Part-Time Teachers

Ms. Benita CHICK

Benita is passionate about Diversity and Inclusion. She began her career at Outward Bound HK, where she worked closely with differently-abled individuals. In 2018, she took the initiative to establish Encompass HK with the aim of promoting diversity and inclusion for corporates and organizations. She played a pivotal role in founding the LGBTQ+ in the City Tour. Furthermore, Benita has contributed her expertise as a mentor for the RESOLVE Foundation.

Qualification

Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Educational Studies (Career Education and Counseling), University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (2011)
Foundation Certificate in Life Coaching, Hong Kong University School of Professional and Continuing Education, Hong Kong (2010)
M.A. in Biology, Boston University Marine Program, Massachusetts, USA (2007)
B.A. in Biology, Minor in Cognitive Science, Cornell University, New York, USA (2004)

Course Offered

GDRS3017 Advancing DEI in Organizations

Prof. Maria TAM

Prof. Siumi Maria Tam joined the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1989. Her research interests include cultural identity in social transformation, family and migration, and gender and ethnic relations. She has completed a pioneering study on mistressing across the Hong Kong-China border, and believes that the mistress-keeping behavior of Hong Kong men has to be understood in the specific cultural context of Hong Kong’s colonial history and the identity politics with mainland China. Her most recent research is on the Nepalese community in Hong Kong. She looks at the interface between transnational migration, ethnicity, and gender, by studying the experience of three generations of Nepalese women. Another aspect of her research is on the change and continuity of tradition and selfhood among the Gurungs. She hopes that the study could be expanded to the understanding of other South Asian communities, and could contribute to eradicating social marginalization and ethnic discrimination in Hong Kong.

Qualification

PhD in Anthropology, University of Hawaii at Manoa
MA in Anthropology, University of Hawaii at Manoa
BA (summa cum laude) in Anthropology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Course Offered

GDRS3009 Family and Society
GDRS5086 Gender and Family

Mr. Kasper WAN

Kasper is the Founder, Chairperson, and Director of Gender Enpowerment, a charity which supports the local transgender community, and promotes gender education and social inclusion. Over the years, he has been sharing at tertiary institutions and providing corporate training on transgender, LGBTQ+, inclusion, etc. issues.

Qualification

MPhil, Faculty of Education and Human Development, The Education University of Hong Kong (2020)
BEE in Telecommunications, University of New South Wales (2000)

Course Offered

GDRS3010 Being Trans: Understanding Transgender Lives in the Here and Now

Dr. Sonia WONG

Sonia’s pedagogy focuses on drawing connections between the theoretical and social to the personal and daily. She adopts an interdisciplinary approach to teaching, being not only an educator and researcher, but also crossing over into advocacy, community networking, and creative practices.

Qualification

PhD in Cultural Studies, Lingnan University (2017)
MA in Philosophy and Literature, University of Warwick (2011)
BA in English, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (2007)

Course Offered

GDRS3010 Being Trans: Understanding Transgender Lives in the Here and Now
GDRS3007/ UGEC3229 Understanding Masculinities and Social Change
GDRS4009 Internship