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Dr Jinjin (Helen) Lu has over 15 years of international experience in educational research and professional roles in education. Dr. Lu obtained her M.A. from the University of Wisconsin in the U.S.A and her Ph.D. in the Faculty of Education at the University of Tasmania. After she finished her Ph.D, Helen successfully completed a range of education research projects in interdisciplinary teams in Tasmania and New South Wales in Australia. She has developed her professional and academic skills in China, Europe, USA and Australia and her leadership skills as a leading researcher. Between 2018 and 2020, Dr Lu attracted a large amount of funding from the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme in Europe. In the last two years, Helen closely collaborated with senior staff at the Czech Ministry of Education and Early Start UOW, Australia to assist multilingual and multicultural young children and their families in Europe and Australia.

Currently, Dr. Lu’s research interests include language and literacy in early years, developmental psychology, and social media technology in early childhood education.

Qualifications
- B.A. South-Central University For Nationalities, 2000-2004
- M.A. University of Wisconsin, 2004-2006
- Ph.D University of Tasmania 2012-2014
Experience
- Senior Associate Professor, Academy of Future Education, Xi'an Jiaotong- Liverpool University August 2021-present
- Research Fellow, Faculty of Education and Arts, Charles Sturt University, Australia 2015-2017
- Survey Manager, DVC office, Penrith campus, Western Sydney Universty, Australia 2017
- Research Fellow, Early Start, University of Wollongong, 2020-2021, Australia
- Research Fellow, Faculty of Education, Masaryk University, Czech Republic 2018-2020
- Research Assistant and Tutor, Faculty of Education, University of Tasmania, Australia 2012-2014
Research interests
- Developmental psychology
- Social media technology in early childhood education
- Language and literacy in early years
Articles
- Lu, J. (2023). Virtual interdisciplinary collaboration during the COVID-19 pandemic: pain and joy in an international joint university. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1184640
- Yuan, G. & Lu, J. (2023). John Dewey’s democracy and education: A centennial handbook. The Social Science Journal, DOI: 10.1080/03623319.2023.2236827
- Throssell, P., & Lu, J. (2023). Weaving the threads between: Collaborative auto-ethnographic reflections on experiences of migrant learning and teaching in Australia. The Qualitative Report, 28(9), 2523-2539. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2023.5940
- Zheng, Y., Zhou, X., Huang, Y., Lu, J., Cheng, Q., Fan, P., & Xiong, X. (2023). Low income is associated with impaired jaw function via anxiety and depression in patients with temporomandibular disorders. Journal of Oral Rehabilitation. https://doi.org/10.1111/joor.13579
- Huang, Y., Lu, J., & Širůček, J. (2023). The associations between social environment and adolescents’ psychosomatic health: An ecological perspective. Frontiers in Psychology,DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1141206
- Lu, J., Huang, Y. & Chen, J. (2022). Parental Knowledge, Preference and Needs of Child Rearing Family Programmes: A Case in Chinese Inner Mongolia Minority Region, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20010434
- Zhao, Y., Lu, J., Woodcock, S. & Ren, Y.(2022). Social Media Web 2.0 Tools Adoption in Language and Literacy Development in Early Years: A Scoping Review. Children. 9(12), https://doi.org/10.3390/children9121901.
- Lu, J., Han, F. & Janík, T. (2022). Exploring social media technologies for novice EFL school teachers to collaborate and communicate: A case in the Czech Republic. Frontiers in Psychology. 13, 1010686.
- Jiang, H., Johnstone, S. & Lu, J. (2022). Comparing the Efficacy of Two School-Based Approaches of Neurocognitive Training for Enhancing Executive Functions. Children. 9(10):1501. doi: 10.3390/children9101501.
- Huang, Y. & Lu, J.( 2022). Associations of Adolescents’ Excessive Electronic Device Use, Emotional Symptoms, Sleep Difficulty, and Communication with Parents: Two-wave Comparison in the Czech Republic. Children. 9(8):1186. doi: 10.3390/children9081186.
- Wang, Y., Wang, R. & Lu, J.(2022). Exploring The Impact of University Student Engagement on Junior Faculty’s Online Teaching Anxiety and Coping Strategies During COVID-19. Education Sciences. 12(10), 664; https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci12100664
- Lu, J., Jiang, H. & Huang, Y. (2022). Inclusive EFL Teaching for Young Students with Special Needs: A Case in China, Children. 9 (5), 749.
