Ming-Cheng Lo

Ming-Cheng Lo is a Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Davis. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Michigan, along with an M.A. in Comparative Literature and a B.A. in Foreign Languages and Literature from National Taiwan University. Her research focuses on health, immigration, civic engagement, and culture, particularly exploring how marginalized groups navigate challenging social environments through hybrid cultural strategies. She has conducted extensive studies on healthcare access for immigrants, disaster recovery in Taiwan, and the interplay of cultural codes in civil society.

Her academic career includes co-editing the Routledge Handbook of Cultural Sociology (2010, 2019) and authoring Doctors within Borders: Profession, Ethnicity, and Modernity in Colonial Taiwan (2002). Her work bridges sociological theory with empirical studies, emphasizing themes like cultural capital, resistance, and transnationalism. She has received grants from institutions including the Pacific Rim Research Program and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, supporting projects on pandemic governance, immigrant healthcare, and civil society dynamics.

Professor Lo teaches courses on immigration, health sociology, and social movements at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Her research has been recognized through fellowships such as the Davis Humanities Institute Fellowship and APRU Fellowship, and she has authored over 50 peer-reviewed articles in leading journals like Theory and Society and Sociological Perspectives.

Her recent work examines Taiwan’s pandemic governance during the 2021–2025 period, linking public health responses to broader sociopolitical trends. She collaborates with global scholars to analyze cultural mechanisms in disaster recovery and populism resistance, reflecting her commitment to sociological inquiry with global relevance.