I follow how children grow with languages, places, people, and the worlds arranged around them.
I am a Ph.D. candidate in Language and Literacy Education at the University of British Columbia. Before UBC, I completed an M.Ed. in Language and Literacy at Harvard University and a B.A. in English Language and Literature at Fudan University.
My work begins with children and the worlds that gather around them: families, schools, communities, digital spaces, languages, and more-than-human relations.
The questions I carry sit somewhere along paths opened by Bourdieu, Deleuze, Barad, and scholars of posthumanist and post-qualitative inquiry. I am interested in how social class, deterritorialization, material arrangements, and everyday relations shape what becomes possible for children.
I do not think worlds simply happen to children. Worlds are laid out in particular ways. We need to see those arrangements, criticize them with care, and humbly look for better possibilities to accompany children's growth.
Alongside my publications, talks, and teaching, I use this site to keep notes, blog posts, and academic and non-academic projects in view. I am also beginning to use AI to make small apps and tools for people around me, especially when a lightweight build can make a recurring task easier to think with or work through.