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CURRICULUM VITAE

DR. CHARITY LEE CHIN AI
DR. CHARITY LEE CHIN AI
Senior Lecturer
Department of Asian and European Languages
Faculty of Languages and Linguistics
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BIOGRAPHY

Charity Lee is Senior Lecturer and Deputy Dean (Research and Innovation) at the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, Universiti Malaya. A discourse and narrative analyst, she studies how language decides who is heard and who is spoken for in the lives of migrant, stateless and other marginalised communities. Her research runs across three connected strands: forced migration and statelessness in Malaysia and the region; health communication, spanning doctor–patient consultations, organ donation campaigns and online depression narratives; and, more recently, participatory and arts-based methods as a means of decolonising and democratising research with vulnerable groups.

She is lead author of Analysing Forced Migration: A Discourse-informed Approach (Springer, 2026) and co-editor of Discursive Approaches to Politics: Legitimizing Governance (Springer, 2022), and has published in Sociological Research Online; Discourse & Society; Discourse, Context and Media; Emotion, Space and Society; Patient Education and Counseling; and the International Journal of Medical Informatics, among others. She was Principal Investigator of the Erasmus+ project Sustainable Development Goals in Journalism Reporting, and collaborates with partners in Europe, China and Southeast Asia.

She teaches German linguistics at undergraduate level and discourse analysis at postgraduate level, and welcomes supervision enquiries in forced migration, health communication, narrative analysis, participatory action research and arts-based methods.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • MIGRATION
    Social Sciences, Sociology, Sociology Of Development
  • HEALTH COMMUNICATION
    Social Sciences, Media And Communications, Specialist Topics In Media And Communication
  • DISCOURSE STUDIES (INCLUDING CRITICAL LINGUISTICS, TEXT LINGUISTICS, MEDIATED DISCOURSE ANALYSIS, CDA, GENRE STUDIES, GENRE ANALYSIS, CONVERSATION ANALYSIS, SOCIAL INTERACTIONS ANALYSIS (MACRO AND MICRO), SEMIOTICS, MULTIMODALITY, HEALTH DISCOURSE, PROFESSIONAL DISCOURSE, SOCIAL MEDIA DAN PUBLIC DISCOURSE)
    Humanities, Linguistics, Linguistics And Applied Linguistic
  • CARING AND EQUITABLE SOCIETY
    Human And Societal Resilency, Psychological Needs
  • SOCIAL COHESION AND NATIONAL UNITY
    Human And Societal Resilency, Psychological Needs
  • SOCIAL EQUALITY AND EQUITY
    Human And Societal Resilency, Human And Societal Actualisation
  • RESEARCH CAPACITY
    Advancement Of Knowledge And Learning, Knowledge Generation And Expansion

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 2026 - present (Deputy Dean's (research & Innovation) Office, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics)
  • Task Force member for the Transformative Educators' Development (TRANSCEND) Programme
    05 May 2026 - 31 Dec 2026 (University Malaya)
  • Deputy Dean (research & Innovation)
    01 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2025 (Deputy Dean's (research & Innovation) Office, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics)
  • Panel Auditor Panel Dalaman sempena Audit Tatakelola Dana Penyelidikan
    10 Sep 2024 - 09 Sep 2025 (University Malaya)
  • Panel Audit Dalaman sempena Audit Tatakelola Dana Penyelidikan
    16 Oct 2024 - 28 Oct 2024 (University Malaya)
  • Panel member: University Disciplinary Committee
    03 Feb 2020 - 02 Feb 2021 (University Malaya)
  • Acting Head of Department
    01 Apr 2017 - 11 May 2017 (Department of Asian and European Languages, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics)

MEMBERSHIPS

  • MALAYSIAN ASSOCIATION OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS (MAAL), MEMBER
    2026 to 2026 (National)
  • INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF PAIN (IASP), MEMBER
    2025 to 2026 (International)
  • MEMBER OF CENTRE OF DISCOURSE STUDIES, MEMBER
    2025 to 2026 (International)
  • MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF FORCED MIGRATION (IASFM), MEMBER
    2024 to 2026 (International)
  • MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL PRAGMATICS ASSOCIATION, MEMBER
    2025 to 2025 (International)
  • MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL PRAGMATICS ASSOCIATION, MEMBER
    2024 to 2024 (International)

