About Me

Update in 17th March 2026. Life and stories keep unfolding……

Short Biographical Story

English-language Version

Hi 👋 My name is Gengyan Tang [Chinese name:唐耕砚]. I was born in Fushun, Zigong, a small city in southwestern China. I spent the first eighteen years of my life there and completed all of my schooling, from kindergarten through high school, in that city.

After graduating from high school, I moved to Chengdu, the capital city of Sichuan Province, where I lived for eight years. Later, I relocated to Chongqing, about 300 kilometers away, and spent three years there before coming to Canada.

My current research focuses on the impact of digital platforms on academic integrity and research integrity. In particular, I am interested in how social media, platforms that students and researchers interact with in their daily lives, shape their perceptions and behaviors. I am also interested in how institutional logics, especially those grounded in Chinese theoretical frameworks, may create conditions that allow paper mills to thrive. Methodologically, my research combines both quantitative and qualitative approaches.