HomeTingjia is a functional linguist and social semiotician, holding a PhD in Linguistics from The University of Sydney. Her research expertise spans over fields of Applied Linguistics, Initial Teachers Education, Social Semiotics and Effective Communication. Before joining Hiroshima University Writing Center, Dr. Wang has extensive, cross-disciplinary research and teaching experiences in Australia and been invited to provide external reviews for Routledge and the TESOL Journal in fields of Multimodal Literacy and Digital Pedagogy.
The Writing Center’s academic staff Professor Takeshi Kawamoto, Assistant Professor Tingjia Wang and Writing Advisors Yuhong Zhu and Julie Tanner provide advice on writing academic papers and academic journal abstracts in English.
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- Advisors will make suggestions, but not do copy editing.
- If we suspect that a paper is plagiarized, we will use detection software (iThenticate) to check for similarities with other texts. If a serious case of plagiarism is detected, we will report it to the relevant person in charge (e.g., supervisor)
- If you do not attend an appointment without notice more than two times per term (8 weeks)/holiday period, you will be unable to book further sessions at the Writing Center for three weeks after the last missed appointment.
Tingjia Wang, Assistant Professor, Writing Center
Julie Tanner, Writing Advisor, Writing Center
Julie is an editor, researcher, and writer who gained her PhD in English from Queen Mary, University of London, where she also taught modules on literary topics and research-based writing. She believes that compelling prose is an essential component in the successful dissemination of research, so she encourages academic researchers of all disciplines to be reflexive and think of themselves as writers in order to hone their arguments, reach their audiences, and achieve their goals. Julie can collaborate with researchers to navigate the genres of academic writing (abstracts, articles, chapters, presentations) and address questions of argument, structure, and style.
