About Us

Professor Derek Collins
Dean
Professor Collins is a highly accomplished scholar specializing in archaic Greek poetry, Latin Literature and history of the classical tradition, religion and magic. He has extensive administrative and leadership experience as chairman or member of university committees and advisory boards and also at the faculty level.

Email: dcollins@hku.hk

Professor Christopher Hutton
Associate Dean (Research)
Professor Hutton assists the Dean in setting the direction and policy for research at the Faculty, and in developing the Faculty’s research profile and agenda. He also oversees research postgraduate programmes (MPhil, PhD and Joint-PhD) in the Faculty and chairs the Board of Examiners for Research Postgraduate Curricula. His research focuses on political issues in language and linguistics. In addition, Professor Hutton is pursuing various projects at the intersection of linguistics, law and intellectual history.

Email: chutton@hku.hk

Professor John Carroll
Associate Dean (Global)
Professor Carroll assists the Dean in further strengthening the connections between the Faculty and stakeholders across the world. He oversees knowledge exchange activities and he takes the lead in creating a more robust and enriched academic environment for students and staff of the Faculty. Professor Carroll teaches and publishes on Hong Kong history, modern Chinese history, and British imperial history.

Email: jcarroll@hku.hk

Dr. Wai Ting Siok
Associate Dean (Postgraduate)
Dr. Siok oversees taught postgraduate programmes ( MA, MBC, MBuddhStud and MFA) in the Faculty.  She chairs the Higher Arts Degrees Committee and Boards of Examiners for Higher Degrees by Coursework.  Her own research focuses on bilingualism, language development and language neuroscience. Her ongoing research is aimed at determining the neural mechanisms that underlie reading in normal and dyslexic children.

Email: siok@hku.hk

Dr. Yang Binbin
Associate Dean (Teaching & Learning)
Dr. Yang oversees undergraduate curriculum reform, teaching and learning, and quality assurance of undergraduate curricula. Her research and teaching interest lies in developing cross-disciplinary approaches to women’s literary and cultural production in early modern China, and forging dialogues between studies of women and gender in China and the West.

Email: bbyang@hku.hk