Bio 简介

Based in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Huai Bao, a.k.a. H. B. Dhawa (a pen name used for his first two best-selling books), received his Ph.D. at Simon Fraser University in Canada.  His substantial research is focused on gender and sexuality as intersected with a multitude of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences relating to China, East Asia, and other non-Western traditions.  Huai had worked in the film and TV industry internationally for years before settling into academia, with extensive experience, skills, and knowledge gained for his subsequent scholarly work.

Huai’s monograph, Cross-Gender China: Across Yin Yang, Across Cultures, and Beyond Jingju, was published by Routledge (New York, London and Oxfordshire) in August 2017 , which is currently being distributed all over the world.  Since 2010, he has had three books, over 20 refereed journal articles and book chapters published in the USA, Canada, Europe and Asia.  He has presented original research at international conferences in North America, Europe, and Asia.

In addition to research, Huai began his teaching career as an instructor of the Chinese language and culture at SFU in 2012.  In 2013, he taught Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice in Literature at UBC.  Since then, Huai has taught widely in different fields at seven universities colleges.  As a holder of the top level standard Mandarin Chinese certificate from China, Huai has also taught the Chinese language and culture at all levels.

Huai has been of service to faculty, students, and a variety of communities since 2010.  He not only has created new courses, developed curricula, and served as a course advisor and consultant, but also has constructively participated in collegial and departmental activities under the supervision of the heads of the college.  At UBC, he is instrumental in the registration, construction, and maintenance of the e-journal, Women Suffrage and Beyond. He has maintained the website and its database, and made regular contacts with our writers ever since 2013.

With a strong literature, theatre, and filmmaking background, Huai’s research requires extensive field work, qualitative interviews, and surveys, and deals with literatures, histories, cultures, societies, religions, and human beings, using gender and sexuality as central terms for analysis and employing interdisciplinary and comparative approaches.  Having interviewed thousands of informants, he believes that qualitative interviews are as important as large-scale surveys to help a researcher find out “truth” as well as “facts.”

Huai loves travelling and exploring different cultures. Huai likes cooking; COVID has shaped him into a not-too-bad amateur pastry chef. He proudly makes yummy tiramisu, bread pudding, and Japanese style fluffy cheese cakes to treat friends.

中文简介：

Huai Bao 达哇博士先后求学于南京、北京，积累了多年工作经验后，就读于加拿大温哥华西门菲沙大学（Simon Fraser University），并获得人文与社会跨学科研究博士学位，同时获得加拿大社会与人文科研究学会（SSHRC）颁发的两年期全额博士奖学金（相当于24万人民币）。之后再次获得加拿大社会与人文科研究学会两年期博士后基金（约合40多万人民币），并在多伦多大学从事博士后研究。

自2011年起先后在西门菲莎大学（SFU）、英属哥伦比亚大学（UBC）、滑铁卢大学（UW）任教，教授专业课程，包括《流行文化研究》、《东亚文明史》、《女性与文学》、《世界电影史》、《社会与大众传媒》等。

2010年与2012年，在北京新世界出版社出版《磁场》、《改命》。自2011年起，在欧美核心学术期刊发表学术论文16篇，绝大多数为英文论文，参加多伦多、蒙特利尔、温哥华、伦敦、布拉格、牛津、澳门等地的世界级学术研讨会并发表论文。研究领域涉及大众传媒、流行文化、电影戏剧、东西宗教、社会心理、精神分析。2016年在美国西雅图学习催眠疗法，深入研究人类潜意识和感知，着重于早年创伤对于成人期身心健康的影响以及性别意识的形成。

2016年12月在北京大学外国语学院、北京交通大学、北京师范大学和南京师范大学客座讲学。2017年8月英文专著Cross-Gender China: Across Yin Yang, Across Cultures, and Beyond Jingju由英国顶尖学术出版社罗德里奇（Routledge）出版。

Awards 获奖纪录:

The Best Conference Presentation Award, ICHSC, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2016
SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship for 2016-2018: $81,000
SSHRC Doctoral Award for 2013-2015: $40,000
Graduate Fellowship at SFU for Summer 2015: $6,250
SFU Travel and Minor Research Award 2015: $350
SFU Travel and Minor Research Award 2014: $250
Graduate Fellowship at SFU for Fall 2014: $3,125
Graduate Fellowship at SFU for Fall 2013: $3,125
Third Prize, Across the World Travelogue Competition, Chinese Pen Society of Canada, 2013: $100
Graduate Fellowship at SFU for Spring 2013: $3,125
Margaret Lowe Benston Memorial Graduate Bursary in Women’s Studies (GESR100) for Fall 2012: $2,050
Graduate (International) Travel Award for Summer 2012: $2,250
Meredith Kimball Graduate Entrance Scholarship in Women’s Studies for Spring 2011: $1,560
SFU GSS Think Again Conference Award, 2011: $250
Graduate Fellowship at SFU for 2011-2012: $6,250
Scholarship at Vancouver Film School for 2007: $5,000
EverCare Med. Institution 2004: Employee of the Year: $2,000
BEI Master Centre 1998: Employee of the Year

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Praise 褒奖:

I was so lucky to have you teaching me three months after I landed in Canada with my parents. Everything was new to me. I didn’t realize until much later that you bought that binder for me out of your own pocket! Why? Why were you so kind to me? Seriously, I have not met any teacher in my life as kind as you are!

