Tingyu Zhang is a PhD candidate in Rhetoric and Composition at Georgia State University, where she teaches first-year writing and has taught persuasion. Her research interests include generative AI in writing education, intrinsic writing motivation, research literacy, feminist rhetoric, and inclusive writing pedagogy. Her dissertation examines AI-integrated writing activities and their relationships with students’ intrinsic motivation and writing performance, with attention to writing anxiety and cognitive load. Her published Writing Spaces activity, “Research Literacy with AI: Verifying Sources with Perplexity and the CRAAP Framework to Improve Intrinsic Motivation,” guides students in critically evaluating sources. https://parlormultimedia.com/writingspaces/research-literacy-with-ai-verifying-sources-with-perplexity-and-the-craap-framework-to-improve-intrinsic-motivation/ She also co-authored a forthcoming article in Information on machine learning for phishing detection, benchmark bias, and model robustness. With 10 years of teaching experience in China and the United States, Zhang is committed to helping students become confident, critical, and independent writers and researchers. She holds a master’s degree in Translation and Interpreting from Guangdong University of Foreign Studies and a bachelor’s degree in English from Chang’an University.