system based on CLIL theory, 2020-2022.
  • Principal Investigator: Major research project: "Jointly building a new ecology of high-quality foreign language education" in Jiangsu colleges and universities: Ideological construction and implementation methods of English professional courses, 2022-2024.
  • Principal Investigator: Jiangsu University Philosophy and Social Science Research Fund Project: The research on the effectiveness of hybrid teaching based on active learning theory, 2019-2021.
  • Principal Investigator: Jiangsu Provincial General Project of College Students鈥� Practical Innovation Training Program: The research of ideological practice on English major curriculum, 2022-2024.
  • Principal Investigator: Jiangsu Province Postgraduate Practice Innovation Program: Research on the relationship between translation quality and lexical chunks usage in interpreting practice, 2022-2023.
  • Principal Investigator: Jiangsu Province Postgraduate Practice Innovation Program: The research on English Chinese business news translation under the guidance of functional equivalence theory, 2022-2023.
  • Principal Investigator: Jiangsu Province Massive Open Online Course: Materials Science English, 2018-2019.
  • Principal Investigator: Jiangsu University Philosophy and Social Science Research Fund Project: The research of teaching ecologic terms from the perspective of corpus research, 2017-2019.
  • Principal Investigator: High-quality Project of Applied Research of Social Sciences in Jiangsu Province: The research of teaching ESP terms based on CLIL theory, 2017-2018.
  • Principal Investigator: Young Science and Technology Innovation Fund Project in Nanjing Forestry University: The Construction of terminology system based on the Framework of discourse community, 2017-2019

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