Labs - Assistant Professor (Teaching)

XUESHI LI

Title:

Assistant Professor (Teaching)

Education Background:

2015 Post-doc Researcher, Tsinghua University, China

2014 Ph.D. Sociology, Michigan State University (MSU), USA

2008 M.A. Sociology, Michigan State University (MSU), USA

2006 B.A. Central University for Nationalities, China

lixueshi@cuhk.edu.cn

Office Address

Phone

Teaching Area

Sociology

Other

I received my Ph.D in sociology from Michigan State University and currently work as an assistant professor (teaching) in the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen). My research interests include Sociology of Food and Environment, Science and Technology Studies (STS), and Globalization and China Studies.

Research

Sociology of Food and Environment；Science, Technology, and Society (STS); Globalization and China Studies;

Personal Website

Lab info

Student-related Services

2025

Mentoring Xuannan Yang (undergraduate student at CUHKSZ), “Technologies of the Self-Care or Socioeconomic Status? Understanding Prepared Dishes in China’s Generation Z.” Undergraduate Research Awards, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China

2024

Mentoring Wei Yutong (undergraduate student at CUHKSZ), “An ethnographic study of the community coffeehouses in Shenzhen.” The 15th Annual CUHK Anthropology Postgraduate Forum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. March 1-2. (https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/wOsZ0mbskur4m6kXxpXFJw)

2023

Zhihang Li published her term paper of GEC3407 Sociology of Consumption on THE MOMENT (the Fairy Lake Magazine Supplement) pp. 38-40. 2023

2022

Wei Yutong (undergraduate student at CUHKSZ), “An ethnographic study of the community coffeehouses in Shenzhen.” Undergraduate Research Awards, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China.

Yang Chengyang (undergraduate student at CUHKSZ), “For China’s Female Tattoo Artists, Nothing Is Permanent." Sixth Tone (https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1012035/for-chinas-female- tattoo-artists%2C- nothing-is-permanent)

2021

Zhu Lingxuan, Lu Zilin, Luo Man Man, Jin Huiyuan, Tang Zhihe, Chen Qianhui(undergraduate students at CUHKSZ), “Gender Differences and Food: A Content Analysis of Mukbang Videos.” (https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/TJ2cfCnSHustk8CjnsR6uQ)

2019

Yuqing Li (undergraduate student at CUHKSZ), "Sociological Analysis of Sustainable Diets." 2019 Chinese Society of Sociology Annual Conference (Sociology of Consumption Forum)

Jialin Zhang (undergraduate student at CUHKSZ), "the Fast and Frustrating Lives of China’s Food Delivery Drivers." Sixth Tone (http://www.sixthtone.com/news/1004343/the-fast-and-frustrating-lives- of-chinas- food-delivery-drivers)

2018

Zimin Liu, Wenzhou Chen, Boyan Wu (undergraduate students at CUHKSZ), “Sociological Analysis of Bookstores in Shenzhen and the Space of Consumption.” Invited Student Presentation at 2018 Culture Festival, Shenzhen College of International Education (https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/9MC41v62XH1eJhM3xHe3Fw)

Lab Members