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.
- Huang, Yu. Vibrant Risks Scientific Aquaculture and Political Ecologies in China. Diss. U of Washington, 2012.
- 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.
- 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
Spring 2025
Autumn 2024
Spring 2024
Winter 2024
Autumn 2023
Winter 2023
Affiliations
Home Department