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RECENT PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
Zhu, M., Manriquez, J. & Serna, O. (Eds. Under Contract). Parent-Scholars in Practice: Research and Discovery with Our Children. Peter Lang Academic Verlag.
Zhu, M. & Morrison, S. (Eds. In Postproduction). Edible Tales: Folklore, Myths, and Food Narratives in Higher Learning. Myers Education Press.
Zhu, M. & Morrison, S. (Eds. In Postproduction). Recipes of Motherhood: Families, Communities, and the Power of Food Narratives. Myers Education Press.
Zhu, M. (2026). The StrataPlay Methodology: A Lorekeeper’s Game Design in Postqualitative Inquiry. Peter Lang Verlag.
Zhu, M. (2024). Multimodal Instructional Strategies: Dances With Shackles in Learning Communities. Kendal Hunt.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Zhu, M. (2025). Critical romance theory: Capacities to persist in the absurd. In G. J. Seigworth, M. Arthur, W. J. Truran, & C. Shomura (Eds.), Capacities to: Affect up against fascism (pp. 219-229). Imbricate Press.
Zhu, M. (2026). Dialogues in Thoughtspire: Imagining EduCoins in a Freirean world. In R. Ramalho, S. Steinberg, & J. Suoranta (Eds.), Letters to Paulo. Peter Lang Publishing.
Zhu, M. (Forthcoming). Game Changers: Esports as a Catalyst for Educational Pathways. In Hernández-Laroche, A. & Ford, K. (Eds.), Cocreating Practices of Access to Higher Ed Through Public Engagement. Vernon Press.
Zhu, M. (2024). A Cross-Cultural Gastronomy: Feminist Narratives on Boundaries and Bridges. In Brewer, J. and Hayes, C. (Eds). Food Stories: Navigating the Academy from the Kitchen (pp. 237-252). Myers Education Press.
REFEREED ARTICLES
Zhu, M. (2025). Algorithmic Foucault: Digital Feminism, the Panopticon, and the Role of AI in Shaping Musical Identities and Pedagogies. Threshold in Education, 48(2), 240-262. https//files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1483972.pdf
Zhu, M. (2025). Great Teacher Onizuka and Heaven Official’s Blessing: Counter-narratives of education and power in popular culture. Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/10714413.2025.2533708
Zhu, M. (2025). The Ephemeral Thread of Mujōkan and Aware. Currere Exchange Journal, 9(1), 1-2. https://cej.lib.miamioh.edu/index.php/CEJ/issue/view/18
Zhu, M. (2025). Empowering Female Students through Esports Programs: Insights from a Vocational High School. Current Issues in Education, 25(2), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.14507/cie.vol26iss1.2269
Zhu, M., Shannon, K. and Ourth, C. (2025). Digital Literacy and Critical Pedagogy: Transforming Multicultural Education through Digital Storytelling. Academic Praxis, 2025, 2-18. Retrieved from https://chelps.eduhk.hk/page/detail/531
Zhu, M. (2025). Shower Thoughts: The Panoptic Water in a Fluid Theatre. Departures in Critical Qualitative Research, 14(2), 21–36. https://doi.org/10.1525/dcqr.2025.14.2.21
Morrison, S. & Zhu, M. (2025). Mentorship and Literacy: A Duo-Ethnographic Exploration of Educator and Learner Narratives. The Oklahoma Reader, 61(1), 8-23.
Zhu, M., Morrison, S., Lee, C., McAlester, K., Morrison, S., Nottingham, M., & Stout, J. (2024). From Detention to Expression: A Case Study on Fostering Adolescents’ Artistic Liberation. Journal of Critical Questions in Education, 15(3), 177-197. Retrieved from https://academyforeducationalstudies.org/journals/journal/current-and-past-issues/volume-15-issue-3/
Zhang, Y., Shauger, R., Morrison, S., Zhu, M. & Kramer, A. (2024). The Detection of the AI Detector of AI: Are College Instructors Ready for the Meta World? ALER (Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers) 45th Yearbook, 81-106. Retrieved from: https://www.aleronline.org/page/yearbook
Zhu, M. (2024). Curtain Up: Incorporating Multimodal Literacy into the Academic Script. ALER (Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers) 45th Yearbook, 199-212. Retrieved from: https://www.aleronline.org/page/yearbook
Zhu, M. & Duet, C. (2024). The Squirrel, Omelette, and the Truths: An Ethnographic Narrative Exploration of Philosophical Dialogue and Literacy with Young Learners. Journal of Education Thoughts, 57(1), 31-56. https://doi.org/10.55016/ojs/jet.v57i1.79413
Zhu, M. (2024). Engaging with Multiple Narratives: The Dialectical Approach in Classroom Instruction. The Oklahoma Reader, 60(1), 55-71. https://issuu.com/oklahomareader/docs/volumeno60issue1spring2024
Zhu, M. (2023). The Educational Currents of Digital Identity: Memes and Community Engagement in Higher Education. Academic Praxis, 1(2), 15-35. Retrieved from chelps.eduhk.hk/page/detail/478
Zhu, M. (2023). Protagonist’s Protagonists. Green Eggs & Hamlet, 29, 69-83.
Zhu, M. & Wang, Y. (2021). Dear Claude: A Duo-ethnography of Identity & Displacement. Journal of Education Thoughts, 53(3), 291- 304. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11575/jet.v53i3.72254
Amazon Author Page
Waterstones Author Page
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
Zhu, M., Manriquez, J. & Serna, O. (Eds. Under Contract). Parent-Scholars in Practice: Research and Discovery with Our Children. Peter Lang Academic Verlag.
