Research Interest
Chi-Jia’s research experience started during her time at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. She worked as a research assistant on interactive storytelling projects funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology in Taiwan. Her responsibilities included literature review, budget management, experimental design, data collection, and analysis.
Her initial research delved into the exploration of readers’ emotions and emotional comprehension. The research findings were not only presented at international conferences but also earned the Best Presentation Award.
Inspired by topics such as emotional understanding and experience, as well as mental health issues. Her current research interest focuses on enhancing international students’ sense of belonging through positive psychology interventions. Her goal is to integrate positive education into instructional design to improve students’ well-being, helping them utilize positive thinking when facing adversity and challenges, ultimately achieving a state of psychological flourishing.
Journal Publications
Hsieh, C. J. & Watson, S. L. (2025). Fostering well-being and belonging among international graduate students: A positive psychology approach. Journal of International Students. 15(5), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.32674/4gzmgn64
This is an experimental research paper that conducted a pilot test on the effect of positive reflection practice on international graduate students' well-being and sense of belonging. As the leading author, I'm responsible for literature review, research design, data collection, and data analysis.
Duan, S., Hsieh, C. J., Dong, L., Jiang, S., Xu, F., Watson, S., & Yu, J. H. (2024). Unveiling novice instructional designers’ professional identity: exploring dispositions through future-oriented reflections. Higher Education, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-024-01366-z
This is a qualitative research study where we categorized novice IDer's professional identities through BPS writings. I'm responsible for literature reviews, coding, and data analysis for this study.
Yu, J. H., Dong, L., Hsieh, C. J., Tan, Y., Duan, S., & Watson, S. L. (2024). Instructional designers’ professional futures: insights from best possible self and epistemic network analysis. Educational Technology Research and Development, 1-35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-024-10441-2
In this paper, we used ENA to examine how IDers see themselves in the future and compare the different characteristics between expert and novice IDers. I'm responsible for literature review, coding, and conducting ENA.
Ilobinso, A. C., Tagare, D., Hsieh, C. J., & Watson, W. (2025). Designing Augmented Reality Experiences for Environmental Education in Afterschool Programs. Journal of Applied Instructional Design. [In press]
This is a design-based research paper on AR integration for sustainability education for afterschool program. Responsible for Session 3 AR storybook design and implement.
Under Review or Submitted Manuscript
Dong, L., Jiang, S., Xu, F., Duan, S., & Hsieh, C. J. (n.d.). From Simplification to Sophistication: High School Students’ Evolving Understandings of Machine Learning Model Decision-Making. British Journal of Educational Technology. [Underreview]
Dong, L., Hsieh, C. J., Watson, S., Yu, J., & Lowell, V. (n.d.). Revisiting the Interrelationships Between Social Presence and Cognitive Presence in Asynchronous Online Courses: Insights from epistemic network analysis. Online Learning. [Underreview]
Yu, J. H., Kim, H., Hsieh, C. J., Dong, L., Duan, S., & Watson, S. L. (2024). Linguistic Insights into Professional Identify Development: Analyzing Reflective Writing in Instructional Design Education. [Submitted]
Dong, L., Lowell, V., & Hsieh, C. J. (n.d.). Network analysis for visualizing discussion posts based on the community of inquiry framework: A systematic literature review. [Submitted]
Duan, S., McNary, S., Hsieh, C. J., Dong, L., Watson, S., Jiang, S., Xu, F., & Yu, J. H. (n.d.). Graduate student well-being in online learning: A five-year study of the best possible self intervention Higher Education. [Submitted]
Conference
Dong, L., Hsieh, C. J., Watson, S., Yu, J., & Lowell, V. (2025, Apirl 25). The Interrelationships Between Social Presence and Cognitive Presence in Online Courses: An Epistemic Network Analysis. [Conference presentation]. AERA, Denver, CO, United States.
Huang, W., Watson, S. L., Hsieh, C. J., Kang, S., Yu, W. & Watson, W. R. (2025, Apirl 25). AI Integration Barriers in K-12 Education: South Korea, Taiwan, and the United States [Poster presentation]. AERA, Denver, CO, United States.
Hsieh, C. J., & Huang, W. (2024, November 11). Navigating and Adapting: Teachers’ perceptions of AI integration in Taiwan [Conference presentation]. Purdue AI in P-12 Education Conference, West Lafayette, IN, United States.
Kang, S., Huang, W., Watson, S., Hsieh, C. J., Watson, W. R., & Yu, W. (2024, November 11). A Comparative Study of AI Integration Barriers in K-12 Education in South Korea, Taiwan, and the United States [Conference presentation]. Purdue AI in P-12 Education Conference, West Lafayette, IN, United States.
Yu, W., Watson, S. L., Kang, S., Huang, W., Hsieh, C. J., & Watson, W. R. (2024, November 11). AI integration in K-12 education: South Korean teachers’ perspectives [Conference presentation]. Purdue AI in P-12 Education Conference, West Lafayette, IN, United States.
Hsieh, C. J. & Watson, S. (2024, October 22). Enhancing International Students’ Well-being and Sence of Belonging. [Poster presentation]. AECT, Kansas City, MO, United States.
Duan, S., Watson, S., Dong, L., Hsieh, C. J., Jiang, S., Xu, F., & Yu, J. (2024, October 22). Unveiling Novice Instructional Designers’ Professional Identity: Exploring Dispositions Through Future-Oriented Reflections [Conference presentation]. 2024 AECT, Kansas City, MO, United States.
Hsieh, C. J. (2023, March 30) The Effects of AR-enhanced Storybooks in Children’s Engagement and Attitude Change Towards Environmental Sustainability [Poster presentation]. 2023 Annual Graduate Student Education Research Symposium (AGSERS), West Lafayette, IN, United States.
Hsieh, C. J. & Kao, G. Y. M. (2020, August 13-14) Effects of Different Narrative Perspectives on Readers’ Emotion, Reading Behaviors and Experience [Conference presentation]. 2020 International Conference on Emotion and Cognitive Science (ICECS), Venice, Italy