Curriculum Vitae

DR. CHARITY LEE CHIN AI

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

BIOGRAPHY

Charity Lee is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Languages & Linguistics, University of 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. Some ongoing research projects include arts-based narrative research among refugees, doctor-patient communication in primary healthcare consultations and communication practices of journalists relating to the Sustainable Development Goals (Erasmus+ CBHE Grant). 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 any topics employing discourse analysis, particularly narrative analysis, approaches, social action research and arts-based research.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • DISCOURSE AND PRAGMATICS
    Medical Discourse
  • APPLIED LINGUISTICS
    German Language Learning
  • MIGRATION
  • DISCOURSE AND PRAGMATICS
    Narrative Analysis
  • DISCOURSE AND PRAGMATICS
    Critical Discourse Analysis

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

  • Department Representative - Postgraduate Commitee (JKIT)
    05 Aug 2016 - present (Department of Asian and European Languages, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics)
  • Committee Members
    06 Dec 2021 - 05 Dec 2023 (Department of Asian and European Languages, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics)
  • Committee Members
    01 Feb 2022 - 31 Jan 2023 (Department of Asian and European Languages, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics)
  • Committee Members
    16 Feb 2022 - 29 Jul 2022 (National)
  • RESEARCH COORDINATOR
    04 Mar 2021 - 03 Mar 2022 (Dean Office, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics)
  • Committee member, Committee of Internal Audit
    06 Dec 2019 - 05 Dec 2021 (Dean Office, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics)
  • Panel member: University Disciplinary Committee
    03 Feb 2020 - 02 Feb 2021 (University Malaya)
  • Employability and Industrial Training Co-ordinator
    05 Aug 2016 - 30 Jul 2018 (Department of Asian and European Languages, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics)
  • Acting Head of Department
    01 Apr 2017 - 11 May 2017 (Department of Asian and European Languages, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics)
  • Steering Committee of 6th University of Malaysia Discourse & Society International Conference (UMDS) 2017, University Malay
    20 Mar 2017 - 31 Dec 2017 (International)
  • Committee Member of PSAR Self-Assessment Report, University of Malaya
    02 Jan 2017 - 19 May 2017 (Department of Asian and European Languages, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics)

AWARD AND STEWARDSHIP

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

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
WoS
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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. (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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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. Zhang, Q., Lee, C., & Halim, H. A. (2022). Wuthering Heights three Chinese translated versions reception in China: Translation, publication, and dissemination. JOALL (Journal of Applied Linguistics and Literature), 7(2), 444 -461. (SCOPUS)
  2. 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. (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
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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
  5. 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
Article in Proceeding
  1. Charity Lee and Zuraidah Mohd Don. 2012. Victim or Outsiders? The discursive representation of asylum seekers and refugees in two Malaysian migrant exchange deals. Inter-Disciplinary.Net

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 ( Co-Inventor)
  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) ( Co-Inventor)

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)
ORAL PRESENTER
  1. Exploring the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on Hospital Pharmacists in Malaysia, International Teleconference on Technology and Policy for Supporting Implementation of COVID-19 Recovery Plan in Southeast Asia (ITTP-COVID19), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia & Universitas Indonesia (International) (06 Aug 2021 - 08 Aug 2021)
  2. Does a web-based patient agenda list improve satisfaction in primary care consultations? A cluster-RCT, Asia Pacific Primary Care Research Conference 2021, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University (International) (16 Jul 2021 - 17 Jul 2021)
  3. 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)
  4. Reflections on using discourse analysis approaches in arts-based research among refugee youths, 7th University of Malaya International Conference on Discourse and Society, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, University of Malaya (International) (01 Aug 2019 - 02 Aug 2019)
  5. 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)
  6. NAVIGATING STIGMA: A NARRATIVE ANALYSIS OF REFUGEE STORIES, 10th Malaysia International Conference on Languages, Literatures and Cultures (MICOLLAC): Engaging Diversity, Charting Trajectories, Department of English, Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication, Universiti Putra Malaysia (International) (14 Aug 2018 - 16 Aug 2018)
  7. Navigating Stigma: Narratives of Refugee Experience in Malaysia, 24th International Conference of the International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies (lAICS), College of Communication, DePaul University and International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies (International) (05 Jul 2018 - 08 Jul 2018)
  8. Identity in Transition: A Narrative Analysis of Refugees Living in Malaysia, 5th Discourse and Society International Conference 2015 (UMDS 2015): Discourse and Identity in Asia, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, University of Malaya (International) (14 Nov 2015 - 16 Nov 2015)
  9. 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)
  10. Media as a space for political views on refugees and asylum seekers: Representing the Other as victim, Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice (ALAPP 2013): Collaborating across Disciplinary and Professional Boundaries, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics and the Humanities, University of Malaya (International) (12 Dec 2013 - 14 Dec 2013)
  11. 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)
PRESENTER
  1. Refugee identity and belonging in Malaysia: An analysis of positioning through narratives of two Malaysian born Myanmar refugees, Georgetown University Graduate Student Conference: Conceptualizing, Investigating, and Practicing Multilingualism and Multiculturalism , Georgetown University Initiative for Multilingual Studies and the Department of German (International) (27 Feb 2015 - 28 Feb 2015)
  2. The Representation of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in the Australia-Malaysia asylum deal, University of Malaya Conference on Discourse and Society 2012. Transforming scholarship: Setting a new agenda for research and teaching in language studies, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, University of Malaya (International) (27 Jun 2012 - 29 Jun 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)

