Biography
Xiaoning Chen,PhD., is an Associate Professor and chair of the ESL/Bilingual Education at National Louis University. She holds a doctorate in Language and Literacy Education from Purdue University. Dr. Chen has two decades of experience in language education and teacher training in the U.S. and abroad. Her research interests include visual literacy, multicultural children’s literature, and multimodal literacies.
She has served the International Visual Literacy Association board member since 2019 and two terms as an assistant editor for the
IVLA Book of the Selected Readings.