I joined University of Bath in Janaury 2021 from Leeds Beckett University where I was a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow. Prior to that, I was a senior lecturer at Western Sydney University after I gained my PhD from the University of Queensland in 2013 on a competitive UQ research scholarship.

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I have an international research trajectory and an established track record in critically exploring the experiences of Chinese diaspora communities and broadly underrepresented groups in sport, health and physical activity/education. This line of research sought to identify the naunce connections between subjectivities and social structures, addressing the challenges and opportunities into the impacts of various forms of inequalities.

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My theoretical interest is to engage in dialogues that challenge the established cultural imaginary and the senses of the self and the Other that the interactions between colonialism/imperialism and local cultures and practices generate. My work is informed by the fields of sociology, psychoanalysis and pedagogy. 

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My research also explores the use and development of qualitative research and creative research methodologies to construct and represent minority experiences. This includes the use of arts-based methods, (auto)ethnographic methods, narrative inquiry and digital methods.​