History Columbia University, Gender and development in rural China, households and property rights, sex ratio imbalance, transformations in early 20th-century female labour in rural China. My research in China and Central America examines the relationship between gender and development in different social, economic, and political environments and aims to understand the conditions that shape gender relations.
My earlier work in Guatemala compared gender relations at the household and community level in two rural villages and two urban settings governed by state with a dismal record of military repression of its indigenous Maya populations and the poor. In China, my current research examines the legacy of Communist policies and economic reforms on rural communities. I focus on contemporary gender and social differences in the context of regional environments andculture history.
The institutions affecting gender in property rights, employment, violence, and reproductive choice are among my major concerns. Forty million missing girls: land, population policies, and sex imbalance in rural China. Japan Focus, Oct. Zhongguo Xueshu China Scholarship , v.
New directions for Maya labor: Guatemala and beyond. Latin American Perspectives, v. Zhongguo Xuehue China Scholarship , v. Zhongguo funu yu nongcun fazhan — Yunnan Lucun liushi nian de bianqian. Translation of Chinese Women and Rural Development.
Translated by Yukun Hu. La herencia de la conquista: Treinta anos despues. Translation of Heritage of Conquest.
