I joined University of Strathclyde as a Teaching Associate in September 2018. Before joining Strathclyde, I worked as an Associate Lecturer for the Department of Psychological Sciences at Birkbeck, University of London, an Associate Academic in Psychology for The University of Derby Online Learning, and a Graduate Teaching Assistant for The University of Sheffield. I also worked as a part-time tutor at Sheffield Confucius Institute and Lifelong Learning, Skills & Communities in Sheffield City Council, teaching Taichi and Chinese calligraphy with a particular focus on promoting mental health well-being. Before coming to the UK, I was a certificated psychological counsellor in China and worked as a psychological teacher in a local primary school. Since 2011, I have written short stories for several Chinese children and teenager magazines and my first children’s book has been published in 2016. 

I teach on BA Psychology, BSc Psychology and Counselling, and MSc Psychology with a specialistion in Business (conversion) programmes. I contribute to the following classes:

B9201 Positive & Humanistic Psychology (Class Leader)

C8305 Development (Class Leader)

C8981 & C8923 Social & Developmental Psychology (Class Leader)

B9200 Introduction to Mental Health Difficulties

B9202 Theories of Counselling and Psychotherapy

C8983 Empirical Project

C8203 Introduction to Research Design and Analysis

C8307 Social Psychology

C8321 Research Methods and Data Analyses

C8426 & C8427 Psychology Dissertation

Chartered Psychologist, British Psychological Society

Registered Member, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy

Counsellor Member, Counselling and Psychotherapy in Scotland

Associate Fellow, Higher Education Academy

Primary School Teacher (Chinese), Ministry of Education (China)