Dr Yen Nee Wong
- Position: Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy
- Email: Y.Wong@leeds.ac.uk
- Location: 12.05 Social Sciences Building
- Website: Twitter | LinkedIn | Researchgate | ORCID
Profile
I joined the School of Sociology and Social Policy in 2024. Before coming to Leeds, I was an ESRC SeNSS postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Kent and a research fellow in Edinburgh Napier University. I completed my doctorate in Sociology at the University of Surrey. Following my PhD, I held Criminology and Sociology lecturing positions in the University of Exeter and Royal Holloway, University of London.
I sit on the editorial board for Sociological Research Online, and am an invited peer reviewer for journals including: Current Sociology; Ethnic and Racial Studies; International Journal of Qualitative Methods; International Journal of Sociology of Leisure; Journal of Homosexuality and Sport History Review.
Research interests
A queer feminist researcher working at the intersections of media and culture, gender, sexuality, sociology of the body, queer theory, sociology of dance, online harms and citizen attitudes towards AI technologies.
I have published on issues including: representations of gender and sexuality in popular culture, LGBT+ identities and leisure, embodiment and AI-driven media personalisation. Based on research funding by the ESRC, my monograph Equality Dancesport: Gender and Sexual Identities Matter was published by Routledge in 2024. A particular focus of my work is how LGBT+ identities influence leisure pursuits and media representations of LGBT+ dancers on reality TV.
I have worked on a range of research projects, including: ‘3PO: Protecting public-facing professionals and their dependents online’ (EPSRC); ‘Citizens’ councils on data-driven media personalisation’ (AI4ME). My key interests in these projects pertain to digital sociology, online harms and algorithmic discrimination.
<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Any research projects I'm currently working on will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>Qualifications
- PhD in Sociology
- MPhil in Gender
- MA Urban Design and Development
- BA Psychology
- BA Architectural Studies
Professional memberships
- Higher Education Academy (Fellow)
- British Sociological Association
- European Communication Research and Education Association
- Scottish Institute for Policing Research
Student education
I teach on several modules across the school at undergraduate and postgraduate levels on topics including:
- the sociology of gender
- the sociology of body
- gender, the media and popular culture
- research methods (qualitative)
Research groups and institutes
- Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies