Distinguished Professors in Lingnan

J. K. Lee Chair Professor of Accountancy

Prof. Chan Koon-hung, Department of Accountancy
BCom (CUHK); MAccSc (Illinois); PhD (Penn. State); CMA (USA); CPA (USA); FCPA
Email: khchan@LN.edu.hk

Research Interests: International accounting; China taxation; Auditing.

Chair Professor of Comparative Literature

Prof. Leung Ping-kwan, Department of Chinese
BA (Baptist); MA, PhD (UC San Diego)
Email: pkleung@LN.edu.hk

Research Interests: Modernism and Chinese Literature; Literary theory; Comparative literature; Literature and cinema; Creative writing.

Chair Professor of Computing and Decision Sciences

Prof. Liu Liming, Department of Computing and Decision Sciences
BEng, MEng (Huazhong Univ. of Sci. and Tech); PhD (Univ. of Toronto)
Email: limingliu@LN.edu.hk

Research Interests: Logistics and supply chain management; Risk analysis; Stochastic models; Port operations and economics; Health-care operations and Complex networks.

Chair Professor of Cultural Studies

Prof. Meaghan Elizabeth Morris, Department of Cultural Studies
BA (Sydney); MLett (Paris); PhD (UTS)
Email: mmorris@LN.edu.hk

Research Interests: Cinema studies; Popular culture and social memory; Popular historiography; International cultural studies; Globalisation and “national”questions in cultural studies.

Tong Tin Sun Chair Professor of English

Prof. Douglas Jack Robinson, Department of English
BA, MA, PhL (Jyväskylä); MA, PhD (Washington)
Email: djr@LN.edu.hk

Research Interests: Literary theory, Rhetorical theory, Cultural theory, Translation theory, Philosophy of mind.

Hong Kong Economic Journal Chair Professor of Finance

Prof. Michael Arthur Firth, Department of Finance and Insurance
BS (Metro. State); MA, MBS (Colorado); MPhil (Warwick); MSc, PhD (Bradford); FCA; FCPA; CTA; CFA; CIIA; MHKSI
Email: mafirth@LN.edu.hk

Research Interests: Corporate finance; Investment; Financial and managerial accounting; Auditing.

Chair Professor of History

Prof. Richard Davis, Department of History
BA, MA (SUNY Buffalo), MA, PhD (Princeton)
Email: rdavis@LN.edu.hk

Research Interests: Middle period China (Five Dynasties, Song & Yuan): political, social, cultural; Military history.

Chair Professor of Philosophy

Prof. Paisley Nathan Livingston, Department of Philosophy
BA (Stanford); PhD (Johns Hopkins)
Email: pl@LN.edu.hk

Research Interests: Aesthetics; Philosophy and literature; Philosophy of language; Action theory; Epistemology; History of western philosophy.

Chair Professor of Social Gerontology

Prof. Alfred Chan, Department of Sociology and Social Policy
BA (East London), MSc (Edinburgh); CertPsy (Lond); PhD (Surrey); CQSW; RMN; MHKAG; RSW (HK); BBS; JP
Email: sscmchan@LN.edu.hk

Research Interests: Social Gerontology; Quality of life and elderly depression; Social services programme evaluation; Intergeneration solidarity; Service learning.

Lam Woo & Co Ltd Chair Professor of Social Policy

Prof. David Rosser Phillips, Department of Sociology and Social Policy
BScEcon, PhD (Wales)
Email: phillips@LN.edu.hk

Research Interests: Social gerontology; Asia-Pacific Ageing; Population, health and development; Social epidemiology; Global health; Health and environment.

Chair Professor of Visual Studies

Prof. Mette Hjort, Department of Visual Studies
BA, MA (McGill); PhD (EHESS, Paris)
Email: mhjort@LN.edu.hk

Research Interests: Environment aesthetics; Creativity under constraint; Small national cinemas; Philosophy and film, Contemporary documentary filmmaking in HK & the PRC; Film schools.