Joel Heng Hartse

Dr. Heng Hartse's main scholarly focus is writing: what it is, how it works, how people do it and learn to do it.

His research interests include second language writing; language variation, error, and ideology; academic writing and publishing; the globalization of English and higher education; and the intersection of academic integrity and academic literacies.

Most of his current research projects focus on students’ use of Generative AI (GenAI) to complete academic writing assignments and other writing tasks; he is also beginning work on a book about defining writing in light of the proliferation of GenAI.

A note on graduate student supervision: Because Dr. Heng Hartse has a teaching-focused appointment, generally speaking he cannot work with PhD students as sole supervisor. He is able to co-supervise with another faculty member if you are interested in working with him. However, beginning Fall 2026, he will be able to supervise MA students as the sole academic supervisor, due to a change in SFU’s supervision policies, and he is looking forward to working with research-based MA students. The best way to work with him as an MA student is to already be an MEd student in the SFU Faculty of Ed and contact him with a research proposal.

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