— Jason

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What I liked about Huai as my professor is, unlike most of the other professors who have taught me and who have basically moved from one school to another, Huai worked extensively in different lines of industry between his MA and his Ph.D. He often said society was the greatest university for him, and he learned through the real “field work” how to be a real social scientist. Highly recommended!

— Craig

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I will never forget the field trip you took us to the movie set. What a interesting day! Your innovative teaching methods could never make us tired! Oftentimes I found myself already counting the days to your next class!

— Bailey

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I not only learned so much knowledge from Huai’s class; I also learned wisdom and compassion with which we go through the difficult times in our life.  Thank you for such a wonderful semester!

— Raj

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您是一个有天赋的老师。我的儿子只跟您能学到东西，跟其他那些教过他的老师就学不会。谢谢您自掏腰包给我儿子买的那本画册。

You are such a talented teacher. My son can only learn with you, but not the other teachers who have taught him. Thank you also for the beautiful picture book you have bought for him out of your own pocket.

— Liam的母亲 Liam’s mother

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Greetings, from India!

In 2015, I read your research paper entitled Repression, Silence and Cinematic Language: Eastern Sensibilities in Visualizing Brokeback Mountain. I found your ideas to be extremely enriching and well-written along with the film which I found to be very intelligent and hard-hitting. While developing my ideas, I made reference to your ideas a few times and acknowledged it in the text and bibliography.

–Sonika Jain, Ph.D.
Independent Scholar and Practitioner
Former Faculty, University of Delhi, India.
PhD, Department of Film, University of Bristol, U.K.

October 2016

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我经常读达哇博士的文章，受益无穷。达哇博士对于国内外现象的评论、观察和比较总是富有哲理，而且很有趣，同时也令人深思，并给人以启迪。我觉得他对日常生活的点点滴滴总是有很到位的描述和深刻的分析。他写的每一篇文章都是知识与认知的凝结，并捕捉到万事万物的精髓。

I have been a regular reader of Dr. Huai Bao’s writings, and have benefited a lot. Dr. Bao’s critiques, observations and contrasts of Chinese and foreign phenomena are always philosophical and yet entertaining, as well as throughout-provoking and inspiring. I feel that he always has right-on-spot descriptions and insightful analysis of everyday matters. Every piece he writes is a condensation of knowledge and cognition and captures the essence of things.

几年前看过达哇博士写的两本书——《磁场》和《改命》，至今印象深刻，影响深远。和其他励志类书籍不同的是，达哇博士通过大量实例，结合亲身经历，对于心里、命理等看似神秘玄幻的领域一一抽丝剥茧、寻根问底，无形中给人以信念和信心，授人以渔。在当今快节奏的社会中，尤其值得挑灯夜读。每每回忆起来，忍不住再次翻开。

Several years ago, I read two books written by Dr. Huai Bao–Vibrations, and Change Destiny, and the impression is so deep up to this day. The books have had a profound and long-lasting impact on me. Unlike other inspirational books, Dr. Huai Bao has included many cases and his personal experiences to probe into the metaphysical realm of psychology, fate and destiny, and gives the reader so much faith and confidence as well as the trick to leading success. In the fast-paced contemporary society, his books are particularly worth reading carefully. Nowadays, whenever I recall the days I read the books, I can’t help rereading them.

– 闫立新 Lixin Yan
伊美尔医疗美容连锁机构 EverCare Medical Institution
中国北京 Beijing, China

October 2016

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我来自中国的一个小县城，最近搬到北京开始新的工作。我想告诉您的是我把您的书《改命》一路带到北京。这本书伴随我度过很多孤独的不眠夜。

I’m from a small town in China, and have recently relocated to Beijing for my new job. I wanted to write to let you know that I have carried your book, Change Destiny, with me all the way to Beijing. It has accompanied me through so many lonely and restless nights. Thank you!

– 关山 Guan Shan
中国北京 Beijing, China

September 2016

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Huai Bao’s Sexual Artifice in Gender Transgression is the first and only one internationally and, most likely, in China, too.

–Dr. Kate Swatek
Associate Professor of Asian Studies
The University of British Columbia
Canada

May 2015

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Thanks for your journal article, Sexual Misconduct: Rethinking Buddhism, which has been an important source of information for my own research project. I find you work extremely informative, insightful, and strange–Don’t get me wrong, strange is a compliment here!

–Julia
University of South Carolina
USA

August 2014

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Huai, you are the best TA I’ve ever worked with. Thanks for your hard work and your integrity!

–Dr. annie ross
Associate Professor, Department of First Nations Studies
Simon Fraser University
Canada

December 2012

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