- Lu, J., & Han, F. (2022). Challenges of using online technologies in the pandemic: Voices from English language and literacy primary school teachers in central China. Education 3-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004279.2022.2048678
- Huang, Y, Macek, P., & Lu, J. (2022). Depressive Symptoms and Negative Experiences in School: A Network Analysis. Journal of School Health.
- Yue, Y. & Lu, J. (2022). International Students’ Motivation to Study Abroad: An Empirical Study Based on Expectancy-Value Theory and Self-Determination Theory. Frontiers in Psychology, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.841122
- Lu, J. Exploring the adoption of social media in self-paced physical activity in early childhood education: a case in central China. Education Tech Research Dev 70, 321–338 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-021-10059-8
- Gao, X., Woodcock, S., & Lu, J. (2021). Conceptualising English L1 speakers’ motivation for learning L2 Chinese in Australian universities, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, DOI: 10.1080/01434632.2022.2032098
- Huang, Y and Lu, J (2021) Assessment of Language and Literacy Teachers’ Distance Teaching in COVID-19 Lockdown Time. Front. Psychol. 12:762732. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.762732
- Lu, J., & Han, F. (2022). Challenges of using online technologies in the pandemic: Voices from English language and literacy primary school teachers in central China. Education 3-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004279.2022.2048678
- Li, F.; Fan, S.; Wang, Y.; Lu, J. (2021). Chinese University Students’ Experience of WeChat-Based English-Language Vocabulary Learning. Education Sciences, 11, 554. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11090554.
- Lu, J., Woodcock, S., Jiang, H. (2014). Investigation of Chinese university students' attributions of English language learning. Sage Open, 4(4), 1-15.
- Lu, J., & Jiang, H. (2016) Chinese Education and Learning Activities Outside of Class: What Lies Beyond Basic Education? International Education Studies, 9(4), 54-68.
- Lu, J. (2017) Confucius stands on the London eye- an auto-ethnographic study. Ethnography and Education, 1-14. orcid.org/0000-0001-8193-4160
- Lu, J., & Price, J. (2018) Chinese Students’ ICT Readiness for a Blended Teaching and Learning Environment. EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 14(7), 2907–2914.
- Lu, J (2018) Educating Chinese-heritage students in the global-local nexus: identities, challenges, and opportunities, International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, DOI: 10.1080/13670050.2018.1531512.
- Lu, J. (2018) Review of Family Life in China. The China Review.
- Lu, J. &Throssell, P. (2018) University students' preferences and experience: Is there a role for the CLCOEL? Cogent Education DOI: 10.1080/2331186X.2018.1542953
- Lu, J. (2018) Of Roses and Jasmine –Auto-ethnographic reflections on my early bilingual life through China’s Open-Door Policy. Reflective Practice. DOI: 10.1080/14623943.2018.1538959
- Lu, J., & Wu, Y. (2019) Schools of Promise for Multilingual Students: Transforming Literacies, Learning, and Lives. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13670050.2019.1587379
- Lu, J., He, M. (2019) Critical Literacy, Schooling, and Social Justice, Revista de Educación, 384, 301-304.
- Lu, J. (2019). Publish or Perish in Social Science? -Tension, Challenges and opportunities for Chinese academics in Humanities and Social Sciences. Asian Journal of Social Science, 47 (4-5), 484-507
- Lee, L & Lu, J (2020) Using a Citizen Science approach in Early Childhood Education: A call for strengthening evidence. Cogent Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2020.1823141
- Lu, J. (2020). Cinderella and Pandora’s box–Autoethnographic Reflections on My Early Career Research Trajectory between Australia and China, Interlitteraria 25 (1), 96-109.
- Lu, J. (2020). The WeChat public platform: strengthening HSS academics’ global competitiveness in non-English speaking countries. Cultura y Educación. 32(3),609-620.
- Lu, J. (2020). Review Multilingual Sydney. Routledge by Alice Chik (Editor), Phil Benson (Editor), and Robyn Moloney (Editor). International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
- Lu, J. (2021) Using autoethnographic reflections to heal: Walking out of depression, anxiety and stress. Revista Argentina de Clinica Psicologica, 30(1) 898-907.
- Yang, N., Shi, J., Lu, J.,& Huang, Y. (2021). Language development in early childhood: Quality of teacher-child interaction and children’s receptive vocabulary competency, Frontiers in Psychology, DOI:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.649680
- Yang, N., Qi, Y., Lu, J., Hu, J., & Ren, Y. (2021). Teacher-child relationships, self-concept, resilience, and social withdrawal among Chinese left-behind children: A moderated mediation model. Children and Youth Services Review, 129, 106182
Proceedings
- Lu, J., & Short, M. (2012). Learning and living: the challenges facing Chinese students in the Australian context. (Refereed paper) published in the first International Conference: Innovative Research in a Changing and Challenging World, Thailand.
