Curriculum Vitae

DR. CHARITY LEE CHIN AI

Senior Lecturer
  • Department of Asian and European Languages
    Faculty of Languages and Linguistics
  • charity.lee
  • 0379673045

BIOGRAPHY

Charity Lee is currently Senior Lecturer and Deputy Dean (Research and Innovation) at the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Universiti Malaya. Her main areas of research include narrative analysis and discourse analysis, particularly involving social practices surrounding migrant and vulnerable groups, as well as narrative methodology. Her research also includes communication practices in media, politics, and healthcare. More recently, she has begun employing participatory and arts-based methods in her work with vulnerable groups. She has published in Sociological Research Online; Discourse, Context and Media; Discourse and Society; Emotion, Space and Society; Patient Education and Counseling; International Journal of Medical Informatics; and Perspectives - Studies in Translation Theory and Practice.

She teaches German linguistics at the undergraduate level and a range of discourse analysis approaches at the post-graduate levels. She welcomes supervision of postgraduate students on topics relating to healthcare and forced migration employing discourse analysis, particularly narrative analysis approaches, participatory action research and arts-based research.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • MASTER DEGREE, (Translation)
    University of Manchester (uom)
  • IJAZAH SARJANA MUDA BAHASA & LINGUISTIK (BAHASA JERMAN) (KEPUJIAN), (Language and Linguistics)
    Universiti Malaya (um)
  • PhD, (Discourse Analysis)
    Universiti Malaya (um)

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES

  • Deputy Dean (research & Innovation)
    01 Jan 2025 - present (Deputy Dean's (research & Innovation) Office, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics)
  • Task Force Member
    01 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2025 (Faculty)
  • Task Force Member
    16 Oct 2024 - 15 Oct 2025 (University Malaya)
  • Panel Auditor Panel Dalaman sempena Audit Tatakelola Dana Penyelidikan
    10 Sep 2024 - 09 Sep 2025 (University Malaya)
  • Acting Head of Department
    01 Apr 2017 - 11 May 2017 (Department of Asian and European Languages, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics)

MEMBERSHIPS

  • INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF PAIN (IASP), MEMBER
    2025 to present (International)
  • MEMBER OF CENTRE OF DISCOURSE STUDIES, MEMBER
    2025 to present (International)
  • MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL PRAGMATICS ASSOCIATION, MEMBER
    2025 to 2025 (International)
  • MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF FORCED MIGRATION (IASFM), MEMBER
    2024 to present (International)
  • MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL PRAGMATICS ASSOCIATION, MEMBER
    2024 to 2024 (International)

AWARD AND STEWARDSHIP

  • 3rd Cohort of the Asia Pacific Women in Leadership (APWiL) Mentoring Program
    2022, APRU, International
  • Winner - University of Malaya 3-minute Thesis Competition (ptj Level)
    2014, University of Malaya,  (Ptj/ Faculty)
  • 1st Runner Up - University of Malaya 3-minute Thesis Competition (university Level Finals)
    2014, University of Malaya,  (University)
  • Departmental Subject Prize in German Language 2005
    2005, University of Malaya,  (Department)
  • University Book Prize 2005
    2005, University of Malaya,  (University)

