Yuehai (Mike) Xiao received his PhD from New York University and is currently professor of English and doctoral supervisor at Hunan Normal University. Prior to that, he taught at Sun Yat-sen University, Macau University of Science and Technology, UC, NYU, Purdue University, and Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen). Professor Xiao has published some 30 articles in international refereed journals, including 12 mainstream SSCI indexed journal articles.