University
Introduction to Sociology
Research Methods and Design in Social Sciences
Reproductive Justice
Social Change in Contemporary China
Community
Qualitative Methods for Endangered Language Preservation
I am a Qiang ethnic minority woman raised in southwestern China’s Tibetan corridor. I have been empowered by education and sustained investment from family, mentors, and friends in my personal and intellectual growth. My lived experiences as an ethnic minority woman of color inform my intellectual life and enable me to engage with faculty and students from diverse social backgrounds. I am committed to conducting research with underserved and marginalized communities in the Global South and teaching and mentoring underprivileged students in the college and the wider community.
I further translated my intellectual pursuits into concrete actions to empower youth from the Qiang and Tibetan communities. I worked with these underprivileged students to develop a critical understanding of their cultural heritages and toolkit to access intellectual and professional opportunities. From 2017 to 2018, I collaborated with Nathaniel Sims to design and teach these students in a community workshop series for documenting endangered Qiang languages. From 2020 and 2022, I have collaborated with other researchers to organize the Himalayan Languages of Sichuan workshop to bring a series of online lectures and funding to participants who intend to learn methods and access funding to document their endangered native languages.
In an environment that continues to exclude ethnic minorities and devalue their languages and culture, the workshops and online forums have provided intellectual and material resources (scholarships and paid work) that helped several participants transform into teachers and potential researchers of their language tradition.