Dr. WAN Yau Ni Jenny
B.A. (Hons) Language Studies with Business, PolyU
Course(s) Taught
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Undergraduate Level
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Graduate Level
Research Interests
Research Grant
2026-2027 (Principal Investigator) "Anticipatory grief in digital communication: Narratives in hospice care center websites and support group forums", Faculty Development Scheme, Research Grant Council Hong Kong (HK$ 512,476)
2024-2026 (Principal Investigator) "E-care support: Comparing the communication strategies of Hong Kong and UK public hospice care center websites", University Research Grant – Hong Kong Shue Yan University (HK$12,352.5)
Selected Peer-reviewed Publications(s)
- Digital Institutional Discourse in Healthcare and Public Contexts
- Dark Tourism Discourse
Wan, Y. N. (2025). The evaluative language of dark tourism: exploring visitors’ attitudinal meanings of holocaust memorials. Current Issues in Tourism, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2025.2541063. (SSCI Q1 5-year IF: 6.3)
- Bioethics and Institutional Communication
Selected Conference Presentation(s)
- Healthcare Communication
Wan, Y. N. (forthcoming). “Grieving in the digital space: A Systemic Functional Linguistic study of anticipatory grief in hospice narratives”. Paper at International Systemic Functional Congress 2026: Global Voices and Local Impacts: Advancing Language Education through Systemic Functional Linguistics, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kong CHINA, 11-16 July 2026.
Wan, Y. N. (forthcoming). "Grief in words: Exploring emotional resilience in digital hospice narratives”. Paper at the International Conference on Human Resilience: Navigating Life Changes & Challenges (HRCONF2026). Hong Kong Shue Yan University, Hong Kong CHINA, May 27 – 30, 2026.
Wan, Y. N., & Zeng, W. H. (2026). “Digital healthcare discourse: A comparative study of public hospice websites across cultures”. Paper at Symposium on Language Science (ISLS) 2026: Interdisciplinary Research and the Legacy of Yuen Ren Chao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong CHINA, 8-9 May 2026.
Wan, Y. N. & Tse, T. P. J. (2026). “Anticipatory grief in digital narratives: Developing corpus and identifying linguistic features in hospice discourse.” Presentation at the 2nd Lunchtime Research Seminar, Language Center of Hong Kong Shue Yan University, Hong Kong, CHINA, Feb 6, 2026.
- Research Ethics
Wan, Y. N. & Li, W. O. (forthcoming). “Ethical considerations in healthcare research”. Paper at International Systemic Functional Congress 2026: Global Voices and Local Impacts: Advancing Language Education through Systemic Functional Linguistics, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kong CHINA, 11-16 July 2026.
Wan, Y. N. & Li, W. O. (forthcoming). “Research ethics in scientific writing”. Paper at Innovations in Language Education: Advancing Pedagogy, Practice, and Research, The Centre for Applied English Studies (CAES), The University of Hong Kong (HKU), and the Association of Hong Kong Language Centres (AHKLC), Hong Kong CHINA, 2-3 June, 2026.
Selected Seminar(s)
Wan, Y. N. (2025). “From seed to fruit: Language features and cross-sectional linkages in the objective, impact statement, and budget of FDS grant proposal”. Presentation at Preparing Impact Statement and Budget for RGC’s CRFS for the 2026/27 Exercise, Research Office of the Hong Kong Shue Yan University, Hong Kong, CHINA, Nov 21, 2025.