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 am currently a PhD candidate at the Werklund School of Education at the University of Calgary. Here is my latest CV.

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. Growing up, my exposure to English was quite limited. The instruction I received focused mainly on basic reading and writing, with very little training in listening or speaking.

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.

Chinese-language Version

Hi，我的名字是唐耕砚。我现在是卡尔加里大学Werklund School of Education的博士候选人。

我出生在中国西南部的一个小城市——自贡富顺。我在那里度过了人生的前18年，完成了从幼儿园到高中的全部教育。成长过程中，我接触的英语非常基础，几乎没有接受过任何听说方面的训练。高中毕业后，我搬到了四川省的省会成都，在那里生活了八年，之后又搬到了300公里外的重庆，在那里生活了三年。

我现在的研究关注数字平台对学术诚信和科研诚信的影响，尤其是那些学生和科研人员日常接触的社交媒体如何塑造他们的认知和行为。此外，我还对制度逻辑（尤其关注中国本土理论框架）如何为论文工厂提供生存沃土非常感兴趣。我的研究方式是定量和定性相结合的。