I am an associate professor in the Department of East Asian Studies at McGill University. I hold a B.A. in Chinese literature and a M.A. in Chinese philology from Beijing Normal University (2006, 2009), and a Ph.D. in Chinese literature from Yale University (2015).

I specialize in early modern Chinese literature and culture, with particular interest in the intersections between writing, performance, materiality, and gender. My first major project develops clothing and costuming into a critical lens to study Chinese literature and history. Part of the project is my first book (Staging Personhood) which discusses theatrical costuming in 17th-century China when the Manchu rulers regulated hairstyles and clothing based on ethnicity and gender. Currently I am studying about crime, law, and literature in premodern China. The central piece is a monograph that explores forensic examinations of the human body in the crime literature of early modern China.

I teach a wide range of courses on premodern and modern China as well as Asian diaspora. Recently, I am developing a research and teaching project about overseas students and global education.