Lindai Xie, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Counselor Education
Texas Tech University
Principal Investigator, TWIG Lab
My path
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2019
B.S.
Applied Psychology
BNU-HKBU United International College
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2021
M.Ed.
Counselor Education
Virginia Commonwealth University
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2025
Ph.D.
Counselor Education and Supervision
Virginia Commonwealth University
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2025–present
Assistant Professor
Counselor Education
Texas Tech University
Her research focuses on college student well-being, especially posttraumatic growth and protective factors among sexual assault survivors and the mental health of international students; ethical AI integration in higher education and counselor education; and research integrity and data quality.
TWIG Lab: Technology, Well-being,
Integrity, and Growth
We work across three connected areas: the well-being of college students, especially sexual assault survivors and international students; the responsible use of AI in higher education and counselor training; and the integrity and quality of the data behind social science research.
Areas of focus
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Area 1
College Student Well-being
International students' life experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, protective factors among college survivors of sexual assault, and the experiences of survivors who hold minority identities.
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Area 2
AI in Higher Education and Counselor Training
How faculty and students are adopting generative AI, how institutional policy shapes its use, and how counselor education programs can build AI competency through the AI-III (Introduction, Integration, and Implementation) workshop model.
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Area 3
Research Integrity and Data Quality
This area focuses on research integrity and data quality in educational research, with the broader aim of strengthening the trustworthiness of the evidence that informs practice and policy.
Project in progress
Latest news
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Award
Outstanding Dissertation Award
Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES).
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Conference Presentation
“AI-III Workshop: A Scalable Model for Integrating Generative AI in Counselor Training”
Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling (AARC) Conference, Dallas, TX.
Presenters: Lindai Xie, Jared Lau, Charles Crews, Avery (Moore) Owen, Alexis Taylor, and Lubaba Nafsin.
Join the lab
Prospective students interested in college student well-being, AI in counselor education, or research integrity are welcome to email with a CV and a brief statement of research interests.