[{"content":"Hi, I\u0026rsquo;m Eliza Chen (陈仪真) 👋 I\u0026rsquo;m a sociology graduate student in China, interested in organizations, technology, and everyday life. This site is a home for my research notes and personal observations.\nOutside academia, I enjoy hiking, photography, reading, films, and rock music.\n📄 View my curriculum vitae →\nBeyond Academia I keep notes on books I read, films I watch, and places I wander. Photography and hiking help me stay grounded; this site is where those threads come together.\n","permalink":"https://eliza-notes.com/en/about/","summary":"About Eliza","title":"About"},{"content":"Education Minzu University of China — MA candidate in Sociology\nSep 2024 – present\nGPA: 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\nSep 2020 – Jun 2024\nAverage grade: 92.47 / 100; Second-Class University Scholarship (twice) Research Experience Rural tourism and institutional organization Jul – Aug 2025 | Liuxiang, Jinxiu, Guangxi\nConducted 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.\nIndependent master\u0026rsquo;s research Jan 2026 – present\nInvestigating how rural operating organizations attract young people to collaborate in the digital era. The research is based on repeated fieldwork in Tiantai, Zhejiang.\nDigital nomad communities and skill exchange Mar 2026 | Longtan, Fujian\nParticipated in observation at a rural digital-nomad community and studied how digital technologies mediate skill exchange and small-community formation.\nConferences \u0026amp; 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) ","permalink":"https://eliza-notes.com/en/cv/","summary":"\u003ch2 id=\"education\"\u003eEducation\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMinzu University of China\u003c/strong\u003e — MA candidate in Sociology\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eSep 2024 – present\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGPA: 4.06 / 5.0; First-Class University Scholarship\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoursework includes qualitative and quantitative methods, Internet and digital society, and statistics.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMinzu University of China\u003c/strong\u003e — BA in Sociology\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eSep 2020 – Jun 2024\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAverage grade: 92.47 / 100; Second-Class University Scholarship (twice)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"research-experience\"\u003eResearch Experience\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"rural-tourism-and-institutional-organization\"\u003eRural tourism and institutional organization\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJul – Aug 2025 | Liuxiang, Jinxiu, Guangxi\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Curriculum Vitae"}]