Xinyi Zhu (she/her)

Department of Sociological Studies

PhD Student

xzhu101@sheffield.ac.uk

Full contact details

Xinyi Zhu
Department of Sociological Studies
The Wave
2 Whitham Road
91Ö±²¥
S10 2AH
Profile

Xinyi joined the Department of Sociological Studies in 2023. She obtained her MA in Cultural and Creative Industries from King’s College London. Prior to this, she completed her BA in Journalism at Ming Chuan University, Taiwan. Before joining the department, she had previously worked as a course instructor at Joint Institute of Zhejiang Wanli University and Brand University of Applied Sciences.

Research interests

My research focuses on young female students who have studied in Western nations and returned to China after graduation. The primary objective is to explore the ways in which transnational education mobility influences the lives of these young women, and how they navigate and challenge patriarchal power dynamics while (re)constructing their own subjectivity in neotraditional China.

Research interests:

  • Gender and Sexuality;
  • Feminism;
  • International Migration; 
  • Higher Education;
Research group

PhD Supervisors:

Dr Laura Connelly

Dr Rebecca Murray

Professional activities and memberships

Member of Hong Kong Association of University Women 2022-2023