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
WoS
  1. Lazim, Nor Hazila Mat; Syed, Ayeshah; Lee, Charity; Abousheishaa, Aya Ahmed; Guan, Ng Chong (2024). Using decision support tools for treatment decision making about antidepressants in outpatient psychiatric consultations, PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING. 124. doi:10.1016/j.pec.2024.108266
  2. Lin, Zhili; Lee, Charity; Kaur, Surinderpal (2024). The socialization of nationalist and socialist values: Construction of the model youth in a Chinese reality TV show, CHINA INFORMATION. . doi:10.1177/0920203X241241370
  3. Lee, Yew Kong; Ng, Chirk Jenn; Syahirah, Mohamed Reza; Malik, Tun Firzara Abdul; Chiew, Thiam Kian; Lee, Ping Yein; Abdullah, Adina; Lee, Charity; Khaizura, Khalid; Ahmad, Mohd Yamin; Ahmad, Mohamad Zahir (2022). Effectiveness of a web-based, electronic medical records-integrated patient agenda tool to improve doctor-patient communication in primary care consultations: A pragmatic cluster-randomized controlled trial study, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INFORMATICS. 162. doi:10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2022.104761
  4. Man, D. L., Mo, A. P., Chau, M. H., O'Toole, J. M., & Lee, C. (2020). Translation technology adoption: evidence from a postgraduate programme for student translators in China. Perspectives-Studies in Translation Theory and Practice, 28(2), 253-270. doi: 10.1080/0907676x.2019.1677730
  5. Don, Z. M., Lee, C. (2014). Representing immigrants as illegals, threats and victims in Malaysia: Elite voices in the media, Discourse Society. 25(6), 687-705
Scopus
  1. Lee C. (2025). Democratising Research Practices With Unaccompanied Refugee Young People Using Participatory Arts-Based Methods, Sociological Research Online. . doi:10.1177/13607804241311473
  2. Chen Y., Ang P.S., Lee C. (2024). Affective incapacity of the depressed self: Evidence from a narrative study of an online depression community on Weibo, Emotion, Space and Society. 53. doi:10.1016/j.emospa.2024.101041
  3. Chen Y., Lee C., Ang P.S. (2024). Perspectivization in the thematic exploration of atypical depressive self-talk in an unmanaged online depression community on Weibo, Discourse, Context and Media. 62. doi:10.1016/j.dcm.2024.100820
  4. Lin Z., Lee C., Kaur S. (2024). The socialization of nationalist and socialist values: Construction of the model youth in a Chinese reality TV show, China Information. . doi:10.1177/0920203X241241370
  5. Mat Lazim N.H., Syed A., Lee C., Ahmed Abousheishaa A., Chong Guan N. (2024). Using decision support tools for treatment decision making about antidepressants in outpatient psychiatric consultations, Patient Education and Counseling. 124. doi:10.1016/j.pec.2024.108266
  6. Lee C. (2023). #KitaJagaKita: (De)legitimising the Government During the 2020 Movement Control Order, Asia in Transition. 18, 229-249. doi:10.1007/978-981-19-5334-7_12
  7. Lee C. (2023). NARRATIVES OF RESISTANCE TOWARDS STIGMATISED REFUGEE IDENTITIES IN MALAYSIA, International Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies. 19(2), 81-108. doi:10.21315/ijaps2023.19.2.4
  8. Lee C. (2023). Participatory arts-based research among refugee children in Malaysia, The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Participatory Inquiry in Transnational Research Contexts. , 79-96. doi:10.4324/9781003207672-8
  9. Rajandran K., Lee C. (2023). Politics in Malaysia: A Discourse Perspective, Asia in Transition. 18, 1-15. doi:10.1007/978-981-19-5334-7_1
  10. Zhang Q., Lee C., Halim H.A. (2023). The Reception of Wuthering Heights in China: English-Chinese Translation, Dissemination, and Adaptation, World Journal of English Language. 13(2), 374-383. doi:10.5430/wjel.v13n2p374
  11. Lee Y.K., Ng C.J., Syahirah M.R., Abdul Malik T.F., Chiew T.K., Lee P.Y., Abdullah A., Lee C., Khaizura K., Ahmad M.Y., Ahmad M.Z. (2022). Effectiveness of a web-based, electronic medical records-integrated patient agenda tool to improve doctor-patient communication in primary care consultations: A pragmatic cluster-randomized controlled trial study, International Journal of Medical Informatics. 162. doi:10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2022.104761
  12. Lee, C. (2020). Negotiating dual identities: A case study on the narratives of two myanmar refugee youths living in Malaysia. Kajian Malaysia, 38(2), 61-90. doi: 10.21315/km2020.38.2.3
  13. Man, D., Mo, A., Chau, M. H., O Toole, J. M., & Lee, C. (2020). Translation technology adoption: evidence from a postgraduate programme for student translators in China. Perspectives: Studies in Translation Theory and Practice, 28(2), 253-270. doi:10.1080/0907676X.2019.1677730
Others
  1. Chen, Y., Lee, C., & Ang, P. S. (2024). The Connection between Pronouns and Distorted Thinking: Depressed Selves in an Online Depression Community. Journal of Modern Languages, 34(1), 32–53. https://doi.org/10.22452/jml.vol34no1.3
  2. Lin, Z., Kaur, S., & Lee, C. (2024). Multimodal Representations of Rural-Urban Divide on Reality TV: The Case of X-Change. Journal of Modern Languages, 34(1), 54–77. https://doi.org/10.22452/jml.vol34no1.4
  3. Khalid, S., Kaur, S. and Lee, C. (2020) Media Representation of Online Maid Hiring System (SMO): A Critical Discourse Analysis, Media Education (Mediaobrazovanie), 60(3): 394-403. (WoS)
Books
  1. Rajandran, K., & Lee, C. (2022) Discursive Approaches to Politics: Legitimizing Governance. Singapore: Springer.
Chapter in Books
  1. Lee, C. (2025). Securitising the Allah ‘Socks’ Issue: Competing Religious-Political Discourses in the KK Mart Case. In K. Rajandran & Siti Nurnadilla Mohamad Jamil (Eds.), Race, Religion, Royalty in Malaysia: Discursively Reproduced, Resisted, Renegotiated. Palgrave Macmillan. https://link.springer.com/book/9783031949845
  2. Lee, C., Riget, P. N., & Danailova, A. G. (2024). Teachers’ Perceptions of the Foreign Language Teacher Education (Flte) Programme: A Case of Malaysian Public University. In Nor Shahila Mansor & Rozita Che Omar (Eds.), Reimagining Foreign Language Education in Malaysia Through Technology And Cultural Insights (pp. 123-136). Universiti Malaya Press.
  3. Lee, C. (2023). #KitaJagaKita: (De)legitimising the Government During the 2020 Movement Control Order. In K. Rajandran & C. Lee (Eds.), Discursive Approaches to Politics in Malaysia: Legitimising Governance (pp. 229-249). Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5334-7_12
  4. Lee, C. Participatory Arts-Based Research among Refugee Children in Malaysia. In The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Participatory Inquiry in Transnational Research Contexts (pp. 79-96). Routledge.
  5. Rajandran, K. & Lee, C. (2022) Politics in Malaysia: A Discourse Perspective. In K. Rajandran & C. Lee (Eds.), Discursive Approaches to Politics: Legitimizing Governance. Singapore: Springer.
  6. Lee C., Mohd Don Z. (2021) Belonging and Identity in the Narratives of Two Second-Generation Refugee Youths in Malaysia. In: Ibrahim Z., Richards G., King V.T. (eds) Discourses, Agency and Identity in Malaysia. Asia in Transition, Vol 13. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4568-3_14
  7. Lee, C. (2019). Representing Migration in ASEAN: Challenges to Regional Integration. In A. Idris & N. Kamaruddin (Eds.), ASEAN Post-50: Emerging Issues and Challenges (pp. 135-154). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-8043-3_7

