Research

Field

Trans Studies

Region

China

Theoretical Background

  • Trans/Queer/Feminist Theory
  • Marxist-Feminist Critique
  • Police/Prison Abolition and Transformative Justice
  • Lacanian Psychoanalysis
  • Cybernetics and Media Theory
  • Affect Theory
  • Trans/Queer Archiving and History
  • Oral History

Interests

  • Assimilation of transness in the Hukou system, institutionalization of “社会性别 [gender],” and transformations in family structures, gender norms, and labor relations under neoliberalism
  • Community histories and genealogies of trans femininity and practices of trans care before/alongside/against “transgender” in post-socialist China (1980s-)
  • Alternate imaginations/practices of justice in trans, queer, and feminist activism and the potential for police, prison, and family abolition

Writings


Education

M.A.

University of Chicago

2023-2024

Program

Master of Arts in the Humanities (MAPH)

Concentration

Gender Studies

Scholarship

$12,000

B.A.

Duke University

2019-2023

GPA 3.935

Graduation with High Distinction

Cum Laude

Major 1

Global Cultural Studies in the Literature Program

Major 2

Philosophy


Languages

  • Mandarin Chinese
  • English
  • French