Expertise
- Queer Asias
- Trans and Queer of Color Critique
- Critical Cultural Studies
- Critical Platform Studies
- Digital Activism
- Global and Intercultural Communication
Education
- BA in Journalism, Jinan University
- MA in Communication, Renmin University of China
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Biography
Jiacheng Liu (they/them/"tā") is a dual-title PhD candidate (ABD) in Mass Communications & Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Drawing on ethnography, interview, and textual analysis, their research addresses the intersection of digital platforms, trans and queer of color culture, and social movements, with a geographic focus on China and the Asia diaspora.
Specifically, Liu's current research focuses on three areas: (a) the transnational circulation of trans and queer of color culture (e.g., Ballroom culture) in/across Asia, (b) the mutual shaping of queer politics and digital media in China, and (c) intersectionality and Chinese diasporic activism. Their previous works have appeared in Sexualities, Information, Communication & Society, Feminist Media Studies, International Journal of Communication, and Men and Masculinities.
Prior to this PhD, Liu worked at a gay social app company in Beijing and a Guangzhou-based NGO focusing on elderly gay men. Born and raised in South China, they have an enduring passion for Cantonese food.
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Publications
- Liu, J. & Miao W. (2024). Platformized production of homonationalism: An ethnography of queer media production in China, Sexualities, DOI: 10.1177/13634607241287944
- Liu, J. (2023). Empathy as exoneration or resistance? The politics of male empathy in the Chinese #MeToo movement, Feminist Media Studies, DOI: 10.1080/14680777.2021.1986092
- Miao, W., Liu, J. & Wu, S. (2022). Embedded symbiosis: An institutional approach to government-business relationship in the Chinese internet industry, Information, Communication & Society, DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2022.2128600.
- Zhao, L., Liu, J. & Li, Z. (2022). Online dating beyond dating apps: An examination of self-presentation of Chinese gay men dating on Zhihu, International Journal of Communication
- Liu, J. (2022). Review of "Asians Loving Asians: Sticky Rice Homoeroticism and Queer Politics by Shinsuke Eguchi," Men & Masculinities, DOI: 10.1177/1097184X221123791.