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Dr Sing Cheung graduated with a first-class honours degree in English language education at The Education University of Hong Kong. He then obtained his Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy degrees, both in children’s literature, at the University of Cambridge. His doctoral work focused on how contemporary children’s fantasy represents twenty-first century girlhood.
Dr Cheung has taught English literature, academic English, and gender studies at several tertiary institutions in Hong Kong. He joined PolyU HKCC in 2023 and served as a Visiting Lecturer in academic English. He lectured at the Department of Literature and Cultural Studies at The Education University of Hong Kong, where he was responsible for teaching Romantic literature, Victorian literature, modernist literature, and postmodernist literature. He also delivered a course in University English at the Centre for English and Additional Languages at Lingnan University. Currently, at PolyU SPEED, he lectures in contemporary fiction and gender studies. He also supervises master's theses for the Department of English at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
His research interests are in the intersections of (children's and young adult) literature, visual texts, gender studies, posthumanism, and pedagogy. His research has been published in Journal of Literary Education, Papers: Explorations into Children’s Literature, a Routledge edited volume, Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures, and Children's Literature in Education.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctorate, University of Cambridge
2020 → 2024
Master, University of Cambridge
2019 → 2020
Bachelor, The Education University of Hong Kong
2014 → 2019
Keywords
- PR English literature
- Children's Literature
- Young Adult Literature
- Visual Texts
- Gender Studies
- Posthumanism
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 5 Gender Equality
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Feline Embodiment and Human-Animal Relations in A Whisker Away
Cheung, S., 10 Dec 2025, Transformation and Metamorphosis in Popular Culture. Staite, S. (ed.). Routledge, p. 63-72Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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The Girl’s Body, Climate, and Neoliberalism in Weathering with You
Cheung, S., 6 Aug 2025, In: Papers: Explorations into Children's Literature. 29, 1, p. 26-46Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Transformed Bodies: Transgender Superheroines in Young Adult Fiction
Cheung, S., 22 Dec 2025, In: Children's Literature in Education. Advanced online publication.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Young Witches and Nature in Recent Children's Visual Texts
Cheung, S., 20 Dec 2025, In: Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures. 17, 2, p. 193-208Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Towards a Post-anthropocentric Pedagogy: Children’s Reading of Oliver Jeffers’s This Moose Belongs to Me
Cheung, S., 30 Dec 2024, In: Journal of Literary Education. 8, p. 90-113Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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[Subject Lecturer] LCS2349 Fiction and Life: Understanding Human Development
Cheung, S. (Member)
Jan 2026 → May 2026Activity: Other
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[Master of Ceremonies] PolyU SPEED and HKCC Joint Graduation Ceremony 2025
Cheung, S. (Facilitator)
26 Oct 2025Activity: Other
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[Subject Lecturer] LCS2349 Fiction and Life: Understanding Human Development
Cheung, S. (Member)
Sept 2025 → Dec 2025Activity: Other
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[Subject Lecturer] LCS2347 Gender and Language
Cheung, S. (Member)
Sept 2025 → Dec 2025Activity: Other