RESEARCH PROJECT

National
  1. 2018 - 2021, RU Geran - Fakulti Program
    The Values In Shared Interactions Tool (visit) For Integrating Patient Agendas Into Consultations: A Single-centre Block-randomized Trial ( Co-Researcher)
  2. 2017 - 2020, Bantuan Kecil Penyelidikan (BKP)
    Searching for home at home: Personal narratives of the stateless in Malaysia ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  3. 2017 - 2019, Bantuan Kecil Penyelidikan (BKP)
    German Language In Public Higher Education Institutions In Malaysia - Status Quo, Needs And Demands ( Co-Researcher)
  4. 2012 - 2013, Geran Penyelidikan Universiti Malaya (UMRG) - SBS (Equitable Society)
    Dynamics of Representation in Public and Private Space: Refugees in the Malaysian Media ( Co-Researcher)
  5. 2019 - 2021, Academy of Family Physicians Malaysia research grant
    Developing a Malaysian Model of Primary Care Consultations ( Consultant)
International
  1. 2019 - 2024, International Funding
    Sustainable Development Goals In Journalism Reporting (sdgsjr) ( Principal Investigator(PI))
University
  1. 2024 - 2025, University Grant
    Reducing Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure through a Community-based Leprosy Awareness Program in the Penan Villages of the Upper Baram region, Sarawak ( Co-Researcher)

CONSULTANCY PROJECT

  • Invited Roundtable Guest: Unhcr S Expert Roundtable Discussion: Employing Refugees in Malaysia: a Win-win for All?, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
    01 Nov 2016 - 01 Nov 2016 (National)

