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I am a cultural anthropologist and psychologist working at the intersection of medical anthropology, feminist science and technology studies, critical queer and trans health, and global China studies. I received my Ph.D. in Psychology with an emphasis in Feminist Studies and a specialization in Anthropologies of Medicine, Science, and Technology from the University of California, Irvine.

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My current book project is an ethnography of trans medicine and livability in China, which examines how identity-based interventions reproduce trans vulnerabilities within already uneven geopolitical and sociohistorical contexts. My work has appeared in American Ethnologist, Journal of Counseling Psychology, Psychology & Sexuality, and Journal of GLBT Family Studies. My research has been supported by the Social Science Research Council and the Institute for Citizens and Scholars, among others. Prior to joining CU �鶹ӰԺ, I was an Assistant Professor at San Diego State University.

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2026������ Shao, Jianmin. “The geobiopolitics of trans medicine: Kinship, recalibrated care, and difference-making amid China‐US tensions.” American Ethnologist 53 (1): 22–33.