I'm happy to share that my dissertation, "In Transition: Politics of Transgender Healthcare in China," won the best dissertation award from the UChicago Social Science Division and the American Sociological Association Medical Sociology Section!
Dr. Xiaogao Zhou
@xgzhou.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Sociology at Bryn Mawr College. UChicago PhD. He/They. Interested in gender, sexuality, medicine, and transnational processes. I study transgender healthcare in China. www.xiaogaozhou.com
Bryn Mawr College is hiring an Assistant Professor in Sociology with a specialization in social movements! The applications are due on September 19th. It is a fantastic place to be a scholar and educator—please spread the word! I'm happy to answer questions to the best of my ability!
Assistant Professor of Sociology
brynmawr.edu
NEW PUBLICATION: I'm happy to announce that my article “Patriotic rabbits or toxic men? Media ideology, entextualization, and enregisterment on Chinese interfaces” is published on the journal of @soclinganth.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1111/jola... It's open access, feel free to check it out!
Journal of Linguistic Anthropology | AAA Journal | Wiley Online Library
This article argues that social actors' media ideologies about digital interfaces are key to the enregisterment of online activities. Focusing on an online register emergent from user activities arou....
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I'm thrilled to receive the 2025 Richard Saller Prize for the Most Outstanding Dissertation in UChicago Social Sciences Division. I'm so grateful to be supported by so many friends, colleagues, and professors who offered me unwavering encouragement throughout this challenging intellectual journey!
New article out! I demonstrate how Chicago’s kink scene responded to COVID-19 and Mpox by creatively recrafting nightlife online, safeguarding cherished venues, and transforming sites of pleasure into spaces of health mobilization. #sociology
The Sociological Quarterly@socquarterly.bsky.social · last yr.ONLINE FIRST In this TSQ article, Jorge Ochoa (@jorge-ochoa.bsky.social) argues that Chicago kinksters harnessed the creative, retentive, and historically layered—or, in a word, palimpsestic—features of their scene to respond to the unsettled times of COVID-19 and mpox. Read more at bit.ly/4j9LGkP
Excited to share that I'll be joining the Department of Sociology at Bryn Mawr College this fall as an Assistant Professor! Looking forward to engaging with amazing students, colleagues, and the college!