ACADEMIC/PROF. SERVICES

Evaluation
  1. (2022) The Representation of Malays in Singapore: a Mixed-Method Discourse Analysis of The Straits Times, International, (Reviewer)
  2. (2022) Policing The Pandemic: Migrants and Trafficked Persons in Malaysia, National, (Reviewer)
  3. (2020) Reviewer for Kajian Malaysia , (Reviewer)
  4. (2020) Reviewer for GEMA Online Journal of Language Studies, (Reviewer)
  5. (2019) Reviewer for Discourse, Context and Media (Journal) , (Reviewer)
  6. (2018) Reviewer for Journal of Modern Languages, Faculty of Languages & Linguistics, University of Malaya. , (Reviewer)
  7. (2017) Reviewer for The Journal of the South East Asia Research Centre for Communication and the Humanities (SEARCH) , (Reviewer)
  8. (2017) Internal Examiner for MA Theses , (Internal Examiner)
  9. (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
Contribution to event
  1. (2022) Medical Humanities Webinar Series, University, (Panelist/Moderator)
  2. (2022) Speaker for Mdrg Research Talk Series, National, (Panelist/Moderator)

SUPERVISION

Postgraduate Student
PhD/ Doctoral
  1. (2023) Translator Evaluation in The Translation of A Self Helpbook, PHOEBE LIM IAN YEE
  2. (2023) Linguistic Construction of Rape, Victims and Rapists in the Malaysian English Press, LOSHNI NAIR
  3. (2023) A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF TREATMENT DECISION MAKING IN OUTPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC CONSULTATIONS FOR PATIENTS WITH MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, NOR HAZILA BINTI MAT LAZIM
  4. (2023) Ethical Aspects of Translation: With the English Translation of Chinese Classics as Example, ZHOU XIAOTING
  5. (2023) Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights in China：Translation, Dissemination and Significance, QINGQING ZHANG
  6. (2019) Sharing decisions in outpatient psychiatric consultations involving antidepressant medication in major depressive disorder, NOR HAZILA BINTI MAT LAZIM
  7. (2019) Identity Construction in the Narratives of Depression on Weibo, Chen Yating
  8. (2019) Representation of Childless Women in Malaysia: A Study of Personal Narratives, NOR AZYYATI BINTI MD SAAD
  9. (2018) A Multimodal Discourse Analysis on the China Hunan Mango TV Reality Show-X-Change, MS.LIN ZHILI
  10. (2016) Media Representation of Foreign Domestic Helpers in Malaysia, Sheren Khalid Abdul Razzaq
  11. (2016) AN ANALYSIS OF THE TEXTUAL ADDITION IN PARENTHESES STRATEGY IN THE TRANSLATION OF A QURANIC TEXT, MOHAMMAD AMIN Y. H. AL-HAWAMDEH
Master
  1. (2023) LEGITIMATION STRATEGIES IN DONALD TRUMP’S SPEECHES ON THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT, MUATH O. J. SEYAM
  2. (2023) A comparative analysis of the nomadic living experience of the Belarus-Poland crisis refugees by renounced global news agencies: Al-Jazeera and BBC News., Nur Amalia Athifah Azmi
  3. (2019) The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in Donald Trump's Discourse, Muath O. J. Seyam
  4. (2019) A CORPUS-ASSISTED DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF THE REPRESENTATION OF THE 2017 ROHINGYA CRISIS IN THE DAILY STAR, SHARUFATUN NAHAR
  5. (2018) The representation of political coalitions in The Star newspaper before, during and after Malaysia's 14th General Election: A Corpus-assisted discourse analysis, SHAKTI KAUR KHALSA
  6. (2018) Discourse Analysis of the Representation of Rohingya Refugees in Bangladeshi media, TANJINA AKTER ETY
  7. (2016) THE USE OF THEME AND THEMATIC PROGRESSION TO CONVEY NATIONAL UNITY IN MALAYSIAN NEWSPAPER ARTICLES, YEO HUI LENG
Under Graduate Students
  1. (2021) Final Year Project

TEACHING

Doctor Of Philosophy
  1. (2021) TVX8001 - Research Methodology
Master
  1. (2021) TOX7008 - Critical Discourse Analysis
  2. (2021) TOX7007 - Discourse Analysis
  3. (2020) TOX7008 - Master
  4. (2017) TOX7008 - Critical Discourse Analysis
  5. (2017) TXGX6106 - Research Methodology
  6. (2017) TXGX6106 - Research Methodology
Bachelor
  1. (2023) TIG3004 - Analysing Texts in German Language
  2. (2023) TIG3005 - Historical Development of The German Language
  3. (2023) TIG3011 - Two-Way Translation in German Ii
  4. (2021) TIG3004 - Analysing Texts in German Language
  5. (2021) TIG2004 - German Language and Civilisation I
  6. (2021) TIG2007 - German Language Speaking Skills Ii
  7. (2021) TIG3001 - Morphology of German
  8. (2021) TIG2003 - Phonetics and Phonology of German
  9. (2021) TIG3002 - Syntax of German
  10. (2021) TIG3003 - Two-Way Translation in German I
  11. (2020) TIG3011 - Two-Way Translation in German Ii
  12. (2020) TIG1001 - Bachelor/First Degree
  13. (2019) TIG1002 - German Language Skills Level Ii
  14. (2019) TIG3001 - Morphology of German
  15. (2019) TIG3002 - Syntax of German
  16. (2019) TIG3003 - Two-Way Translation in German I
  17. (2018) TBEG2141 - Phonetics & Phonology of The German Language
  18. (2018) TBEG3143 - Practice in Translation (German I)
  19. (2018) TBEG3158 - Evolution and Varieties of German
  20. (2018) TIG1005 - German Language Speaking Skills I
  21. (2017) TBEG3141 - German Language Discourse
  22. (2017) TBEG3152 - Syntax of The German Language
  23. (2017) TBEG4180 - Final Year Academic Project (German)
  24. (2017) TIG1001 - German Language Skills Level I

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)