Education
- Ph.D. in Communication Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, 2023
- M.A. in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Beihang University, 2018
- B.A. in English, Beihang University, 2015
Professional Experience
- City University of Hong Kong
- Assistant Professor, Department of English, 08/23–present
- Member, One Health Research Cluster, CLASS, 08/23–Present
- Member, Frontiers in Professional Communication Lab, Department of English, 05/24–present
Academic Honors & Awards
- Young Scholar Paper Award, 19th China Pragmatics Association Conference, 2025.
- Top Paper Award, Communication and Social Cognition, NCA, 2022.
- Graduate Student Travel Award, AMPRA, 2022.
- Doctoral Honors Seminar Participant (Communication Theory and Research), NCA, 2022.
- Editors’ Choice Article Award, Lingua: An International Review of General Linguistics, 2021.
- Top Student Paper Award, Language and Social Interaction Division, ICA, 2021.
- Top Paper Award, Intergroup Communication Division, ICA, 2020.
Professional Service
- Reviewer
- Discourse, Context & Media, East Asian Pragmatics, Health Communication, International Journal of Cultural Studies, Journal of Computational Social Science, Journal of English for Academic Purposes, Journal of Historical Pragmatics, Journal of Politeness Research, Journal of Pragmatics, Language Sciences, Lingua, Pragmtics and Society
- Palgrave Macmillan, Routledge, Springer
- International Communication Association Conference, National Communication Association Conference
- Executive Board Member, International Association of Language and Social Psychology, 2024–2026.
- Conference Program Co-Chair, 8th LSP & Professional Communication Conference, 2024–2025.
- Co-Chair, Organizing Committee, The Conflict Conference 2020, Austin, TX, USA, 2019–2020.
Professional Memberships
- China Pragmatics Association
- International Association of Language and Social Psychology
- International Association of Pragmatics
- International Communication Association
- National Communication Association
