Dr Yeeman LAM

Senior Education Development Officer

Yeeman holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Cultural Studies from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, a testament to her passion for humanities and social science. With a wealth of experience as an educator, administrator, and scholar, Yeeman has dedicated herself to teaching, research, and administration.

Over the years, Yeeman has held positions at various higher education institutions in Hong Kong. As an educator, she designed courses in English, Cultural Studies, and General Education, and organized conferences as well as student activities. Her responsibilities also included program coordination, course design, and staff development.

Main areas of interest

Environmental humanities, language and environment, discourse analysis, science fiction, and general education.

Selected publications

• Lam, Yee Man. 2023. “What does it mean by ‘dark sky’?”. In Dunn, N., & Edensor, T. (Eds.). Dark skies: Places, practices, communities. UK: Routledge.
• Lam, Yee Man, Benson S Y Lam, K K Ng. 2023. “What is an ideal home? A multimodal discourse analysis of the housing names and TV advertisements in Hong Kong”. In Man, K.W. (Ed.). Advances in Techno-humanities: Case studies from culture, philosophy and the arts. UK: Routledge.
• Lam, Yee Man. 2022. “A study of light pollution discourse in Hong Kong”. Visual Studies, 39(1–2): 220–238. https://doi.org/10.1080/1472586X.2022.2060302. [Rank: Q1]
• Lam, Yee Man. 2020 “More than darkness preservation: The importance of the dark, star-filled skies in urban areas”. Nature and culture 15(3): 296-317. DOI:10.3167/nc.2020.150304. [Rank: Q2]
• Lam, Yee Man. 2017. “A zen-flavored feminist environmental selfhood and its contemporary implications”. Ethics and the environment 22(2): 99-123. DOI:10.2979/ethicsenviro.22.2.05. [Rank: Q2]
• Lam, Yee Man. 2016. “Is risk a drive for change? Pollution and risk displacement in 1970s to 1980s Hong Kong”. Nature and culture 11(2): 165-195. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3167/nc.2016.110203.  [Rank: Q2]
• RGC Grants completed: UGC-FDS15-H12-14 "Risk yet to be socially realized: Light pollution in Hong Kong" (Jan 2015 - Dec 2017) )(HK$332,206)