I obtained my PhD in Sociology at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). My PhD research investigates Chinese sportsmen’s identities and their processes of identification, further intersecting with the contexts of masculinity and race in their everyday lives. Based on in-depth interviews with and observations of Chinese male provincial badminton sportsmen located in North, Central and South China, the project has drawn on findings to argue that Chinese male athletes’ identities, perhaps even applicable to Chinese people in China at-large, are not merely constructed in accordance with discourses associated with collective Chinese cultural doctrines, but also predicated on individualized values that align with post-structural and late-modern thinking.

Before joining HKU Sociology, I taught courses relevant to media and culture at HKU Space International College, and had been a guest lecturer in the Faculty of Social Science at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. I was also a Visiting Fellow in Sociology at Harvard University, and presented my research at conferences as well as workshops in United Kingdom and New Zealand.

Aspiring to be a cultural sociologist, I am going to focus on developing my research interests not only in East Asia, but also sites in other parts of the world especially connected to East Asian diaspora.