I joined Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University in Suzhou in 2020. As a sociologist, my research and teaching interests fall into four major areas: sociology of labor and work, sociology of development and economic change, collective action and social movements, and sociological Marxism. I received a Ph.D. from the Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2019. Currently, I am working on two research projects. I am writing a book about Chinese grassroots labor activism and trade union reform. I also start to collect data for a new research project on the political economy of flexible labor market development in the context of China's manufacturing industrial upgrading. I especially welcome and would like to work with Ph.D. applicants who want to study Chinese labor issues across different industrial sectors.

Sociology of labor and work

Sociology of development and economic change

Collective action and social movements

Sociological Marxism

Assistant Professor, Department of China Studies, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou - September 2022 to present

Lecturer, Department of China Studies, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou - Feburary 2020 to August 2022

CCS104 Chinese Society (module leader)

CCS 308 Understanding China’s Development: Theories and Issues (module leader)

CCS305 China Studies: Final Year Project (co-teach, week 5 Methodology Lecture; Dissertation Supervisor)

CCS 901 Understanding China (co-teach, week 4 Chinese society and education lecture)

CCS107 China: Government and Politics (co-module leader)

CCS302 China: Social Policy (module leader)

CCS404 China’s Welfare and Development (module leader)