Faculty Profile - Haixia Liu
Dr. Haixia Liu
she/her
Assistant Professor, School of Interdisciplinary Studies
Email: [email protected]
Office: LOH 233
Phone: 616-331-9545
Bio
Haixia Liu is an Assistant Professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Studies at Grand Valley State University. Her research interests include second/foreign/heritage language acquisition, teachers' professional development, the integration of educational technology (current on VR headset, AI tools etc.) into classrooms, intercultural competence development etc.
Areas of Interest
Virtual Reality
Technology Integration
Instruction Design
Online Education
Teacher Education
Intercultural Communication
Education
Grand Valley State University, K-12 Principal Administration Certification, 2025;
Michigan State University, PhD in Education Psychology and Education Technology, 2019;
Guangdong Foreign Studies University, Master of Arts in Japanese Language and Culture, 2010;
Sun Yat-Sen University, Master of Art in Applied Linguistics in Foreign Languages, 2005
Publications
Liu, H., & Zhang, Y. (2024). Digital Game-Based Learning on Historical and Cultural Heritage in China: A Systematic Review. In Y. Kang, K. C.C. Yang, M. Mochocki, J. Majewski, P. Schreiber (Eds.), Asian Histories and Heritages in Video Games. (pp.187-208). Routledge.
Lei, M., Clemente, I. M., Liu, H., & Bell, J. (2022). The acceptance of telepresence robots in higher education. International Journal of Social Robotics, 14(4), 1025-1042. [SCI]
Liu, H., Wang, L., & Koehler, M. J. (2019). Exploring the intention-behavior gap in the technology acceptance model: A mixed-methods study in the context of foreign-language teaching in China. British Journal of Educational Technology, 50(5), 2536-2556. [SSCI]
Liu, H., Lin, C. H., Zhang, D., & Zheng, B. (2018). Chinese language teachers' perceptions of technology and instructional use of technology: A path analysis. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 56(3), 396-414. [SSCI]
Liu, H., Lin, C. H., & Zhang, D. (2017). Pedagogical beliefs and attitudes toward information and communication technology: a survey of teachers of English as a foreign language in China. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 30(8), 745-765. [SSCI]