PAPER PRESENTED

PLENARY SPEAKER
  1. Active Language Learning in the Digital Age, International Faculty Development Programme on "Pedagogical Shift from Text to Hypertext: Language and Literature to the Digital Natives", Department of English, Sri S. Ramasamy Naidu Memorial College, Sattur, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics dan Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Malaya) (International) (13 Sep 2021 - 16 Sep 2021)
INVITED SPEAKER
  1. DEMOCRATISING RESEARCH PRACTICES WITH UNACCOMPANIED REFUGEE YOUNG PEOPLE USING PARTICIPATORY ARTS-BASED METHODS, 20th International Association For The Study Of Forced Migration Conference, RDI Urban Refugee Research Group & Universitas Gadjah Mada (International) (21 Jan 2025 - 23 Jan 2025)
  2. Communication Skills in Organ Donation Conversations, 27TH ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING OF THE MALAYSIAN SOCIETY OF TRANSPLANTATION, Malaysian Society of Transplantation (MST) (International) (10 May 2024 - 11 May 2024)
ORAL PRESENTER
  1. Discourse analysis approaches in arts-based research among refugee youths, Approaches To Language, Migration & Identity 2021 (AMLI2021), University of Sussex (International) (09 Jun 2021 - 11 Jun 2021)
  2. A Multi-Approach Storytelling Workshop: Participatory Action Research Among Unaccompanied Refugee Minors, The ASB-UNHCR Research Workshop on Refugee Issues and Forced Migration, Asia School of Business (ASB) and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) (International) (23 Jul 2019 - 24 Jul 2019)
  3. Refugee identity and belonging in Malaysia: An analysis of positioning through narratives of two Malaysian born Myanmar refugees, 5th International Conference Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis across Disciplines (CADAAD), Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines (CADAAD) (International) (01 Sep 2014 - 03 Sep 2014)
  4. Heroes, Victims and Villains: The discursive representation of asylum seekers and refugees in the Australia-Malaysia asylum deal, 4th Global Conference: Strangers, Aliens and Foreigners, interdisciplinary.net (International) (21 Sep 2012 - 23 Sep 2012)
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
  1. DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS: APPROACHING FAMILIES FOR ORGAN DONATION, MEDICAL LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS WEBINAR SERIES, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Language & Linguistics, and Medical Humanities & Ethics Unit (MedHEU) (National) (30 Nov 2023 - 30 Nov 2023)
  2. Difficult Conversations: Open Disclosure Following Adverse Events, Medical Humanities and Ethics Unit (MedHEU) Difficult Conversations Webinar Series, Medical Humanities and Ethics Unit (MedHEU) & Faculty of Languages and Linguistics (National) (03 Dec 2022 - 03 Dec 2022)

ACADEMIC/ PROF. SERVICES

Evaluation
  1. (2020) Reviewer for Kajian Malaysia , (Reviewer)
  2. (2020) Reviewer for GEMA Online Journal of Language Studies, (Reviewer)
  3. (2019) Reviewer for Discourse, Context and Media (Journal) , (Reviewer)
  4. (2018) Reviewer for Journal of Modern Languages, Faculty of Languages & Linguistics, University of Malaya. , (Reviewer)
  5. (2017) Reviewer for The Journal of the South East Asia Research Centre for Communication and the Humanities (SEARCH) , (Reviewer)
  6. (2017) Internal Examiner for MA Theses , (Internal Examiner)
  7. (2017) Internal Examiner for PhD Candidate , (Internal Examiner)
Contribution to external organisation
  1. (2019) ENTREPRENEURSHIP AMONG URBAN LOW-INCOME YOUTH IN MALAYSIA , Asia School of Business
  2. (2018) Speaker at Peer-Mentoring Sharing Session (ASPIRE Workshop Programme), Academic Enhancement and Leadership Development Centre (ADeC), University of Malaya, University
  3. (2018) Research and Publication Seminar - Navigating Stigma: A Narrative Analysis of Refugee Stories, Research and Development Office, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics

SUPERVISION

Postgraduate Student
PhD/ Doctoral
  1. (2024) Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights in China：Translation, Dissemination and Significance, QINGQING ZHANG
  2. (2024) Anticipating and Negotiating Blame in Rape Narratives, LOSHNI NAIR
  3. (2024) THE CHANGING MEANING OF TERM OF “POLITICS” IN MODERN CHINA, WU SICAN
  4. (2024) A Comparative Study of Treatment Decision Making in Outpatient Psychiatric Consultations for Patients with Major Depressive Disorder, NOR HAZILA BINTI MAT LAZIM
  5. (2024) Narrative Representations of Childless Women in Malaysia, NOR AZYYATI BINTI MD SAAD
  6. (2024) Translator Evaluation in The Translation of A Self Helpbook, PHOEBE LIM IAN YEE
  7. (2023) Emotion and the Self in the Depression Narratives of an Online Community on Weibo, CHEN YATING
  8. (2023) Urban -Rural Divide in China Reality TV show X-Change from a Multimodal Discourse Perspective, LIN ZHILI
  9. (2016) Media Representation of Foreign Domestic Helpers in Malaysia, Sheren Khalid Abdul Razzaq
  10. (2016) AN ANALYSIS OF THE TEXTUAL ADDITION IN PARENTHESES STRATEGY IN THE TRANSLATION OF A QURANIC TEXT, MOHAMMAD AMIN Y. H. AL-HAWAMDEH

TEACHING

Master
  1. (2024) TOX7015 - Approaches to Discourse Analysis

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ACTIVITIES

  • Volunteer Teacher At Pelangi Kasih English Camp for Rohingya Refugee Children, (24 Jul 2017 - 28 Jul 2017)
  • Unhcr Volunteer (teacher At Refugee Schools), (01 May 2011 - 31 May 2012)