​Research 

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I am an Associate Professor (Sociologist) in Sport, Culture and Society at the University of Bath. ​

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My research interests include (Chinese)diaspora studies, inequalities in sport and health, qualitative research methods, psychoanalysis and embodiment.

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I was a recipient of the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (2019-20). I gained my PhD from the University of Queensland on a competitive UQ research scholarship, and had worked and resided in Hong Kong, Brisbane, Sydney, and Leeds. I am an Honorary Adjunct Fellow of the Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University, and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.​

 

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 deputy director of the Centre for Qualitative Research, and an EMCC-accredited 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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