Beibei Yan
Anthropology
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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