Nan Yang

Nan Yang is a PhD student in Anthropology at the School of Social Science. Her research follows substances such as breast milk and water, asking how they are known, circulated, and governed, and how they mediate embodied experience and everyday life in contemporary China.

Qualifications:

Master of Arts in Communication, East China Normal University, 2025
Bachelor of Arts in Editing and Publishing, East China Normal University, 2022

Publications:

Yang, N., Ma, J., & He, T. (2025). From biographical disruption to oscillation: Exploring illness identity tensions among young women with polycystic ovary syndrome in China. Sociology of Health & Illness. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.70100

Conference Presentations:

Yang, N. (2025). “Does breastfeeding define a good mother?”: Online maternal negotiation of breastfeeding practices and motherhood ideologies on Xiaohongshu. Poster presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Annual Conference, San Francisco, USA.

Ma, J., Yang, N., & Li, Y. (2025). Whom should I listen to? Understanding the influence of social media information sources and illness representations on infertility treatment preferences in China. Paper presented at the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) Annual Conference, Singapore.

Ma, J., Yang, N., & Yao, Y. (2024). Performing Oriental racism and “selfie humanitarianism”: Spectacle of Africans on Kuaishou. Paper presented at the International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference, Gold Coast, Australia.