​Research 

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I am an Associate Professor (Sociologist) in Sport, Culture and Society at the University of Bath. ​​My research interests span Chinese diaspora studies, inequalities in sport and health, qualitative research methodologies, psychoanalysis and embodiment. 

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I was awarded the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (2019–2020) and completed my PhD at the University of Queensland, supported by a competitive research scholarship. Having lived and worked across Hong Kong, Brisbane, Sydney and Leeds, my own experiences of moving between different cultural and geographical contexts have further shaped my intellectual interests in migration, identity and belonging.

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I am an Honorary Fellow at the Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University, and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. My academic and research background continues to inform my clinical work, enriching my understanding of the ways in which our inner emotional worlds are intertwined with our relationships, embodied experiences and the social and cultural contexts in which we live.

 

Supervision and Teaching

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I am currently primary supervisor to three postgraduate research students and they are carrying out research on: an ethnographic study in kitesurfing in the lives of diasabled people (on SWDTP scholarship); online hate in football on Chinese social media (on Vice Chancellor's International Scholarship); gender and disability in China's Winter Paralympic Games.

 

My teaching expertise includes sociology of sport and health and qualitative research methods.

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Governance and Service

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I am co-director of the University of Bath Qualitative Research Hub, and an ILM certified coach, specialising in supporting doctoral students and early-career researchers in higher education contexts.

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Externally, I serve on the executive board of the International Society of Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise, and I am an editorial board member of Sport, Education and Society.

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Qualifications 

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PhD (University of Queensland)

MA (Cultural Studies) (University of Sydney)

MPhil and BEd (Hons) (Chinese University of Hong Kong)

PGDip (Global Health) (University of Edinburgh)

ILM Level 5 Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring 

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