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About
Susanne Yuk Ping Choi is Professor at the Department of Sociology, and Co-Director of the Gender Research Centre at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her research interests include migration, gender, family, and sexuality in Chinese societies. She received her D.Phil. in Sociology from Nuffield College, University of Oxford. She was also a Fulbright Scholar at Department of Sociology, Harvard University, and a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at Asia Research Institute (ARI), National University of Singapore.
Her lead-authored book monograph Masculine Compromise: Migration, Family and Gender in China was published in paperback, hardback and eBook by the University of California Press. The book received the Best Book Award of the International Sociological Association’s Sociology of Migration Section (RC31). In addition, she has published over 40 journal articles in world leading journals, including American Journal of Sociology, Sociology, British Journal of Sociology, Journal of Marriage and Family, Sociology of Health and Illness, the China Quarterly, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies etc. She is currently serving in the editorial boards of Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, and Asian Population Studies. She received the Vice-Chancellor’s Exemplary Teaching Award, Exemplary Teaching Award, Research Mentorship Award, Young Researcher Award, and the Research Excellent Award by the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Current Positions Professor, Department of Sociology Co-Director, The Gender Research Centre, Institute of Asia Pacific Studies The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Educational Background
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1998-2002
D.Phil. in Sociology, Nuffield College, University of Oxford 1997-1998 M Sc. in Sociology, Nuffield College, University of Oxford 1996-1997 MA in Comparative Labour Studies, University of Warwick 1989-1993 BA in Sociology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Major Professional Experiences
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08/16-09/17
Vice-Chair, Department of Sociology, CUHK 08/14-7/15 Vice-Chair, Department of Sociology, CUHK 08/12-07/14 Head, Graduate Division, Department of Sociology, CUHK 08/11- 07/15 Director/Co-Director, Gender Research Centre, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies (HKIAPS), CUHK 01/12- 07/13 Director, Pearl River Delta Social Research Centre, Department of Sociology, CUHK 08/11 – 07/13 Associate Director, Centre for Chinese Family Studies, HKIAPS, CUHK 02/2010-07/11 Associate Director, Gender Research Centre, HKIAPS, CUHK 08/02 – 07/14 Assistant and Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, CUHK 01-07/02 Post-doctoral research fellow, Centre for Health Research, School of Public Health, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg |
Personal contacts
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+852 39436632
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address |
Room 415, Department of Sociology, Sino Building, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, HK
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