AWARD AND STEWARDSHIP

  • Sage Prize for Innovation and Excellence (Nominee) for "Democratising Research Practices With Unaccompanied Refugee Young People Using Participatory Arts-Based Methods" (Sociological Research Online)
    2026, British Sociological Association,  (International)
  • DIES International Deans' Course (IDC) SEA 2026
    2026, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the German Rectors Conference (HRK), the Osnabr ck University of Applied Sciences and the Centre for Higher Education (CHE),  (International)
  • 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. Nair, L; Lee, CRY; Kaur, S (2026). Blame Anticipation in Personal Narratives of Rape, VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN. . doi:10.1177/10778012251391131
  2. Lee, Charity (2025). Democratising Research Practices With Unaccompanied Refugee Young People Using Participatory Arts-Based Methods, SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH ONLINE. . doi:10.1177/13607804241311473
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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. (2026). Language education for Rohingya children in Southeast Asia, Language Use in Southeast Asia Present Realities and Future Trends. , 65-78. doi:10.4324/9781003656623-6
  2. Pan X., Rasoulikolamaki S., Lee C. (2026). Statelessness and the semiotics of benign visibility in Malaysian news media, Social Semiotics. . doi:10.1080/10350330.2026.2650358
  3. Yee P.L.I., Lee C. (2026). Engagement Resources and Personal Pronouns: Mediation in the Translation of English-Malay Self-help Books, Jurnal Arbitrer. 13(1), 55-74. doi:10.25077/ar.13.1.55-74.2026
  4. Lee C. (2025). Democratising Research Practices With Unaccompanied Refugee Young People Using Participatory Arts-Based Methods, Sociological Research Online. . doi:10.1177/13607804241311473
  5. Nair L., Lee C., Kaur S. (2025). Blame Anticipation in Personal Narratives of Rape, Violence Against Women. . doi:10.1177/10778012251391131
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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. Lee, C., Chen, Y., & Rajandran, K. (2026). Analysing Forced Migration: A Discourse-informed Approach. Springer.
  2. Rajandran, K., & Lee, C. (2022) Discursive Approaches to Politics: Legitimizing Governance. Singapore: Springer.
Chapter in Books
  1. Lee, C. (2026). Language education for Rohingya children in Southeast Asia. In S. Y. Chew, R. K. Shangeetha, & S. Pillai (Eds.), Language Use in Southeast Asia: Present Realities and Future Trends. Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Language-Use-in-Southeast-Asia-Present-Realities-and-Future-Trends/Chew-Shangeetha-Pillai/p/book/9781041107484
  2. 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 (pp. 249-277). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-94985-2_11
  3. Sing, Y. K., & Lee, C. (2025). Online Narratives of Sexual Harassment Victims in Malaysian Education Institutions. In A. Syed, P. S. Ang, & Y. Chen (Eds.), Discourse as Voices and Actions for Sustainable Development (pp. 129-161). UPI Press.
  4. 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.
  5. 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
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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
  9. 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 INTEREST

  • Forced Migration Discourse (forced migrants, refugees, asylum seekers, stateless, displacement)
  • Chronic Pain Discourse (pain, chronic pain, narratives, illness)
  • Healthy Ageing (social cohesion and wellbeing, intergenerational communication)
  • Participatory Action Research (arts-based research, creative methods, community-based research)

RESEARCH PROJECT

National
  1. 2025 - 2026, RU Geran - UMCares
    Leadership And Business Management Training For Female Refugee-led Communities ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  2. 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)
  3. 2017 - 2020, Bantuan Kecil Penyelidikan (BKP)
    Searching for home at home: Personal narratives of the stateless in Malaysia ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  4. 2017 - 2019, Bantuan Kecil Penyelidikan (BKP)
    German Language In Public Higher Education Institutions In Malaysia - Status Quo, Needs And Demands ( Co-Researcher)
  5. 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)
  6. 2019 - 2021, Academy of Family Physicians Malaysia research grant
    Developing a Malaysian Model of Primary Care Consultations ( Consultant)
International
  1. 2025 - 2027, International Funding
    Enhancing Educational Equity And Engagement Through Ai-driven Metaverse Environments (edusphere) ( Co-Researcher)
  2. 2025 - 2026, National Social Science Fund of China: Young Scientists Project
    A Study on the Emotional Narratives and Identity Discourse of Unemployed Youth in Online Depression Communities, Huaqiao University, China ( Co-Researcher)
  3. 2019 - 2024, International Funding
    Sustainable Development Goals In Journalism Reporting (sdgsjr) ( Principal Investigator(PI))
University
  1. 2025 - 2027, University Grant
    Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Organ Donation Campaign Materials In Malaysia ( Principal Investigator(PI))
  2. 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, Expert Advisor
    01 Nov 2016 - 01 Nov 2016 (National)

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. (2026) Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights in China：Translation, Dissemination and Significance, QINGQING ZHANG
  2. (2026) Narrative Representations of Childless Women in Malaysia, NOR AZYYATI BINTI MD SAAD
  3. (2025) The Mediation of Evaluative Language in the English-Malay Translation of Self-Help Books, PHOEBE LIM IAN YEE
  4. (2024) Anticipating and Negotiating Blame in Rape Narratives in Malaysia, LOSHNI NAIR
  5. (2024) A Comparative Study of Treatment Decision Making in Outpatient Psychiatric Consultations for Patients with Major Depressive Disorder, NOR HAZILA BINTI MAT LAZIM
  6. (2023) Emotion and the Self in the Depression Narratives of an Online Community on Weibo, CHEN YATING
  7. (2023) Urban -Rural Divide in China Reality TV show X-Change from a Multimodal Discourse Perspective, LIN ZHILI
  8. (2016) Media Representation of Foreign Domestic Helpers in Malaysia, Sheren Khalid Abdul Razzaq
  9. (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)