Overview
Zhenjie Weng, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in English Language at Duke Kunshan University. Her research interests cover second language writing, language teacher identity, language teacher agency, and language teacher expertise. She has published multiple articles in leading journals, such as System, Language Teaching Research, TESOL Quarterly, Foreign Language Annals, TESOL Journal, Teaching in Higher Education, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, and International Multilingual Research Journal. Her ORCID id is https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2639-7822.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Professor in English Language at Duke Kunshan University
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2023 - Present
DKU Faculty
Recent Publications
A Language Teacher Educator's Identity and Agency Development via Virtual Professional Training: An Autoethnography
Journal Article TESOL Journal · June 1, 2025 This study aimed to explore the developmental journey of an emergent language teacher educator (LTE) as she navigated the construction of her identity and enactment of her agency in the context of virtual teacher training sessions. Through personal reflect ... Full text Cite“I felt like I was being judged…”: A duoethnography exploring international language teacher educator identities
Journal Article TESOL Journal · March 1, 2025 Given the need to explore the nature of language teacher educator (LTE) identities, this duoethnography centers the identity journeys of three language teacher educators—Lu, Yuseva, and Zhenjie—as they evolved together and in dialogue with their advisor, F ... Full text CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
Ohio State University ·
2022
Ph.D.