Rebecca Doran

Rebecca Doran is an Associate Professor at the University of Miami's College of Arts and Sciences, specializing in Modern Languages & Literatures. Her research focuses on gender dynamics, historical narratives, and cultural practices in Tang and Sui Dynasty China.

• Academic Affiliation: University of Miami, College of Arts and Sciences
• Email: rxd207@miami.edu

Doran's work explores intersections of power, gender, and material culture, particularly in early Chinese history. She examines how fashion, calligraphy, and sumptuary practices reflect and shape political and social identities, as seen in her studies of Sun Shou's influence on Tang aesthetics and the role of wet nurses in royal historiography.

Her publications, including the book Transgressive typologies, analyze typological frameworks in Chinese historiography and the rhetorical strategies used to construct female power narratives. Articles span topics like Liu Yong's ci poetry and the cultural legacy of Tang women rulers.