Biography
I am a Lecturer in Intercultural Communication and Deputy Programme Leader for MSc Intercultural Business Communication. My academic speciality is based in Educational studies. My research interests primarily concern the intercultural dimension of human identity, communication and relations, particularly the narrativity of individuals’ lived experiences of interculturality. My published work to date has explored university students’ reflective and dialogic practices in intercultural education settings. I am currently interested in exploring how intercultural communication studies can benefit from intellectual dialogue across linguistic, disciplinary, and epistemic traditions (or put differently - between 'dominant' and 'alternative' knowledges). I have edited (with Nick Pilcher) a special issue entitled "Interrogating the 'Third Space': Negotiating meaning and performing 'culture'" for the journal Language and Intercultural Communication (Volume 19, Issue 1).
At the Business School, I lead postgraduate modules in intercultural communication and intercultural competence. I have also developed and delivered two popular undergraduate modules on intercultural competence through studies of Mandarin Chinese.
I hold a BA and an MA in English Language and Literature from Peking University, China. My PhD is in Intercultural Communication from the University of Manchester, UK. I was a committee member of the International Association for Languages and Intercultural Communication (IALIC) from 2014 to 2018. Currently I am the Book Reviews editor of the journal Language and Intercultural Communication.