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Jianmin Shao is Assistant Professor of Women and Gender Studies at the �鶹��Ѱ�����. They received their Ph.D. in Psychology with a Graduate Emphasis in Feminist Studies and a specialization in Anthropologies of Medicine, Science, and Technology from the University of California, Irvine. Trained as a feminist ethnographer and psychologist, they conduct research in areas of Queer and Trans Health, Feminist Anthropology, Medical Anthropology, and China Studies.

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Their current book project is an ethnography of “trans-relations.” They examine how identity-based interventions in China reproduce trans vulnerabilities within already uneven geopolitical and sociohistorical contexts, which offers a trans-relational analytic to rethink intersectionality and advocacy in an era of neoliberal globalization. Their previous work has appeared in Journal of Counseling Psychology, Psychology & Sexuality, and Journal of GLBT Family Studies. Prior to joining �鶹��Ѱ�����Boulder, they were an Assistant Professor at San Diego State University.