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Personal profile
Anita Chan is an Associate Professor at the Department of Social Sciences, EdUHK. As an expert in gender and education, she has examined various gender issues in Hong Kong's education system, including the gendered identities of school girls, university males, primary school teachers, principals, and gender differences in choosing STEM subjects among secondary school students. She is also passionate about family and migration studies and has researched parenting, motherhood, fatherhood, changing families and intimacies, cross-border students, and transnational families. She is a qualitative researcher specializing in in-depth interviews and narrative analysis.
Her publications can be found in journals such as Mobilities; Sociological Research Online; Children and Youth Services Review; Asian Studies Review; International Migration Review; Urban Studies; Journal of Consumer Culture; Gender and Education; and Compare.
Research interests
Her main research interests include the following fields:
- Gender and Masculinities Studies
- Gender and Sexuality issues in Education
- Family Studies
- Migration and Transnational Studies
She has supervised students on topics related to international student mobility; left-behind children in China; gendered identities of male teachers in China; and Muslim women political leaders in Bangladesh
Teaching Interests
She has taught the following courses at various levels:
- Gender and Society (UG)
- Self and Society (UG)
- Love, Intimacy and Families (UG)
- Hong Kong Society (UG)
- Sociology of Education (Master)
- Gender and Education (EdD)
- Qualitative Research Methods (UG; EdD&PhD)
External Appointments
- Independent School Manager for Fanling Kau Yan College (since 2021)
- External Examiner of PhD and MPhil theses for various universities (The Chines University of Hong Kong, Hog Kong Baptist University and Lingnan University, and the University of Hong Kong) (since 2004)
- Research Proposal Reviewer for Public Policy Research Funding Scheme (since 2019)
- Research Proposal Reviewer for Research Grants Council (since 2017)
- Research Proposal Reviewer for General Research Fund Competitive Research Funding for the Local Self-financing Degree Sector under Research Grants Council (since 2015)
- Manuscript Reviewer for various academic journals: Urban Studies (since 2021); Asia Pacific Journal of Education (since 2020); Mobilities (since 2019); Education Journal (since 2018); Political Geography (since 2017); Compare (since 2011); Global Studies of Childhood (since 2011); Families, Relationships and Societies (since 2013)
- External Examiner for The Chinese University of Hong Kong (MA Sociology, Department of Sociology) (2016-19)
- Member of the International Editorial Advisory Board for the journal Families, Relationships and Societies (2012-2018)
- External Examiner for The Open University of Hong Kong (the undergraduate course, ‘Media, Culture and Society’, offered by the School or Arts and Social Sciences) (2014-2016)
- External Examiner for Yew Chung Community College (Associate Degree in Arts, Social Sciences Concentration) (2014-16)
- Member of the Independent Accreditation Panel for t Hang Seng Management College (BSSc Programme (Asian Studies)) (2014-15)
- Accreditation Panel Member for Hong Kong Baptist University (Bachelor of Arts in Liberal and Cultural Studies) (2012-13)
- External Course Assessor for The Open University of Hong Kong (the Li Ka Shing Institute of Professional and Continuing Education) (2012-13)
- Academic Adviser for The Women’s Foundation (Life Skills Programme) (2011 - 2013)
- Committee member for Hong Kong Education Examination Authority (Integrated Humanities Subject Committee) (2007-2011)
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Transnational Ageing and Family Processes among Elderly Hong Kong Parents
CHAN, K. W. A. & Ngan, L. S. L.
01/01/23 → 31/12/25
Project: Research project
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“Loving My Political Opponents”: Political Disagreements and Marital Quality in Hong Kong.
CHAN, K. W. A. & CHEUNG, K. L. A.
01/01/22 → 31/12/25
Project: Research project
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Investigating Hong Kong Students' Aspirations for the Future
CHAN, K. W. A., HO, C. S. M., TANG, H. H. H., HALSE, C. M., CHIU, C. S., BANERJEE, B., CHIU, M. M., GUBE, J. C. C., GAO, F. & NG, F. S. I.
19/03/20 → 18/09/20
Project: Research project
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Remaking Chinese Families: Narratives and Practices of Adoptive Families in Hong Kong
01/01/20 → 31/12/22
Project: Research project
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Everyday out-of-school lifeworlds look like this: Children’s activities in three global cities
BARTHOLOMAEUS, C., CHAN, K. W. A., YELLAND, N., KARTHIKEYAN, N. & SOO, L. M. J., 2023, Childhood, learning & everyday life in three Asia-Pacific cities: Experiences from Melbourne, Hong Kong and Singapore. LEE, I-F., SALTMARSH, S. & YELLAND, N. (eds.). Singapore: Springer, p. 107-133Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapters
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Exploring children's out-of-school lifeworlds: Video re-enactments with children in three global cities
YELLAND, N., BARTHOLOMAEUS, C. & CHAN, K. W. A., Jun 2023, In: Qualitative Research Journal. 23, 4, p. 385-396Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
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Gender equality or just more involved fathering? A critical examination of the division of childcare in Hong Kong’s professional middle-class families
NGAN, L. L. S. & CHAN, K. W. A., May 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Community, Work & Family.Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
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Negotiating masculinity in a post-socialist society: The case of Chinese male nurses
CHAN, K. W. A. & FANG, T. S., Jun 2023, In: Sociological Research Online. 28, 2, p. 303-319Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
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Spatialising domestic practices: Hong Kong women’s life stories of domesticity and their disjunctive modern womanhood
CHOI, K. W. Y., CHAN, K. W. A. & CHAN, A. H. N., Jul 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Gender, Place & Culture.Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
Prizes
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Best Research Leader Award 2009
CHAN, Kit Wa, Anita 陳潔華 (Recipient), 15 Oct 2009
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Emerald Literati Network Awards - 2018 Highly Commended Award
CHAN, Kit Wa, Anita 陳潔華 (Recipient), Ngan, Lok Sun, Lucille (Recipient), Wong, K.W. Anthony (Recipient) & Chan, W.S. (Recipient), 29 May 2018
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Excellence in Teaching Award 2009-10
CHAN, Kit Wa, Anita 陳潔華 (Recipient), 31 May 2010
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Outstanding Paper Award for Hong Kong Studies Annual Conference 2017/2018
CHAN, Kit Wa, Anita 陳潔華 (Recipient) & NGAN, Lok Sum Lucille (Recipient), 13 Dec 2018
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