Ann Gillian Chu (PhD, FHEA, FCCA) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Religion and Philosophy at Hong Kong Baptist University, and a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Religion and Public Life at the University of Leeds. Dr Chu received her Doctor of Philosophy from the School of Divinity at the University of St Andrews (UK), her Master of Divinity from Regent College (Canada), and her Master of Arts (Honours) in English Language from the University of Edinburgh (UK). Dr Chu's doctoral thesis is titled "A Democracy by Any Other Name: Christian Perspectives of Civic and Faith Identity under Non-Democratic Governments Based on Church Discussions in Post-Umbrella Movement Hong Kong," for which she won the Best Doctoral Thesis Award from Rev. Dr. Lien-Hwa Chow Memorial Foundation in 2023. A sociologist of religion, Dr Chu's research focuses on studying Hong Kong Christianities using sociological methods, with her most recent research project being on the "left-behind" older adults whose adult children migrated to the United Kingdom, and how faith-based organizations are able to support them through this loss. Her current research interests include lived theology, Hong Kong studies, migration studies, trauma theory, and gerontology. Prior to her academic career, Dr Chu worked as a chartered accountant for over a decade.