Tess Chen | Department of Anthropology | University of Washington

Graduate Student

Sociocultural Anthropology

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Fields of Interest

East Asian Ethnography Feminism and Feminist Theory Popular Culture Qualitative Methods Sexuality Sociocultural Anthropology Visual Anthropology Women

Biography

M.A., Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, 2023

B.A., Sociology and Ethnic Studies, UC San Diego, 2018

Sociocultural anthropology, intimacy, gender, technology and social changes, lived experience, cyberspace, visual ethnography; East Asia, mainland China, urban China, US

Research

Selected Research

Liao, C., & Chen, T. T. (2025). Reimagining Heterosexuality and Femininity: Girl Top/Boy Bottom (GB) Fantasies by Hetero-Romance Game Players in China. Global Media and China, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/20594364251376886

Courses Taught

Affiliations

Home Department

Anthropology

Tess Chen (she/her/hers)

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Biography

Spring 2025

Winter 2025

Autumn 2024

Winter 2023