Hangping Xu

Hangping Xu is a Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), affiliated with the Department of Comparative Literature. He holds a Ph.D. in Chinese Literature from Stanford University with a minor in Gender and Sexuality Studies. His research and teaching focus on queer-crip critiques in modern Chinese literature, transnational popular culture, and global disability studies. He previously taught at Middlebury College and has received the Centennial Teaching Award (Stanford) and the Irving K. Zola Award (Honorable Mention).

His research explores disability aesthetics in global Chinese contexts, challenging ableist norms through figures like Shi Tiesheng and Yu Xiuhua. He co-edited special issues on Chinese poetry and disability studies, and collaborates on projects like *The Worst Chinese Poetry: A Critical Anthology*. His courses, such as 'Queer China, Crip China,' use interdisciplinary methods including podcasts and TikTok assignments.

Publications appear in *Prism*, *MCLC*, and *Critical Multilingualism Studies*. His work intersects with environmental humanities and comparative poetics, emphasizing transnational frameworks for world literature.