Zhonghan Lin is a PhD candidate at the School of Education, Communication & Society at King's College London. During her time at ECS, she has served as a doctoral convener for the Language, Discourse & Communication (LDC) centre's doctoral lab. She has also worked as a research assistant on projects aimed at creating a more inclusive and supportive learning environment for international students in UK higher education. Before joining King's, Han has been teaching Mandarin to non-native speakers since 2018. She previously served as a Teaching Fellow at the University of Western Australia and the British Council. In 2023, she developed and led a specialised language course in collaboration with the British Museum, designed to complement Chinese exhibitions.

Research

Her thesis title is: The Study of Family Language Policy Among Diasporic London Chinese. 

Zhonghan's academic interests include intercultural communication, multilingualism, and family language policy, particularly within Asian diasporic communities and the maintenance of heritage languages. Her research focuses on how cultural identity is negotiated across generations within families in London. Using a sociolinguistic approach, she examines the relationship between the language practices of diasporic individuals and broader societal changes. 

Her principal supervisor is Professor Beatrice Szczepek Reed. Professor Constant Leung is her secondary supervisor.

Recent publication:

Gonsalves, C. & Lin, Z. 2024. Clear in advance to whom? Exploring ‘transparency’ of assessment practices in UK higher education institution assessment policy. Studies in Higher Education. p. 1-17

Zhonghan, L. 2020. A Contrastive Study of Spatial-Temporal Metaphorical Representations in Chinese and English. Modern Linguistic,8(6).