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Faculty Updates
Promotion
We are pleased to announce the promotion of the following staff members in the Faculty:
From Professor to Chair Professor
- Prof. HU Guangwei (ENGL)
From Associate Professor to Professor
- Prof. William FENG (ENGL)
From Assistant Professor to Associate Professor
- Prof. CHEN Si Sarah (LST)
- Prof. LIU Ming (LST)
- Prof. Lydia CATEDRAL (ENGL)
From Lecturer to Senior Lecturer
- Dr Rickey LU (ENGL)
New Appointment
We are pleased to welcome the following academic staff members who took up new full-time positions between 1 January and 30 June 2026.
Department of Chinese History and Culture
- Dr SHI Liu (Research Assistant Professor)
Department of English and Communication
- Prof. Paul BAKER (Professor)
- Prof. Steve MARSHALL (Professor)
Department of Language Science and Technology
- Dr CHAI Bo (Research Assistant Professor)
- Dr GU Chanyuan (Research Assistant Professor)
- Dr LU Qi (Research Assistant Professor)
- Dr NG Si Ioi (Research Assistant Professor)
Retirement
We would like to express our heartiest thanks to Dr Jack CHUN and Prof. HUANG Chu-Ren from the Department of Language Science and Technology and Prof. Kathleen AHRENS from the Department of English and Communication, on their recent retirement, for their invaluable contributions to the Faculty. We wish them good health and happy days in their retirement!
