Migrant transnationalism, especially Chinese/Asian migratory transnationalism Research and theory in the area of human movement mobility Chinese migration literature Migrant integration issues Migrant sexuality Migrant interaction with host country societies Issues that relate to ethnic relations between migrant minorities and mainstream/or indigenous people Media influence on ethnic relations

Doctor of Philosophy - University of Auckland (2011) Master of Arts (First Class Honours) - University of Auckland (2006) Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - University of Auckland (2005) Bachelor of Arts - University of Auckland (2003)

Second language teaching and acquisition Corpus linguistics Teaching Chinese as a Second Language Translation and interpretation Mobile and Computer Assisted Language Learning