Education
Minzu University of China — MA candidate in Sociology
Sep 2024 – present
- GPA: 4.06 / 5.0; First-Class University Scholarship
- Coursework includes qualitative and quantitative methods, Internet and digital society, and statistics.
Minzu University of China — BA in Sociology
Sep 2020 – Jun 2024
- Average grade: 92.47 / 100; Second-Class University Scholarship (twice)
Research Experience
Rural tourism and institutional organization
Jul – Aug 2025 | Liuxiang, Jinxiu, Guangxi
Conducted interviews and participant observation for a study of rural homestay development in an ethnic minority region. Produced the paper Organization and Institutional Power: Household Income Mechanisms in Rural Homestay Development.
Independent master’s research
Jan 2026 – present
Investigating how rural operating organizations attract young people to collaborate in the digital era. The research is based on repeated fieldwork in Tiantai, Zhejiang.
Digital nomad communities and skill exchange
Mar 2026 | Longtan, Fujian
Participated in observation at a rural digital-nomad community and studied how digital technologies mediate skill exchange and small-community formation.
Conferences & Training
- Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociology Committee, Chinese Sociological Association (2025): Presented research on household income mechanisms in rural homestay development.
- Digital Fieldwork Training Camp, Shanghai Normal University (2025): Completed a netnographic project on traditional aesthetics in everyday culture; awarded third prize.
Skills
- Qualitative and quantitative research; ethnography and in-depth fieldwork
- Stata, SPSS, and NVivo
- HTML and Markdown for independent publishing; AI-assisted research workflows
- Mandarin (native); English (CET-6)