This dissertation examines how China’s involvement in transnational LGBTQ activism, adaptation and innovation of queer media technologies, and the global pink economy have influenced queer men’s understandings of selfhood, sexual desires, and the relationships among queer subjects. It is based on extensive fieldwork in Beijing and digital ethnography on China’s...
This multi-study dissertation explores experiences of music education for students with disabilities with a particular focus on students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). It is comprised of three distinct papers including two qualitative studies and a literature review. In the first study, I collaborated with Dr. Sarah J. Bartolome to...
How do creative producers make their works, and how do their social interactions within creative industries shape the creative process? This study addresses these questions by drawing upon two years of ethnographic fieldwork and over 100 interviews with artists, dealers, curators, collectors, and art advisers in the New York City...