China

Karen Armstrong: Course Director, Faculty of Education
Leadership and community engagement; youth development; and digital learning

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Preet S. Aulakh: Professor of Strategy and International Business and
Pierre Lassonde Chair in International Business, Schulich School of Business, York University
Asian business systems; comparative state capitalism; emerging markets; Asian business groups

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Margaret Boittin: Assistant Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School
Criminal law; international and comparative law; human rights; China; empirical methods; prostitution; human trafficking

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Claudia Chaufan: Associate Professor, Health Policy and Global Health, York University

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Joshua A. Fogel: Canada Research Chair, History of Modern China
Professor, Department of History, York University
Cultural and political Sino-Japanese relations; China; Japan

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Margo Gewurtz: Professor, Department of Humanities, York University
Sino-Western cultural relations; missionaries in East Asia; China

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Pietro Giordan: Associate Professor, Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics, York University
Chinese literature; comparative literature; aesthetics; drama and theatre studies

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Jay Goulding: Associate Professor, Department of Social Science, York University
Chinese and Japanese philosophy; hermeneutics; phenomenology; China; Japan

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Susan J. Henders: Associate Professor, Department of Politics, York University
Non-state diplomacies; minority territorial autonomy arrangements; territorial politics; human rights; Canada-Asia relations; China; Hong Kong

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Lianrui Jia: Doctoral Candidate, Communication and Culture, York University
Media policy and regulation; Internet; China; Canada

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Joan Judge: Professor, Department of History, York University
Chinese cultural history; print and visual culture; women's and gender history; quotidian knowledge and everyday epistemologies; digital humanities

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Yam K. Lau: Associate Professor, Department of Visual Art & Art History, York University
New media; expressions and qualities of space, time and image; video and computer-generated animation; China

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Jack Hang Tat Leong: Associate Dean, Research & Open Scholarship, York University Libraries
International and community engagement; access to resources; science fiction; Chinese Canadian studies; intercultural studies

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Chenxin (Vonnie) Li: Doctoral Student, Graduate Programme in Social Anthropology, York University
Concepts of feminine beauty in China; cosmetic surgery; health

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Muyang Li: Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, York University (from January 2021)
Media; cultural sociology; political sociology; digital sociology; computational text analysis; mixed methods

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Zhixiang Liang: Assistant Professor, Management, York University

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Lucia Lo: Professor of Geography, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change
Chinese diaspora; immigrant settlement and integration; settlement services; identity and consumption; ethnic economy; ethnic banks; highly skilled migration

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Bill Lu: Master's Student, Graduate Programme in Public & International Affairs, Glendon College, York University
Public policy; Canada; Asian Diaspora; China; social determinants of health

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Eva Lu: Doctoral Student, Graduate Programme in Art History and Visual Culture, York University
Art history; curatorial studies; modern art; contemporary art; visual culture; new media theory and art; sound studies; feminism; diaspora and transnationalism; postcolonialism; globalization; East Asia; Taiwan; Korea; Japan; China

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Zhifan Luo: PhD candidate in Sociology at the University at Albany
YCAR External Research Associate
China; political discourse; elites and power; gender issues

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Jia Ma: Associate Profesor, Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics, York University
Modern Chinese literature; Chinese North American diasporic literature; Chinese history; Christian cultural influences on Chinese literature; China; Chinese Diaspora

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Colin McGuire: External Research Associate
Martial arts music; lion dance; kung fu; ethnomusicology; performance ethnography; Chinese diaspora; identity; embodiment, intertextuality

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Jean Michel Montsion: Associate Professor, Multidisciplinary Studies, Glendon College, York University
Associate Director, York Centre for Asian Research
Coordinator, Graduate Diploma in Asian Studies
Gateway cities; ethnicity; international education; Indigeneity; Singapore, Vancouver

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Noa Nahmias: Doctoral Candidate, Graduate Programme in History, York University
Modern Chinese history; history of science; knowledge production; material culture; print culture

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Glen Norcliffe: Professor Emeritus and Senior Scholar, Geography, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University
Critical geographies of industry, trade and development; performing the economy; geographical construction of technology; dispossession in extractive regions

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Gang Pan: Assistant Professor, Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics, York University
Chinese language; modern and contemporary Chinese literature and culture; Chinese martial arts culture; Chinese cinema; Chinese theatre; sexuality in China; digital culture in China

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Hsin-Yun Peng: Doctoral Student, School of Social Work, York University
Chinese LGBTQ individuals; migration; life strategy; gender equality; career planning

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Dalton Rawcliffe: Doctoral Student, Graduate Programme in History, York University
Transnationalism; Maoism; Cultural Revolution; Britain; China; Hong Kong; Cold War; propaganda

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Philip Sarrazin: Master's Student, Graduate Programme in Geography, York University
Global production networks; Olympics; ice hockey athletes; Canada; China

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Rick Sin: School of Social Work
Chinese Diasporas; Human Rights Advocacy; Transnational Social Movements; Critical Social Work

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Christopher Vogel: Doctoral Candidate, Graduate Programme in History, York University
Gender; Beijing opera; China

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Bernard Wolf: Professor Emeritus, Economics, Schulich School of Business, York University
Associate Director, IMBA Program, Schulich School of Business, York University
International trade and finance; multinational enterprises; strategic alliances; economic integration; trade/investment liberalization; East Asia; China; Korea; Japan

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Keefer Wong: Doctoral Student, Graduate Programme in Sociology, York University
Neoliberal ideologies; globalization; social change; knowledge production; diaspora; “identities;” transnationalism; political economy; critical theory; China

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Wendy S. Wong: Associate Professor, Department of Design, York University
Chinese visual cultural history; Chinese consumer society, design and identity; Hong Kong; Taiwan; China

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Yuk-Lin Renita Wong: Professor, School of Social Work, York University
Mindfulness; contemplative pedagogy; spirituality and social justice; critical social work; embodied learning and decolonization; China; Hong Kong

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Cary Wu: Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, York University
Political sociology; migration; urban studies

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Xueqing Xu: Associate Professor, Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics, York University
Chinese-Canadian literature; Chinese women fiction; Chinese Diaspora; China

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Xiao Alvin Yang: Visiting Graduate Associate, York Centre for Asian Research
Doctoral Candidate, Political and Economic Science, Universität Kassel, Germany
International Relations theory; global political economy; Belt and Road Initiative; China and Europe; East Asia and Southeast Asia; popular music; Chinese and European history and philosophy

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Qiang Zha: Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, York University
Chinese and East Asian higher education; international academic relations; global brain circulation; internationalization of higher education; globalization and education; differentiation and diversity in higher education; theories of organizational change; knowledge transfer and commercialization; international migration and development; China

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Tracy Ying Zhang: Assistant Professor (CLTA), Department of Communication & Media Studies, York University
Labour and cultural Industries; intersectional Feminisms; cultural policy studies; global politics and cultural economy; media and performance; minority cultural productions; live entertainment in transnational China; Sino-Tibetan cultural politics

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Sabrina Zhao: Master's Candidate, Production, Graduate Programme in Film, York University
Gender; diasporic identities; historical identities,

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Yikun Zhao: Doctoral Candidate, Graduate Programme in Sociology, York University
Cultural and economic sociology; cultural capital; cultural industry; Chinese consumer culture; etiquette; sociological theories; climate change; digital research methods

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