Catherine is a Research Associate in the Digital Humanities Institute (DHI) responsible for supporting the development of the Linguistic DNA project and other DH research projects. She worked in Hong Kong prior to joining the University of Sheffield.
Catherine is interested in applying digital methods to language studies. While her training was primarily on postcolonial studies and anglophone writings, she has now combined it with her digital skills. The use of computational methods enables Catherine to conduct research on a larger scale of data with objective, evidence-based results. Currently, Catherine is working on a few DH projects which include: 1. quantitative stylistic approach to the study of suspense in Sherlock Holmes, 2. a corpus study on the representation of Hong Kong identity in Cantopop lyrics from 1980s to mid 2010s, and 3. A case study on digital arts and the democratisation of creativity and production in Hong Kong pop culture.