Visiting Assistant Professor of Chinese and Asian Studies
Biography
Anqi Liu is a scholar specializing in modern and contemporary Sinophone and Chinese diasporic narratives. She holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and Intercultural Studies. Her research, grounded in the intersection of the humanities and social sciences, spans a range of topics, including transnational literary production, ethnic studies, digital humanities and media studies, and gender studies. Through this interdisciplinary lens, Dr. Liu investigates the shifting dynamics of identity, culture, and representation in the context of global China, with particular attention to how crisis-driven knowledge is produced and transmitted across spatial and political boundaries. She is currently working on her first monograph, which probes critical history, the politics of ethnicity, diasporic subjectivity, and Chinese femininity.
In her free time, she likes bouldering in different climbing gyms and running Mount Vernon Trail. She is now training for the 2025 SF Marathon.
Areas of Research Specialization
- Sinophone and Chinese diasporic literature
- Cultural studies
- Ethnic studies
- Political philosophy
- Digital humanities
Areas of Teaching Specialization
- Pre/modern Chinese literature
- Chinese language and culture
- Asian American studies
Education
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Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and Intercultural Studies at University of Georgia, 2023
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M.A. in English at University of Missouri, 2018
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B.A. in Chinese Language and Literature at Central China Normal University , 2016