Professor WONG Suk Ying received her PhD from Stanford University and is Master of CW Chu College and Emeritus Professor of Sociology at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Before joining CUHK in 1997, she taught at higher education institutions in the United States and Japan. An internationally recognized scholar, Professor Wong was awarded the Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship by the US National Academy of Education and was a Distinguished Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Her research focuses on the sociology of education, organizations, and comparative sociology, with particular attention to education’s role in modern nationalism and identity formation. In recognition of her teaching excellence, she received CUHK’s Vice-Chancellor’s Exemplary Teaching Award in 2005. Professor Wong also brings extensive leadership experience in university administration. She has served as Associate Dean (Student Affairs) of the Faculty of Social Science, and from 2016 to 2022, as Associate Vice-President (AVP) of CUHK, where she oversaw initiatives in student recruitment, internationalization, academic partnerships, and engagement with Mainland China.