My name is Feifei Luo, a senior majoring in Cultures and Movements with the track in Cultural Anthropology. I’m currently conducting research on middle-aged women’s beauty practice and feminist discourse on social media in contemporary China. Outside of academics, I really enjoy music. I’m a member of DKU chorus and like to play piano and guitar in my spare time.

I’m very excited to be part of the CSCC student journalist team and to help connect DKU’s vibrant research community with a broader audience. Through my writing, I hope to make the theories and perspectives on contemporary China explored by CSCC researchers more accessible to people from diverse backgrounds.

My name is Gloria Gu, a rising senior majoring in Political Economy with a track in Public Policy. I am passionate about public policy, business, and cross-cultural communication. I also love reading, writing, and playing sports in my free time.

This summer, I joined the CSCC as a student journalist. In this role, I have had the privilege of interviewing faculty members about their research and sharing their scholarly contributions with a broader audience.

I am excited to continue contributing to the CSCC in the coming academic year. I look forward to bridging academic research and public storytelling through my writing, and to helping make the Center’s scholarly work more accessible, engaging, and meaningful to our community and beyond.

My name is Haozhe Lou, and I am a junior majoring in Cultures and Movements with a track in Cultural Anthropology. My research interests focus on how modern institutions in China are experienced and embodied in everyday life. Outside of academics, I enjoy travel, analog photography, and film.

I have been working with the CSCC as a student photographer for over six months. During this time, I have had the opportunity to document lectures, seminars, and community events while engaging with visiting scholars, faculty, and students across campus. The role has allowed me to see research from new perspectives and to contribute to making CSCC’s work more visible and accessible to the DKU community. I look forward to continuing to support the CSCC through photography and visual storytelling in the coming semester.

Marta Grinberga is a junior majoring in Behavioral Science with a track in Economics. She works with Professor Camila Saez Muller on research examining the determinants of educational attainment in rural China. In this role, Marta contributes to literature reviews, data collection and analysis, and other research activities that support the development of the project and its findings.

My name is Shanyu Lin, and I am from the Class of 2029. I am currently exploring different fields within the humanities and have a growing interest in contemporary China issues. Many of the questions begin with my reflections on everyday life, which often lead me to think more deeply about people, culture, and society. I am always curious about the people behind ideas and enjoy learning through conversations. In my spare time, I enjoy reading, writing, listening to music, and watching films and TV series. As a student journalist with CSCC, I look forward to meeting people across the community, learning from their experiences, and sharing their stories.

Shilin Ou is a rising senior at Duke Kunshan University majoring in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science. He works with Professor Coraline Goron on computational social science research examining rural energy transition and public policy discourse in China. In this role, Shilin contributes to large-scale data scraping, natural language processing, and statistical modeling to analyze local government responses and citizen feedback. Through his work with the CSCC, he aims to combine data-driven methodologies with policy analysis to provide rigorous empirical insights into contemporary China.

My name is Violet, and I’m a major in Cultures and Movements with a track in cultural anthropology. Outside of academics, I love cycling to a nice park to read or write, and I’m a huge fan of jigsaw puzzles, I can just sit and work on one for five hours straight.

I’m passionate about Chinese languages and cultures, and I’m currently conducting ethnographic research on food culture in Chinese urban areas. I’ve been working with the CSCC for a year now and hope to continue for longer. This role has been a wonderful opportunity to learn about diverse topics and connect with the research community. I have also received a CSCC grant to carry out a community project focused on promoting sign language and disability rights, which has allowed me and other students to take intensive classes about Chinese sign language.

Yufei Yao is a rising senior majoring in Political Economy with a track in Public Policy. She works with Professor Coraline Goron on research examining the government’s response to social grievances during the “Coal‑to‑Gas” reform in rural Hebei, focusing on just transition and policy implementation. In this role, Yufei contributes to the literature review, policy analysis, qualitative discourse analysis of online posts, and other research activities supporting the project’s development and findings.