Experience

Kāhui Tū Kaha

• New Zealand
• Community Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Rainbow Tick Accreditation Specialist

  • Feb 2023 - Present

  Rainbow Tick is a quality improvement service designed to make an organisation a safe and inclusive place for Rainbow employees. It sits within Kāhui Tū Kaha, a Ngāti Whātua organisation committed to addressing inequities in wellbeing. We assess an organisation's level of workplace inclusion for Rainbow employees and make evidence-based recommendations for change. By connecting specialists, employees, managers and HR and building a network for discussion and change, Rainbow Tick has become the most influential platform for promoting Rainbow Inclusion in the New Zealand workplace. Show less



Elsevier

• Netherlands
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Editorial Board Member, Societal Impacts

  • Aug 2023 - Present



Wiley

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Editorial Board Member, European Journal of Education

  • Jun 2023 - Present

• Co-Editor-in-Chief, Diversity & Inclusion Research

  • Jun 2023 - Present



Frontiers

• Switzerland
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Review Editor, Gender Sex and Sexualities (Frontiers)

  • Jun 2023 - Present



Rule Foundation

• New Zealand
• Philanthropy

• Principal Investigator

  • Oct 2022 - Present

  As Principal Investigator, Cui is currently leading a research project on Chinese queer international students’ experiences of navigating heteronormativity and racism in New Zealand tertiary education institutions. It is supported by the Rainbow Wellbeing Legacy Fund, New Zealand Rule Foundation, approved by the University of Auckland Human Participants Ethics Committee. As Principal Investigator, Cui is currently leading a research project on Chinese queer international students’ experiences of navigating heteronormativity and racism in New Zealand tertiary education institutions. It is supported by the Rainbow Wellbeing Legacy Fund, New Zealand Rule Foundation, approved by the University of Auckland Human Participants Ethics Committee.



The University of Auckland

• New Zealand
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Tutor, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Professional staff

  • Feb 2020 - Feb 2023

  Tutor for EDUC 122/122G Learning Sexualities, EDUC 113 Current Issues in Education, CHINESE 100/100G, 101 Beginning Modern Chinese, CHINESE 301 Advanced Modern Chinese

• Doctoral Researcher

  • Sep 2017 - May 2022

  【Thesis title】Transgression in the closet: Gay academics’ experiences of heteronormativity in ChinaCui’s doctoral research at the University of Auckland's Faculty of Education and Social Work has explored gay academics' workplace experiences of heteronormativity in Chinese universities. Cui has converted his thesis to articles in leading international journals in the areas of education, sociology, and sexuality studies.【Publications】● Cui, L. (2023). Out queer teachers as role models for queer students? Implications drawn from closeted gay academics' experiences in China. International Journal of Educational Research.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2023.102137● Cui, L. (2023). Heteronormative classrooms under surveillance: Gay academics' concerns about addressing queer issues in China. Journal of LGBT Youth, 20(1), 129-142. https://doi.org/10.1080/19361653.2021.1997692● Cui, L. (2022). Keeping a low profile and queering Chinese academia: Gay academics’ strategies for conducting queer research in China. International Studies in Sociology of Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/09620214.2022.2155862● Cui, L. (2022). Double closet, heteronormativity, and a gay academic living with HIV in China. Higher Education Research & Development. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2022.2117279● Cui, L. (2022). “Teach as an outsider”: Closeted gay academics’ strategies for addressing queer issues in China. Sex Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2022.2103109● Cui, L. (2022). ‘Chinese academia wouldn’t be tolerant of my research’: Gay academics’ concerns about conducting queer research in China. Culture, Health & Sexuality. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2022.2053750● Cui, L. (2022). “I had to get married to protect myself”: Gay academics’ experiences of managing sexual identity in China. Asian Journal of Social Science, 50(4), 260-267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajss.2022.05.007 Show less



Sixth Tone

• China
• Online Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Columnist

  • Oct 2019 - Jan 2023

  Sixth Tone is an online publication that produces informed and insightful content on contemporary China. ● Cui, L. China’s Sex Ed Classes Need to Teach More Than Fear, Sixth Tone, March 19, 2021. ● Cui, L. Why China’s Campuses Should Dump Their Know-Nothing Love Gurus, Sixth Tone, Oct 29, 2020. ● Cui, L. Why Chinese Universities Need More Tolerant Textbooks, Sixth Tone, September 15, 2020. ● Cui, L. ‘Safe But Not Safe’: Life As a Gay Man Between China and New Zealand, Sixth Tone, May 17, 2020. ● Cui, L. Pass-Fail: China’s Closeted Academics on the Choice to Act Straight, Sixth Tone, May 7, 2020. ● Cui, L. Why China’s Gay Academics Feel They Must Stand Out or Stay Hidden, Sixth Tone, Jan 6, 2020. ● Cui, L. How Gay Academics Are Building a More Inclusive Ivory Tower, Sixth Tone, Oct 18, 2019. Show less



Guangxi Normal University

• China
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lecturer

  • Sep 2018 - Jan 2019



Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

• China
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Lecturer

  • Sep 2013 - Sep 2017

  After completing my first PhD at the Communication University of China in 2013, I worked as a lecturer at the Guangdong University of Foreign Studies until I left for New Zealand in 2017. At GDUFS, I taught courses on language, gender and sexuality, sociolinguistics, and teaching Chinese as a second language, among others. After completing my first PhD at the Communication University of China in 2013, I worked as a lecturer at the Guangdong University of Foreign Studies until I left for New Zealand in 2017. At GDUFS, I taught courses on language, gender and sexuality, sociolinguistics, and teaching Chinese as a second language, among others.



Ural Federal University

• Russian Federation
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Lecturer

  • Sep 2014 - Jun 2015

  During 2014-2015, Cui was delegated to teach Chinese language and culture at the Confucius Institute in Yekaterinburg, Russia, which is jointly run by Guangdong University of Foreign Studies and Ural Federal University. Located in the capital of the Ural region, Ural Federal University is one of the leading universities in Russia founded in 1920. During 2014-2015, Cui was delegated to teach Chinese language and culture at the Confucius Institute in Yekaterinburg, Russia, which is jointly run by Guangdong University of Foreign Studies and Ural Federal University. Located in the capital of the Ural region, Ural Federal University is one of the leading universities in Russia founded in 1920.