Beibei Yan

Anthropology

Email

byang@smu.edu

Phone

214-507-9254

BA Hausa Linguistic and Language, Beijing Foreign Studies University, China, 2004
MA Applied Linguistic, Beijing Foreign Studies University, China, 2007
MA Anthropology, Tulane University, 2009
MA Anthropology, ÃÛÌÒ½´Methodist University
PhD Anthropology, ÃÛÌÒ½´Methodist University, 2016

Title of Dissertation: "From China to Zambia: the New Chinese Migrants in Africa under Global Capitalism."

Research Interests:

Region: Hausa-speaking West Africa, especially northern Nigeria

Interests: Gender and Sexuality, Marriage and Family, Islam, Social change, Medical Anthropology, HIV/AIDS transmission

Theses:

M.A. thesis (2009):

Social Change and the Transformation of Hausa Women's Status and Domestic Life, 1800-2000 (in English)

M.A. thesis (2007):

A Study of Beijing Intellectuals' Choices of Spouses and Their Activities of Using Internet to Find Spouses (in Chinese)

B.A. thesis (2004):

HIV/AIDS Transmission in the Hausa Society in Northern Nigeria (in Hausa)

Entered program in 2009

Region of Study:

Northern Nigeria, West Africa