SERVICE
Engaged Scholarship
I am always trying to intertwine my research and teaching with engaged scholarship. For me, this means sharing my insights with the communities I live in and creating opportunities for dialogue. Engaged scholarship has taken different forms for me. One example is collaboration with asylum seekers in Hong Kong to publicize their website (www.seekingrefuge.hk) and to assist the people gaining a voice in the international discourse on asylum.
Other examples are my attempt to expose my students to different religious worldviews in the city and my former involvement with Arab(Americans) in the Pacific Northwest of the United States and the development of a sociocultural profile of their communities.
Examples:
Co-organizer for Refugee Awareness Expo at CUHK, Nov 11-25, 2011 (Panels, workshops, fieldtrips for students; involvement of local and regional UNHCR offices, local NGOs; in affiliation with the Center for Civil Society, CUHK and Christian Action, Hong Kong)
Field trips for students to local refugee and relief work organizations like Crossroads
Interfaith lectures and conversations in the Islamic Center of Hong Kong between students of CUHK and local Muslims
Arab American community portray, Arab Center of Washington (Fall 2003)
Work in the Refugee Network of Seattle (2003)
Photo Exhibition about Refugees (Summer 2000)
Professional
Chair
Communication as Social Construction Division, NCA, 2009-2010
Associate Editor
Journal of International and Intercultural Communication since 2006
External editorial board member Transforming Cultures, University of Technology Sydney: http://www.transforming.cultures.uts.edu.au/publications/TfC_ejournal.html since09/2008
Invited board member, Special edition on qualitative research methods, Southern Communication Journal (Kenneth Cissna), Fall 2008
Invited organizing member for NCA summer conference on Intercultural Dialogue in Istanbul, Turkey, July 2009
Invited reviewer for Journal of Communication
Invited reviewer for Research on Language and Social Interaction
Invited reviewer for The Chinese Journal of Communication
Invited reviewer for Journal of Contemporary European Research
Invited reviewer for Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
Book Review: B. J. Hall (2002). Among cultures: The challenge of communication. New York, N.Y.: Harcourt College Publishers.
Book Review: J. Baldwin (2010). Intercultural communication for everyday life. Wiley-Blackwell.
Departmental
Coordinator of M.A. program Global Communication
Graduate Panel in School of Journalism and Communication since 2007
Coordinator of Student-Feedback Panel since 2006
Committee Member, OBA Road Map (2008-08-01 To 2009-07-31)
Research and Education Panel at School of Journalism and Communication, 2005 & 2006
Scholarship Panel at School of Journalism and Communication, 2005-2007
Graduate Student Workshop on Conference Presentations, Fall 2006
Student selection for M.A. program in Corporate Communication, 2006 & 2007
College and University
Coordinator for Undergraduate Student Affairs, United College since 2007
GEU 0411S: Senior Seminar for General Education Program at United College, CUHK (Fall, 2006, 2009)
Affiliate Assistant Professor with Gender Studies Program at CUHK since 2008
Reviewer Undergraduate Curriculum 2010
Selection Committee for Exemplary Teaching Award, 2010
Memberships
European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA)
International Communication Association (ICA)
National Communication Association (NCA)
