Professor
Sociocultural Anthropology
Fields of Interest
Biography
Ethnography of the state, ideology and popular culture, peasant society; China
Research
Research Advised
- Lee, Racquel. Cosmopolitanism for Credit: Learning Global Dispositions at Transnational Universities in China. Pilot Research. 2016
- Jian, Ge. The Impact of Global English in Xinjiang, China: Linguistic Capital and Identity Negotiation among the Ethnic Minority and Han Students. Diss. U of Washington, 2016.
- Tilland, Bonnie R. Hateful and Heartwarming Bonds: The Senses as Strategy in the South Korean Family. Diss. U of Washington, 2015.
- Hale, Matthew A. Reconstructing the Rural: Peasant Organizations in a Chinese Movement for Alternative Development. Diss. U of Washington, 2013.
- Tseng, Hsun-Hui. Stratified Foreign Bodies and Geopolitics of Desire Gender, Class and Race in the Transnational Marriage Market in Taiwan. Diss. U of Washington, 2012.
- Huang, Yu. Vibrant Risks Scientific Aquaculture and Political Ecologies in China. Diss. U of Washington, 2012.
- Ta, Trang Xuan. A State of Imbalance: Corporal Politics and Moral Order in Contemporary China. Diss. U of Washington, 2011.
- Johnson, Jessica. The Culture War over Marriage Equality in Seattle, Washington. Diss. U of Washington, 2010.
- Brown, Stephen Christopher. Streets and Children in Surabaya. Diss. U of Washington, 2009.
- Lee, Racquel. Innovation Bubbles: Digitizing, Diversifying, and Financializing Global Higher Education in China. Dissertation from the University of Washington
Courses Taught
Autumn 2025
Spring 2025
Autumn 2024
Spring 2024
Winter 2024
Autumn 2023
Winter 2023
Affiliations
Home Department