I am a human-environment geographer and interdisciplinary social scientist focusing on sustainable urban development in China. My work intersects with environmental science, policy, and planning, urban geography, political economy, critical science and development studies, and global Chinese studies.
I am currently a Postdoctoral Associate in Sustainability with the Atkinson Center for Sustainability and Department of Natural Resources at Cornell University. I am also a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at Rutgers University - New Brunswick. I received my Ph.D. in Geography from the University of California, Berkeley with a designated emphasis in Global Metropolitan Studies.
One of my research projects explores the ways ecology, governance, and society intersect in China through global circulations of ecological science, urban ecological protection planning, and the infrastructural politics of social displacement. I am currently preparing a book manuscript on this project, based on years of field research, called Ecological States: The Politics of Sustainable Urban Development in China. Another research project explores the nexus of urban consumption of endangered fish in Hong Kong, conservation governance, and global political economies of fishing. This project illustrates how cultural politics of urban consumption affect the world's ocean life. My research collaborations include universities in China, non-governmental organizations, and environmental research labs.
I am currently a Postdoctoral Associate in Sustainability with the Atkinson Center for Sustainability and Department of Natural Resources at Cornell University. I am also a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at Rutgers University - New Brunswick. I received my Ph.D. in Geography from the University of California, Berkeley with a designated emphasis in Global Metropolitan Studies.
One of my research projects explores the ways ecology, governance, and society intersect in China through global circulations of ecological science, urban ecological protection planning, and the infrastructural politics of social displacement. I am currently preparing a book manuscript on this project, based on years of field research, called Ecological States: The Politics of Sustainable Urban Development in China. Another research project explores the nexus of urban consumption of endangered fish in Hong Kong, conservation governance, and global political economies of fishing. This project illustrates how cultural politics of urban consumption affect the world's ocean life. My research collaborations include universities in China, non-governmental organizations, and environmental research labs.