Zhu, M. & Morrison, S. (Eds. In Postproduction). Edible Tales: Folklore, Myths, and Food Narratives in Higher Learning. Myers Education Press.
Zhu, M. & Morrison, S. (Eds. In Postproduction). Recipes of Motherhood: Families, Communities, and the Power of Food Narratives. Myers Education Press.
Zhu, M. (2026). The StrataPlay Methodology: A Lorekeeper’s Game Design in Postqualitative Inquiry. Peter Lang Verlag.
Zhu, M. (2024). Multimodal Instructional Strategies: Dances With Shackles in Learning Communities. Kendal Hunt.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Zhu, M. (2025). Critical romance theory: Capacities to persist in the absurd. In G. J. Seigworth, M. Arthur, W. J. Truran, & C. Shomura (Eds.), Capacities to: Affect up against fascism (pp. 219-229). Imbricate Press.
Zhu, M. (2026). Dialogues in Thoughtspire: Imagining EduCoins in a Freirean world. In R. Ramalho, S. Steinberg, & J. Suoranta (Eds.), Letters to Paulo. Peter Lang Publishing.
Zhu, M. (Forthcoming). Game Changers: Esports as a Catalyst for Educational Pathways. In Hernández-Laroche, A. & Ford, K. (Eds.), Cocreating Practices of Access to Higher Ed Through Public Engagement. Vernon Press.
Zhu, M. (2024). A Cross-Cultural Gastronomy: Feminist Narratives on Boundaries and Bridges. In Brewer, J. and Hayes, C. (Eds). Food Stories: Navigating the Academy from the Kitchen (pp. 237-252). Myers Education Press.
REFEREED ARTICLES
Zhu, M. (2025). Algorithmic Foucault: Digital Feminism, the Panopticon, and the Role of AI in Shaping Musical Identities and Pedagogies. Threshold in Education, 48(2), 240-262. https//files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1483972.pdf
Zhu, M. (2025). Great Teacher Onizuka and Heaven Official’s Blessing: Counter-narratives of education and power in popular culture. Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/10714413.2025.2533708
Zhu, M. (2025). The Ephemeral Thread of Mujōkan and Aware. Currere Exchange Journal, 9(1), 1-2. https://cej.lib.miamioh.edu/index.php/CEJ/issue/view/18
Zhu, M. (2025). Empowering Female Students through Esports Programs: Insights from a Vocational High School. Current Issues in Education, 25(2), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.14507/cie.vol26iss1.2269
Zhu, M., Shannon, K. and Ourth, C. (2025). Digital Literacy and Critical Pedagogy: Transforming Multicultural Education through Digital Storytelling. Academic Praxis, 2025, 2-18. Retrieved from https://chelps.eduhk.hk/page/detail/531
Zhu, M. (2025). Shower Thoughts: The Panoptic Water in a Fluid Theatre. Departures in Critical Qualitative Research, 14(2), 21–36. https://doi.org/10.1525/dcqr.2025.14.2.21
Morrison, S. & Zhu, M. (2025). Mentorship and Literacy: A Duo-Ethnographic Exploration of Educator and Learner Narratives. The Oklahoma Reader, 61(1), 8-23.
Zhu, M., Morrison, S., Lee, C., McAlester, K., Morrison, S., Nottingham, M., & Stout, J. (2024). From Detention to Expression: A Case Study on Fostering Adolescents’ Artistic Liberation. Journal of Critical Questions in Education, 15(3), 177-197. Retrieved from https://academyforeducationalstudies.org/journals/journal/current-and-past-issues/volume-15-issue-3/
Zhang, Y., Shauger, R., Morrison, S., Zhu, M. & Kramer, A. (2024). The Detection of the AI Detector of AI: Are College Instructors Ready for the Meta World? ALER (Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers) 45th Yearbook, 81-106. Retrieved from: https://www.aleronline.org/page/yearbook
Zhu, M. (2024). Curtain Up: Incorporating Multimodal Literacy into the Academic Script. ALER (Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers) 45th Yearbook, 199-212. Retrieved from: https://www.aleronline.org/page/yearbook
Zhu, M. & Duet, C. (2024). The Squirrel, Omelette, and the Truths: An Ethnographic Narrative Exploration of Philosophical Dialogue and Literacy with Young Learners. Journal of Education Thoughts, 57(1), 31-56. https://doi.org/10.55016/ojs/jet.v57i1.79413
Zhu, M. (2024). Engaging with Multiple Narratives: The Dialectical Approach in Classroom Instruction. The Oklahoma Reader, 60(1), 55-71. https://issuu.com/oklahomareader/docs/volumeno60issue1spring2024
Zhu, M. (2023). The Educational Currents of Digital Identity: Memes and Community Engagement in Higher Education. Academic Praxis, 1(2), 15-35. Retrieved from chelps.eduhk.hk/page/detail/478
Zhu, M. (2023). Protagonist’s Protagonists. Green Eggs & Hamlet, 29, 69-83.
Zhu, M. & Wang, Y. (2021). Dear Claude: A Duo-ethnography of Identity & Displacement. Journal of Education Thoughts, 53(3), 291- 304. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11575/jet.v53i3.72254
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