蔡秋彦，副教授，硕士生导师，北京师范大学文学博士、香港大学教育学硕士，曾任职于汕头大学长江新闻与传播学院。研究兴趣为中国现代文学、女性文学、文化研究；专注于教学工作，开设中国现代文学、文学与跨媒介叙事、中国近现代小说与文化思潮、媒介文化研究、流行文化中的叙事、媒介素养教育等课程。近年来主持省级教学质量工程及教学改革项目3项；曾主持厅级、校级等文科项目，参与国家社会科学基金项目、教育部人文社会科学项目、市级人文社科项目等；指导的学生作品在全国大学生广告艺术大赛、省级挑战杯等比赛中获奖；获汕头大学“优秀教师”、李嘉诚基金会卓越教学奖。

Cai Qiuyan is Associate Professor and Master’s Supervisor, holding a Ph.D. in Literature from Beijing Normal University and a Master of Education from The University of Hong Kong. Before joining the College of Liberal Arts, she held the appointment at Cheung Kong School of Journalism and Communication.

Cai’s research interests center on modern Chinese literature, women's literature, and cultural studies. Dedicated to teaching, she offers the courses such asModern Chinese Literature, Literature and Transmedia Storytelling,Modern Chinese Novels and Cultural Trends, Media Culture Studies, Narrative in Popular Culture,Media Literacy Education.

In recent years, Cai has served as the principal investigator for three provincial-level teaching quality projects and teaching reform projects. In the past, shealso led provincial/departmental-level and university-level humanities projects and participated in projects supported by the National Social Science Fund, the Ministry of Education Foundation for Humanities and Social Sciences, and the municipal-level projects for humanities and social sciences.

Cai hasexperience in supervising students’programmes and competitions. The students’ works won awards in the competitions including the National College Students Advertising Art Competition and the Provincial“Challenge Cup”.

Cai has been honored as an “Outstanding Teacher” at Shantou University (2022) and received the Li Ka Shing Foundation Distinguished Teaching Award (2019).