Columbia University, Weatherhead East Asian Institute (2015 - 2016):

International Network to Expand Regional and Collaborative Teaching (INTERACT) Postdoctoral Fellow at the Harriman Institute

Project: Kinship, exchange, Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan, China, Xinjiang, money/finance, border trade, social networks and community

Freie Universität Berlin, Dahlem Research School (2014 - 2015):

Postdoctoral Fellow, HONORS Postdoctoral Fellowship, Dahlem Research School

PhD Research (2009 - 2014):

Marriage and Social Interaction in a Semi-rural Uyghur Community of Kashgar