Prof Michelle Mingyue Gu

GU Mingyue Michelle (PhD) is the Assistant Vice President (Research) and Professor of Sociolinguistics at the Education University of Hong Kong. Her major research areas include: language and identity, multilingualism and mobility, ethnic minority studies, digital trans-literacies, youths’ development in social media, and family language policy. She is a prolific scholar, publishing widely in the above fields. She has a strong record in securing external competitive research grants as PI. She received the President’s Award in Individual Research Excellence in 2022 at EdUHK, the Research Excellence Award in 2017 and the Young Researcher Award in 2015 at CUHK. She is an elected member of Hong Kong Academy of Humanities.