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, Frontiers in Professional Communication Lab, Department of English, 05/24–present

Academic Honors & Awards

• Young Scholar Award, East Asian Pragmatics Conference, 2026.
• Young Scholar Paper Award, China Pragmatics Association Conference, 2025.
• Top Paper Award, Communication and Social Cognition, National Communication Association Conference, 2022.
• Graduate Student Travel Award, American Pragmatics Association Conference, 2022.
• Doctoral Honors Seminar Participant (Communication Theory and Research), National Communication Association Conference, 2022.
• Editors’ Choice Article Award, Lingua: An International Review of General Linguistics, 2021.
• Top Student Paper Award, Language and Social Interaction Division, International Communication Association Conference, 2021.
• Top Paper Award, Intergroup Communication Division, International Communication Association Conference, 2020.

Professional Service

• Reviewer
  • Applied Corpus Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Discourse, Context & Media, East Asian Pragmatics, Frontiers in Public Health, 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 and Health, Language Sciences, Lingua, Pragmtics and Society, Scientometrics
  • Palgrave Macmillan, Routledge, Springer
  • International Communication Association Conference, National Communication Association Conference
• Executive Board Member, International Association of Language and Social Psychology, 2024–2028.
  • Regional Representative-Asia (2024–2028), President-Elect (2026–2028)
• Co-Chair, International Symposium of Language Science and Human Well-Being, 2026–2026.
• Core Committee Member, 11th Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies, Hong Kong, China, 2025–2027.
• Conference Program Co-Chair, 8th LSP & Professional Communication Conference, Hong Kong, China, 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