Staff Profile

Biography

Dr. Ava Xingmeng HUANG is a senior lecturer in Sports and eSports Management in Lee Shau Kee School of Business and Administration at Hong Kong Metropolitan University. Her particular interests lie on Olympic Movement, international sport policy, social issues in elite sport, and dance. 

Ava holds a PhD in elite sport policy, MSc in international sport management, and BEd in dance. Her doctoral thesis focuses on the Olympic gender equality policy implementation in national sport governing bodies. During her PhD study, she served as the researcher in United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation Paris Headquarters (UNESCO-Paris) for the project of eliminating doping in sport.

Before pursuing an academic career, Ava was a professional DanceSport athlete and competitive ten dancer (standard dances & latin dances) with the achievement of national champion in China. She also cares deeply about athlete/coach development and empowerment in sport especially dance industry.

Teaching Areas & Research Interests

• Olympic & Paralympic Studies
• Elite Sport Policy
• Gender Equality in Sport
• Sport for Development & Peace (SDP)
• Sport & Dance

Selected Publications

Book Chapters

• Lau, W.C., Song, H., Li, Y., & Huang, X. (2022). Preschool Children's Sports Policy Development and Health since the Reform and Opening Up in China. Routledge Handbook of Sport in China. London: Routledge.

Journal Articles

• Huang, X.A. & Lau, P.W.C. (2024). Gender Equality Policy of the Olympic Movement in Chinese Sport Governing Bodies: The Case of Elite Volleyball. Translational Exercise Biomedicine, 1(2), 135-143. https://doi.org/10.1515/teb-2024-0007
• Huang, X. (2021). An Investigation of Female Leadership in Public Sport Organisation: A Case Study of Edinburgh Leisure. Hong Kong Recreation Review, 33(4), 35-48.

Modified Date: 02 Oct, 2024
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