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Yidong Gong

Education:

B.A., English, Shanghai International Studies University; M.Phil., Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge; Ph.D., Cultural Anthropology, Duke University

Dissertation:

Beyond “Revolutionary Humanitarianism”: Chinese Doctors in South Sudan

Thesis Advisor:

Charles Piot, Professor of Cultural Anthropology and African and African American Studies and Ralph Litzinger, Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Duke University

Research Topic:

China's medical programs in Africa, biopolitics in conflict and post-conflict zones

Mentor:

Mei Zhan, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Irvine

Current Position:

Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, New College of Florida

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