Current Teaching and Course Coordination
Sexuality-Embracing Diversity (General Education)
Sexuality Education-Inclusive and Rights-Based Perspective (For educators enrolled in special need education)
Sex Education (For educators enrolled in special need education)
Counselling Supports to Children with Special Educational Needs
Counseling Ethics
Counseling Theories and Practices
Second Major/Minor in Counselling Program Coordinator
Program Leader/Associate Program Leader: Master of Arts in Educational Counselling
Supervision of Postgraduate Research Students
PhD - Sexuality education and high functioning ASD students in Hong Kong
EdD - Parents with children affected by dyslexia: Experience in parent-school collaboration
EdD - Heterosexism and LGBQ+ educators' experiences in schools
External Examiner PhD Examination Panels
The Education University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong Baptist University
Western Sydney University
University of Auckland
Past Teaching Experiences
Sexual Diversity and Social Work Intervention (CityUHK)
Sexuality, Culture, and Diversity (CityUHK)
Counseling in Society and Across Culture (CityUHK)
Counselling Individuals and Families (CityUHK)
Social Work Philosophy and Ethics (CUHK)
Social Case Work (CUHK)
Movies Life, and Social Work (CUHK)
Mental Health Counseling (CUHK)
Social Work Fieldwork Supervision (CUHK)
Committees and Services
Knowledge Transfer, Public Education, and Professional Training (Selected)
Media articles/commentaries in relation to social issues.
Dr. Diana Kwok is Associate Professor of the Department of Special Education and Counselling. Before joining EdUHK, she trained social workers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and City University of Hong Kong. She is a registered social worker, counsellor, approved counselling supervisor, expressive arts therapist, and sex therapist. Dr. Kwok used to work in adoption service, mental health, gender, and ethic diverse social work settings, in Hong Kong, and in California, USA. Currently, she serves as panel member of the Disciplinary Committee and the Assessment Committee of the Hong Kong Social Workers' Registration Board, panel specialist for the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic & Vocational Qualifications in Social Work and Counselling Panel. Dr. Kwok was granted Early Career Award by Research Grant Council (RGC), and her research projects have been funded by RGC (ECS, GRF, RMF), Equal Opportunities Fund, Hong Kong SAR Government, NGOs, and private donations, mostly focused on mental health and sexuality, sexual/gender prejudice and social work, sexuality education for students from ethnic, SEN, and sexual/gender diverse backgrounds. Recent research project is exploring adoption experiences of Chinese families in Hong Kong. Besides research and teaching, Dr. Kwok actively engages in knowledge transfer activities, based on her research results, to inform frontline mental health counselling and social work practice in NGOs and government organizations, in Hong Kong and in other Asian cities. The research results were published in a wide range of international journals including Children and Youth Services Review; Child and Family Social Work; Frontiers in Psychology; Journal of Social Work Education; Qualitative Social Work; Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning; International Review of Psychiatry etc..
EdD University of Hong Kong
MSW (Mental Health Counselling) California State University, USA
PgD (Sex Therapy) Florida Postgraduate Sex Therapy Training Institute, USA
PgCert (Sex Therapy) University of Guelph
PgD (Sexuality Studies) University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
B.Soc.Sci (Social Work) Chinese University of Hong Kong
Registered Social Worker (HKSWRB)
Certified Counsellor, Approved Counselling Supervisor (HKPCA)
Certified Sex Therapist, Sex Therapist Supervisor/Trainer (HKASERT)
Expressive Arts Therapist/Associate Member (EATAHK)
Current Teaching and Course Coordination
Sexuality-Embracing Diversity (General Education)
Sexuality Education-Inclusive and Rights-Based Perspective (For educators enrolled in special need education)
Sex Education (For educators enrolled in special need education)
Counselling Supports to Children with Special Educational Needs
Counseling Ethics
Counseling Theories and Practices
Second Major/Minor in Counselling Program Coordinator
Program Leader/Associate Program Leader: Master of Arts in Educational Counselling
Supervision of Postgraduate Research Students
PhD - Sexuality education and high functioning ASD students in Hong Kong
EdD - Parents with children affected by dyslexia: Experience in parent-school collaboration
EdD - Heterosexism and LGBQ+ educators' experiences in schools
External Examiner PhD Examination Panels
The Education University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong Baptist University
Western Sydney University
University of Auckland
Past Teaching Experiences
Sexual Diversity and Social Work Intervention (CityUHK)
Sexuality, Culture, and Diversity (CityUHK)
Counseling in Society and Across Culture (CityUHK)
Counselling Individuals and Families (CityUHK)
Social Work Philosophy and Ethics (CUHK)
Social Case Work (CUHK)
Movies Life, and Social Work (CUHK)
Mental Health Counseling (CUHK)
Social Work Fieldwork Supervision (CUHK)
Committees and Services
Knowledge Transfer, Public Education, and Professional Training (Selected)
Media articles/commentaries in relation to social issues.