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Academic Qualifications:

Ph.D. in English Language and Linguistics, National University of Singapore

Professional Services:

Reviewer:

Applied Linguistics

International Journal of Applied Linguistics

Gender and Language

New Ways of Analyzing Variation 54

New Ways of Analyzing Variation 51

Linguistic Society of America 2025

Linguistic Society of America 2024

Academic Experience:

Teaching Assistant | National University of Singapore | 2019-2023

Courses Taught:

English III

Writing I

Writing IV

Academic Writing I

Research Area / Research Interests:

Sociolinguistics; sociophonetics; discourse analysis; accent and identity; language and gender; language ideologies

Recent Major Publications (recent 5 years) :

Mei, Y. (Forthcoming) Professional identity construction and the affective burden of accentedness of Chinese English language teachers. Journal of Linguistics & Education.

Mei, Y., & Starr, R. L. (2026). Constructing and satirizing masculine`ity via ‘fizzy voice’ on Chinese social media. Gender and Language, 20(1), 90-115. https://doi.org/10.3138/gl-2024-0022

Mei, Y., Zheng, K., & Li, X. (2026). Strategic selves within global mobility: metalinguistic awareness and metaperception in Chinese Singaporeans’ transnational passing. Language and Intercultural Communication, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/14708477.2025.2610819

Mei, Y. (2024). Navigating linguistic ideologies and market dynamics within China’s English language teaching landscape. Linguistics Vanguard, 10, 439-451. https://doi.org/10.1515/lingvan-2024-0024

Mei, Y. (2024). Voicing expertise: Exploring strategic use of vowel variants in the English pronunciation of Chinese language instructors. Journal of Sociolinguistics, 28, 52–78. https://doi.org/10.1111/josl.12674

Peer-reviewed conference presentations:

Mei, Yunbo (July 2026). Positioning professional identity under native-speakerism: Chinese English language teachers’ discourse on pronunciation. Paper presented at Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines 2026 Conference, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain.

Liu, Tingyu, Dai, Yongde, and Yunbo, Mei (July 2026). From “chick flick” to “dick flick”: A multimodal critical discourse analysis of “laodeng” films in contemporary China. Paper presented at Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines 2026 Conference, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain.

Mei, Yunbo (June 2026). Voicing identity and personae: Sociophonetic variation in the Chinese context. Talk. Invited speaker, Sociolinguistic Variation in China. Stanford Center at Peking University, Beijing, China.

Mei, Yunbo (August 2025). “You swan, he frog”: Chinglish as a vehicle for gender value expression in China’s digital space. Paper presented at New Ways of Analyzing Variation—Asia Pacific 8. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Mei, Yunbo, Zheng, Kewen, and Li, Xinyu (January 2025). Reinterpreting passing through metaperceptions: the case of Singaporean Chinese. Poster accepted at the Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America. Philadelphia, NY, USA.

Mei, Yunbo (October 2023). Voicing expertise: exploring strategic use of vowel variants in the English pronunciation of Chinese language instructors. Paper to be presented at New Ways of Analyzing Variation 51. Queens College, City University of New York, New York, NY, USA.

Mei, Yunbo (June 2023). Native-speakerism and the professional identity of Chinese English language teachers: A discourse analysis. Paper presented at the 25th Warwick International Conference in Applied Linguistics. University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.

Mei, Yunbo and Rebecca, Lurie Starr (July 2022). Constructing and satirizing masculinity via ‘fizzy voice’ on Chinese social media. Paper presented at the Sociolinguistics Symposium 24. Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.