About her

Dr. Hsiao-ping Wu received her Ph.D. in Culture, Literacy and Language from The University of Texas – San Antonio in 2011, and Master in Teaching English as a Second Language in 2005. Currently,  she is a full professor in the bilingual and ESL education program in the College of Education and Human Development. 

Teaching Areas

She teaches a wide variety of subjects including second language education foundation, second language pedagogy, and applied linguistics for English as a second language teacher candidates. Her teaching philosophy values student-teacher interaction, self-directed learning, authenticity, and experiential learning for becoming an ESL teacher.

Research Areas

Her research areas focus on second language error analysis, computer-mediated communication (CMC), digital literacy, English as a second (ESL) teacher identity, ESL teacher educator preparation, computer-assisted language learning (CALL), and English learning for international students in the U.S. 

Grant Co-PI

Currently, she is also the Co-PI of the Department of Education funded project of Aspiring students to advance professionally to teach (ASAP2TEACH) and serve English learners, parents, and communities. The main role of this project is to design, implement, and provide two microcredential course in Teaching English to multilingual learners to inservice teachers who can be certified in a state exam of English as a second language (ESL) endorsement. The goal is to support all teachers to develop knowledge and skills to work with ESL learners through an innovative course-taking modality.

For any questions, please contact at hwu@tamusa.edu