Chen, R., Du, T., & McFarland, D. A. (2026). Homogenization or epistemic pluralism: LLM-generated reviews in scientific peer review (Manuscript in preparation).
Current Research
- Patent Examination – How do institutions decide which ideas deserve recognition and advancement? How do individual and collective evaluators interpret legal and technical documentation during the patent examination process?
- Peer Review - What is the goal of peer review? How do reviewers and editors evaluate new ideas, and what factors shape editorial decisions? As AI systems become embedded in evaluation and collaboration, how might they reshape these decision processes?
- Character AI (ChAI) - How do students’ perceptions of school experiences influence their use of AI?
Work in Process
Chen, R., Smith, D.S., McFarland, D.A. (2025). Why do papers get desk rejected? (manuscript submitted).
Lee, V. R., Finlayson, E., & Chen, R. (2025). Words as Data: Integrating data visualizations and English Language Arts for classrooms with multilingual students. Manuscript under review (revise & resubmit).
Publications
Journal Articles
Chen, R., Lee, V. R., Kuo, A. C., Pope, D. C., & Miles, S. (2026). Cheating in the second year of generative AI chatbots: a follow-up study on high school student cheating behaviors. Educational technology research and development, 1-29.
Chen, R., Lee, V. R., & Lee, M. (2025). A Cross-Sectional Look at Teacher Reactions, Worries, and Professional Development Needs Related to Generative AI in an Urban School District. Education and Information Technologies.
Conference Papers/Presentations
Chen, R., Miles, S., Kuo, A. C., Pope, D. C., & Lee, V. R. (2026). Motivation, belonging, and perceptions of school work behind high school students’ AI usage patterns. Proposal submitted for presentation at the 2026 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Los Angeles, CA.
Lee, V. R., Chen, R., Levine, S., & Demszky, D. (2025). Middle School Students’ Attitude and Self-efficacy Changes Towards Data and English Language Arts Following Instructional Integration. Data Science Education Conference 2025, San Antonio, TX.
Chen, R.*, & Zhao, Y.* (2025). EduCSW: Building a Mandarin-English Code-Switched Generation Pipeline for Computer Science Learning. ACL BEA 2025. (*Equal contribution)
Lee, V. R., Chen, R., Kuo, A. C., & Pope, D. (2025). Adolescent cheating with generative AI after a full-academic year: A status check. Society for Research in Child Development 2025 Biennial Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.
Others
Chen, R. (2023). Can Students Step Up Their Mathematical Learning through Movement? A Course Evaluation for Move Your Math. Unpublished undergraduate honor thesis, Emory University.