Fellowship received: 2021
Academic supervisor: Dr Charity Lee Chin Ai & Dr Ang Pei Soo
Current affiliation: Huaqiao University
Yating Chen recently earned her PhD from the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Universiti Malaya, and is currently affiliated with Huaqiao University. Her research focuses on emotions and the self in the depression narratives in online communities. She has a broad research interest in narrative analysis and discourse analysis, particularly how discourse, identity and the Internet interplay to realize different agendas of marginalized or minority communities. Address for correspondence: Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Universiti Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Email: cyt20080105@126.com.
Academic achievements, social engagement initiatives:
02/2025 - The present Huaqiao University
• Faculty Member of the College of Foreign Languages
03/2020 - 07/2024 University of Malaya (PhD):
• Best PhD Graduate of Class 2024, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, University of Malaya
• Published in SSCI journals and hosted several research projects, including 2024 SRG under Sylff
• National University of Singapore Asian Graduate Student Fellowship 2022 Receiver
• Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund (sylff) Receiver 2021
• The 17th Singapore Graduate Forum on Southeast Asian Studies (Singapore) and Malaysian Association of Applied Linguistics Asia Pacific Conference 2022 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ) Paper Presenter
• Member of DiscourseNet
09/2012 - 06/2015 Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (Master):
• Postgraduate National Scholarship Receiver of Ministry of Education, China
• The First-Class Academic Excellence Scholarship for Postgraduates for three successive years
• Published in CSSCI journals and undertook the 2012 Chengdu Social Sciences Planning Project
• Director of Academic Department, Graduate Student Union of School of Foreign Languages
09/2008 - 06/2012 Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (Bachelor):
• The University-level Excellent Graduate
• Recommended Student to the Graduate School for Postgraduate study
• The Sumitomo Corporation Scholarship Receiver
Others:
03/2020 - 07/2024 Light and Salt Personal English Studio:
• Founder, Editor-in-chief & English teacher
06/2018 - 02/2020 Office of International Cooperation and Exchange, Xiamen University
• Program Officer of the University Consortium of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road (UCMSR) Secretariat
01/2016 - 10/2017 Student Recruitment Office, Xiamen University Malaysia Campus
• Executive of Central Area Student Recruitment
