Faculty Directory

Research Interests

• Self-Directed Learning in Digital Discourse
• Second Language Writing Feedback
• Teaching Language with Authentic Materials 
• Educational technology and online teaching

Biography, Education and Training

Elu Tu earned her Ph.D. degree in the Curriculum and Instruction Department—World Language Education program with a minor in Educational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2016. She asserts that language learning is a transdisciplinary practice to understand and connect to multiple cultures. Cultivating global citizens is her passion and determination to incorporate technology and language pedagogy. 

Honors, Awards and Grants

GRANTS

• MRRC Grant—Southern Connecticut State University, $2000 for 2019-2020, Research project for A New Generation of Chinese Immigrant Youth: On Fuerdai's Economic Privileges, National Identity, and Educational Selectivity.
• Curriculum Development Grant— Southern Connecticut State University, $5000 for 2019-2020 with Dr. Cardone, Activity for Developing a Chinese Minor.
• MRRC Grant—Southern Connecticut State University, $2000 for 2018-2019, Presenting at Annual Conference of North American Taiwan Studies Association.
• Faculty Development Fund— Southern Connecticut State University, $2900 for 2018-2019 with Dr. Cardone and Dr. Schmitt, Project: Video Conferencing at Southern; Next Steps
• Start Preliminary Proof-of-Concept Fund—University of Connecticut, awarded $10,000 for 2019-2020, Project: Land in Fog of World Languages: A Platform to Create Learning Activities through Authentic Videos.

 AWARDS

• SCSU Career Champions— Career champions are faculty or staff members at SCSU who made a significant impact regarding a student's career trajectory  

Selected Publications

• Tu, I & Bartlett, A. (Accepted on May 27, 2024) Language Learning Outcomes in On-Ground vs. Online Settings: Comparison and Correlation, The American Journal of Distance Education
• Tu, I   (forthcoming) The Impact of Technological Resource Allocation on Sustainable Online Teaching in Higher Education: A Post-Covid Reflection, Education and Information Technologies
• Tu, I. (2021) Developing Self-Directed Learning Strategies through Creative Writing: Three  Case Studies of Snowball Writing Practice in a College Chinese Language  Classroom. Thinking Skills and Creativity,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2021.100837 (SSCI Index, impact factor: 3.106) 

Selected Presentations

• Tu, I., & Bartlett, A.,  (Feb 29-Mar 2, 2024). Correlation Analysis of Language Proficiency in On-Ground and Online Instruction: A Cross-Sectional Study at the Southwest Conference on Language Teaching, HI, United States.
• Tu, I., (Feb 29-Mar 2, 2024). Towards Sustainable Online Teaching: Analyzing the Role of Technological Resource Allocation After Covid-19 at the Southwest Conference on Language Teaching, HI, United States.
• Tu, I., (March 18-21, 2023). Using PICRAT Model to Enhance World Language Learners’ Communication Competence through Online Courses at the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), OR, United States. 
• Tu, I., Gleason, J., Cardone, R., & Bartlett, A., (June 2-6, 2022). To Teach Online or not to Teach Online: A  Comparative Analysis of Proficiency Outcomes Pre-Pandemic and Post-2020 Across Five Languages. CALICO Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, United States.

Teaching Interests

• Chinese Language
• Second Language Theories
• Bilingualism
• Instructional Technology in Language Teaching