CV

Education

2020–present: Associate Professor, Department of Literature and Cultural Studies, EdUHK
2013–2020: Assistant Professor, Department of Literature and Cultural Studies, EdUHK
2012–2013: Lecturer, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles

2025–present: Programme Director, MA in Digital Humanities for Cultural Professionals, EdUHK
2022–present: Associate Director, International Research Centre for Cultural Studies
2018–2022: Head of Department, Literature and Cultural Studies, EdUHK
2016–2018: Associate Department Head, Literature and Cultural Studies, EdUHK

2024–present: “Autofiction as Event: Digital Methods and Contemporary Literature in English.” General Research Fund, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong. HK$553,741.
2017–2019: “Whitman on the Grid: Surveillance, Democracy, and the Autobiographical Moment in Contemporary American Literature.” Early Career Scheme, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong. HK$250,510.

2020–present: “Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Humanities as an Area of Strength at EdUHK.” Area-of-Strength and Capacity Building Fund, EdUHK. HK$13,260,960. (PI)
2020: “Enhancing Online Learning and Teaching in Faculty of Humanities Courses.” Central Reserve Allocation Committee, EdUHK. HK$1,000,000. (Co-I)
2020: “Promoting Blended and Online Teaching in FHM.” University-Level Teaching Development Grant, EdUHK. HK$800,000. (Co-I)
2018–2019: “One City One Book Hong Kong.” Central Reserve Fund, EdUHK. HK$500,000. (Co-I)
2018: “Open Annotation and Humanities Education.” Faculty-Level Teaching Development Grant, EdUHK. HK$126,500. (PI)

2018: Tony Hilfer Prize for Best Essay, Texas Studies in Literature and Language
2016: Certificate of Merit in Teaching, Faculty of Humanities, EdUHK
2011: Strauss Dissertation Fellowship, University of California, Irvine
2010: David Israelsky Research Award, University of California, Irvine
2005: Chancellor’s Fellowship, University of California, Irvine