Research Interest

I specialize in Twentieth-century Fiction (Christie, Grisham, Highsmith, Hornby, Kazuo, Kundera) and Curriculum Studies. My work in both fields overlaps: I examine the attitude toward and assumptions about reading and writing that circulate in popular culture, professional literary culture and in the culture of language classrooms.

 

Community services

Panelist, Chief Executive’s Teaching Excellence Awards 2010, 2019, 2024.
External member, Faculty Development Advisory Committee, Faculty of Humanities, The Education University of Hong Kong. 2022, 2023.
Portfolio Assessor, Certificate for Principalship, EDB. Since 2021.
Chairman, Curriculum Development Council Committee (English Subjects). 2015 - 2021.
Chairman, Hong Kong Schools Music and Speech Association. 2014 - 2019.
Chair, NET interviewing board. EDB. 2009-2020.
Independent School Manager, Kiangsu-Chekiang College (Kwai Chung). 2012-2022.
Member, Review Committee of Scholarship for Prospective English Teachers.  2012 - 2018.