It has been my privilege and pleasure to teach both undergraduate and graduate (MA and Ph.D.) students. I have designed and taught the following five classes:
In 2021, I received the George Kahrl Award in Sociology, which recognizes a junior faculty member who has made outstanding contributions to undergraduate instruction. The selection of the Kahrl Award is based on the input of undergraduate sociology concentrators through course evaluations and other forms of direct communication.
Since I began my appointment in 2016, I have had 26 advisees and mentees at Harvard. These include:
Seeing students thriving is one of the most rewarding parts of my job. Given my own experiences as a child growing up in a single-parent household, a first-generation college student, an international student, a minority immigrant, and a mother raising a child in a non-conventional family in a foreign country, I am well aware of the ways in which students arrive at the university from diverse backgrounds and how students' backgrounds can influence learning experiences. As an immigrant, my students have played a profound role in making me feel I belong.
- Soc 141: Contemporary Chinese Society (undergraduate and graduate levels)
- Soc 182: Law and Society (undergraduate level)
- Soc 98LA: Junior Tutorial: Media, Society, and Social Change (undergraduate level)
- Soc 2209: Qualitative Social Analysis (graduate level)
- Soc 3317: Culture, History, and Society Workshop (graduate level, co-teach with Professor Orlando Patterson)
In 2021, I received the George Kahrl Award in Sociology, which recognizes a junior faculty member who has made outstanding contributions to undergraduate instruction. The selection of the Kahrl Award is based on the input of undergraduate sociology concentrators through course evaluations and other forms of direct communication.
Since I began my appointment in 2016, I have had 26 advisees and mentees at Harvard. These include:
- 12 PhD students in the Department of Sociology
- 3 students in the Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD) program at Harvard Law School
- 3 students in the Regional Studies East Asia (RSEA) Program
- 6 undergraduates
- 2 postdoc fellows at the Fairbank Center
Seeing students thriving is one of the most rewarding parts of my job. Given my own experiences as a child growing up in a single-parent household, a first-generation college student, an international student, a minority immigrant, and a mother raising a child in a non-conventional family in a foreign country, I am well aware of the ways in which students arrive at the university from diverse backgrounds and how students' backgrounds can influence learning experiences. As an immigrant, my students have played a profound role in making me feel I belong.
