1st Edition

Rethinking Writing Education in the Age of Generative AI

Edited By Chaoran Wang, Zhongfeng Tian Copyright 2025
180 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

180 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

180 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Bringing together leading scholars and practitioners, Rethinking Writing Education in the Age of Generative AI offers a timely exploration of pressing issues in writing pedagogies within an increasingly AI-mediated educational landscape. From conceptual and empirical work to theory-guided praxis, the book situates the challenges we face today within the historical evolution of writing... Read more

Part I: Voices from the Field  1. Chatbots, Frankenstein’s Monster of Dominant Writing Education  2. From Policing to Empowerment: Promoting Student Agency in the Context of AI Text-Generators and AI-Detection Tools  3. A Generative AI (GAI) Writing Pedagogy: How Composition Pedagogy Can Inform the GAI Turn  4. Whose Words Are They?: Authorship in the Age of Artificial Intelligence  5. Blessing or Cursing: Second Language Writing Teachers' Perceptions of Using ChatGPT in Classrooms  Part II: Praxis in Context  6. “Never Let a Good [Literacy] Crisis Go to Waste”: Writing Across the Curriculum Administration Amidst Artificial Intelligence Anxiety  7. Generative AI and the Writing Center: A New Era of Peer-Tutor Professionalization  8. AI-Powered Reading Assistants: A Tool for Equity in First-Year Writing  9. Generative Artificial Intelligence in Writing: ChatGPT and Critical Questioning for Multilingual Learners 

Biography

Chaoran Wang is an Assistant Professor of Writing and a Multilingual Writing Specialist at Colby College, USA. Her research examines multilingual literacy and the role of technology through the intersecting perspectives of applied linguistics, writing studies, and educational technologies.

Zhongfeng Tian is an Assistant Professor of Bilingual Education at Rutgers University–Newark, USA. His research, grounded in translanguaging theory, focuses on collaborating with pre- and in-service teachers to foster equitable, inclusive, and socially just learning environments for bi/multilingual students in ESL and dual language bilingual education contexts.

"All in all, Rethinking Writing Education in the Age of Generative AI is a timely and intellectually ambitious volume that captures the complexity of teaching writing in an era shaped by rapid technological change."

- Yu Kyoung Shin, School of Global Studies, Hallym University, Republic of Korea, review published in Journal of English for Academic Purposes