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Arianne M. Gaetano serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Social Work at Auburn University's College of Liberal Arts. Her research critically examines social transformations in contemporary China with emphasis on gender, migration, and social inequality.
Education:
- PhD, University of Southern California
- BA, Duke University
Her work centers on Chinese society, analyzing gender dynamics in urbanization, marriage patterns, singlehood, and rural-to-urban migration. Current projects investigate international students from Asia in U.S. pandemic contexts. She critically evaluates how state policies and modernization reshape women's lives, social mobility, and family structures through ethnographic fieldwork spanning Beijing and rural China.
Analysis of her 15 most recent publications reveals consistent focus on gendered social change in China, with emerging themes in transnational family negotiations and pandemic-era student experiences. Her scholarship bridges urban sociology, migration studies, and feminist theory.
Scientific Awards:
- Fulbright Award for research in Taiwan
Professor Gaetano actively mentors undergraduate research assistants in her international student project and previously directed Auburn's Women's and Gender Studies program (2017-2021). She teaches core courses including Anthropology of Gender, Culture Marriage and Family, and Peoples and Cultures of Asia, integrating her field research into pedagogy. Her Fulbright award supports ongoing research on cross-cultural social transformations.
She maintains active collaboration with undergraduate researchers in her current pandemic-era international student project and serves as faculty affiliate for Women's and Gender Studies.
