Dr Jing Yang is Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture at XJTLU. She holds a PhD in architecture at the University of Nottingham. Her research focuses on architectural theory and criticism; phenomenology; tectonics; the relationship between architecture and the body; materiality and perception. Before joining XJTLU, she was a teaching assistant in Southeast University and a tutor in BArch Design Studio in the Department of Architecture and Built Environment at the University of Nottingham. Besides academic work, in practice she was an architectural assistant in the China Southwest Architectural Design and Research Institute Corp.Ltd. and Zhong Dekun Studio. She worked on a number of projects around Chengdu, Nanjing and Suzhou, including Comprehensive Teaching and Laboratory Building of Chengdu University (2010) and Zhang Xing Art Museum (2012).

architectural theory and criticism; phenomenology; tectonics; the relationship between architecture and the body; materiality and perception.

Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture and Design - XJTLU - 2020 to present

Lecturer, Department of Architecture and Design, XJTLU 2018 to 2020

Tutor, Department of Architecture and Built Environment, University of Nottingham - 2015 to 2016

Assistant architect, Zhong Dekun Studio - 2010 to 2013

Assistant architect, China Southwest Architectural Design and Research Institute Corp.Ltd. - 2009 to 2010

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, FHEA (UK)

2019 Jiangsu Province Innovation Entrepreneurship Talent Program

2013 China Scholarship Council Research Excellence Scholarship, China Scholarship Council and University of Nottingham