- Lu, J, & Janik, T. (2019). Experience in international research cooperation: Opportunities and challenges in Central Europe. INTED 2019.
- Lu, J., Jiang, H.,& Fan, S. (2019). Chinese medical educators’ digital literacy in an international joint medical and health programme. International Symposium on Education Technology (ISET), IEEE, DOI: 10.1109/ISET.2019.00025.
Books, monographs, compilations and manuals
- Lu, J. (2014). English Language Learning and Teaching in China – Students' Perspectives. New York: Untested Ideas Research Center.
Chapters, cases, readings and supplements
- Rolf, D., Lu, J., & Lê,T. (2013). Conducting research in a digital discourse. In T.Lê & Q. Lê (eds). Conducting research in a changing and challenging world (pp.255-263). New York: Nova Science Publishers.
- Lu, J., Lê, T., & Babaee, M. (2013). Challenges of using grounded theory in qualitative research. In T.Lê & Q. Lê (eds). Conducting research in a changing and challenging world (pp.159-164). New York: Nova Science Publishers.
- Lu, J., & Fan, S. (2015) Learner autonomy, teacher authority and Confucianism in language education: A Chinese perspective. In S. Fan T.Lê & Q. Lê (eds). Linguistics and language education in new horizons: The link between theory, research and pedagogy (pp.333-345). New York: Nova Science Publishers.
- Throssell, P., & Lu, J (2015) The influences of politics on research: Its implications for TESOL. In S. Fan., T.Lê & Q. Lê (eds). Linguistics and language education in new horizons: The link between theory, research and pedagogy (pp.129-139). New York: Nova Science Publishers.
Conference presentations
- 16th -18th May, 2012 1st International Conference: Innovative Research in a Changing and Challenging World in Phuket, Thailand.
- 6th -7th September, 2012 Sixth Annual Graduate Research-Sharing Excellence in Research Conference, University of Tasmania, Hobart.
- 24th -29th April, 2014 2014 TESOL International Convention & English Language Expo, Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.
- 14th-17th July, 2014 21st International Learning Conference, New York, U.S.A.
- 25th -26th September, 2015 Third International Conference on Leadership in Pedagogies and Learning, Stuartholme School, Toowong, Queensland.
- 7th -11th April, 2016 ACTA International Conference, Perth, Western Australia.
- 27thNovember-1st December, 2016 Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) Conference, Melbourne.
- 21st -23rd June 2018, The Twenty-fifth International Conference on Learning, Athens, Greece.
- 11th -13th March, 2019 13th annual International Technology, Education and Development Conference, Valencia, Spain.
- 2nd -4th July 2019, The 5th International Symposium on Education Technology (ISET), Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic.
- 19th May 2021, 17th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. USA
- 15th-20th August, 2021. World Congress of Applied Linguistics (AILA), Groningen, Netherland.
Grants
- Lu, J. PI. Building a Community of Practice: Working towards a Potential Digital Habitat for Education and Care in Early Childhood, XJTLU, 2022-2025, 99,179RMB
- Lu, J. PI. International Conference Travel Fund, University of Tasmania, 2014, USD 5000
- Lu, J. PI. An investigation of EC language teachers’ digital literacy in China, 2017-2018, Hubei Province, 100,000RMB
- Lu, J. PI. Strengthening pre-service teachers’ digital habitats in the Czech Republic (Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR / Operational Programme Research, Development and Education), 2018-2020, 100,000 EURO
Professional service activities
- 2023-present Editorial Board, PLOS Mental Health
- 2020-present Review Editor, Frontiers in Psychology
- 2021-2022 Member, Research Committe, Academy of Future Education, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
- 2012-2014 Internationalization and Intercultural Committee (FEIIC), Faculty of Education, University of Tasmania
Teaching activities
- EDS 419 Developing and Evaluating Programmes for Children
- ALA 006 Research Method
- EDS 412 School and Educational Psychology
Awards and honours
- Adjunct Research Fellow, Faculty of Education, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
- Honorary Chair Professor in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Chaoyang University of Technology in Taiwan.

电话
+86 (0)51285186478
电子邮件
Jinjin.Lu@xjtlu.edu.cn
地址
IR810(SIP Campus-International Research Centre)
Suzhou Dushu Lake Science and Education Innovation District
Suzhou Industrial Park
Suzhou
P.R.China
215123

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