Academic Employment
09/2025-Present University of Manchester
Lecturer in Sociology, Morgan Centre for Research into Everyday Life
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10/2024-09/2025 University College London
Lecturer in Digital Sociology, Social Research Institute
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09/2024-12/2024 King’s College London
Lecturer in Digital Humanities Department
07/2024-09/2025 Fordham University, London Centre
Adjunct Professor in Digital Media
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09/2023-12/2024 City, University of London
Visiting Lecturer in Media, Culture and Creative Industries
01/2024-09/2024 King’s College London
ESRC Research Fellow in Digital Media, Embodied Technology and AI, Digital Futures Institute
07/2019-08/2020 Arts Council England
Research Assistant in Creativity and Care in Asian Women’s Screenwriting
Education
2019-2023
King's College London
DPhil in Culture, Media, and Creative Industries
Supervised by Dr. Wing-Fai Leung and Prof. Christina Scharff
Examined by Prof. Fran Martin (Melbourne) and Dr. Heather Inwood (Cambridge)
2018-2019
London School of Economics
MSc in Sociology with Distinction
Supervised by Dr. Don Slater
2013-2018
Peking University
BLit (First Hons) in Chinese Language and Literature
Supervised by Prof. HE Guimei and Prof. DAI Jinhua
Minor in Economics
Professional Services
Academic Citizenship
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Chair, Transcultural Digital Intimacies Network (TransDI), 2023-Present
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Executive Committee Member, Race Equality Network, 2021-2024
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​Steering Committee Member, Fan and Audiences Studies SIG, Society for Cinema and Media Studies, 2023-Present
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Reviewer for Journals:
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Asian Studies Review
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China Quarterly
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Celebrity Studies
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Convergence
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Chinese Journal of Communication
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European Journal of Cultural Studies
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Feminist Media Studies
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​Feminist Review
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Feminist Theory
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Global Media and China
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Information, Communication & Society
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International Journal of Cultural Studies
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Journal of Gender Studies
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​​Journal of Homosexuality
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Media Culture & Society
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Men and Masculinities
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Modern China
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New Media and Society
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Popular Communication
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Social Media + Society
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Target
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Transformative Works and Culture
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Reviewer for Grants:
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Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Grant, King's College London
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AHRC, Arts & Humanities Faculty, King's College London
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Travel Grants, Society for Cinema and Media Studies
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Reviewer for Conferences:
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AoIR
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International Communication Association (ICA)
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IAMCR
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SCMS
Invited Talks and Lectures
07/2024 Digital Intimacies with Virtual Youtubers, Warwick University
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06/2024 Ambivalent Affective Labor and The Transformative Affects and Desires in Producing Digital Romances, University of Amsterdam (UvA)
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01/2024 Masculinity in Crisis? Male Idols in Chinese Mediascape, Chinese University of Hong Kong
04/2023 Queerness in China, Global China Study, University College London
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03/2023 Gender and Sexualities in East Asia, CMCI Dept, King’s College London
10/2022 Queer Media (Online), Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong,
08/2022 Gender, Media and Fan Culture, Summer School, King’s College London
05/2021 Fan Wars, Intra-fan Conflicts, Censorship Sensibilities and the Internalised Heteronormativity, University of Nottingham, Ningbo Campus
01/2020 Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys and Gender Performativity in East Asia, Queer@King’s, London