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Personal Information
- Lecturer (higher education)
- Gender:Female
- Alma Mater:University of Malaya
- Education Level:博士研究生
- Degree:Doctoral Degree in Literature
- Date of Employment:2025-03-05
- School/Department:College of Foreign Languages
- E-Mail:
- Status:在岗
- Administrative Position:Lecturer
- Discipline:
Linguistics and Applied Linguistics in Foreign Languages
Profile
Dr. Yating Chen received her PhD from the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, University of Malaya, and is currently a lecturer in the College of Foreign Languages at Huaqiao University, China. She has a broad research interest in narrative analysis and discourse analysis, particularly how discourse, identity and emotion interplay to realize different agendas in social media. Her work has been published in SSCI-indexed journals such as Discourse, Context & Media, Emotion, Space & Society and Text & Talk.
Research Focus
Educational Experience
2020.3-2024.7
University of Malaya | Foreign Languages and Literatures (Discourse Studies) | Doctoral degree | Postgraduate (Doctoral)
2025 QS World University Rankings: 60
2012.9-2015.6
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics | Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics | Master's Degree | Postgraduate (Master's Degree)
A university listed in Project 211
2008.9-2012.6
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics | English (English for Economics & Trade) | Bachelor's Degree | Undergraduate (Bachelor’s degree)
A university listed in Project 211
Work Experience
2025.3-Now
Huaqiao University | College of Foreign Languages | In the job
Lecturer
2018.6-2020.2
Xiamen University | Office of International Cooperation and Exchange
2017.10-2018.6
Xiamen University Tan Kah Kee College | Human Resources Office
2016.1-2017.10
Xiamen University Malaysia Campus | Marketing Department
Research Projects
- Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund,Completed,The Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research,
- Emotional Expression and Self-Positioning of Users in An Online Depression Community in Weibo from the Perspective of Narrative Discourse Analysis,Ongoing,Huaqiao University,2025/04/28-
- A Study on the Emotional Narratives and Identity Discourse of Unemployed Youth in Online Depression Communities,Onging,National Office for Philosophy and Social Sciences Work,Chen Yating,2025/09/29-
- Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Research Grant,Completed,The Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research,Yating Chen,2024/11/08-
Awards and Honours
Paper Publications
- 'Zoufan' as a 'Tree Hole' for online sharing of depression: Participation patterns, dominant topics and linguistic features.International Journal of Humanities, Philosophy and Languages,2024,7(26):41-58.
- The connection between pronouns and distorted thinking: Depressed selves in an online depression community.Journal of Modern Languages,2024,34(1):32-53.
- Media representation of male protagonists in Thai boy love commercials: A visual discourse analysis.[J].Journal of Creative Communications,2024,20(2):1-18.
- The discourse world of unbecoming in online depression narratives in China: A discursive psychology approach.[J].Text & Talk,2025,455589-610.
- Affective incapacity of the depressed self: Evidence from a narrative study of an online depression community on Weibo.[J].Emotion, Space and Society,2024,531-9.
- Perspectivization in the thematic exploration of atypical depressive self-talk in an unmanaged online depression community on Weibo.[J].Discourse, Context & Media,2024,621-13.
Social Affiliations
2021.12-2024.4
DiscourseNet Member; Member of Qualitative Research Association of Malaysia
Enrollment Information
Teaching Information
Xiamen Campus: No.668 Jimei Avenue, Xiamen, Fujian, China 361021 Quanzhou Campus: No.269 Chenghua North Rd. Quanzhou, Fujian, China 362021