Chong Su Li

Chong Su Li is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Management and Humanities, Institute of Smart and Sustainable Living, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia. She is also the Head of UTP’s University Social Responsibility (Education Pillar). She obtained a PhD in Education from the University of Cambridge, UK, where she was the recipient of the St Edmund’s College Dean’s Award (2014). Her research interests are in literacy and language education, particularly in the intersections of multilingualism, multimodality and meaning making. She is the 2021 recipient of the United Kingdom Literacy Association’s Brenda Eastwood Award for Inclusion and Diversity in recognition of her literacy work in multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural communities. Her edited book, Charting an Asian Trajectory for Literacy Education: Connecting Past, Present and Future Literacies (2021), published by Routledge, was awarded UKLA’s Academic Book Award 2022 (Highly Commended). She was also a finalist for the British Council’s UK Alumni Awards 2024. Su Li is the current President of the Qualitative Research Association of Malaysia (QRAM).