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Xuefei Ma is an Assistant Professor of Chinese Culture at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville's Department of World Languages and Cultures. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Arizona. Her research focuses on feminist, queer, and trans cultural production within global Chinese/Sinophone communities, with particular attention to intersections of gender, animal studies, and the Anthropocene. Current projects include examining transnational feminist coalitions through nüshu homosociality and analyzing human-animal transformations in Yangtze River narratives.
Key research interests include queer cinema analysis, feminist activism in digital media, and the de-centering of the human in environmental discourse. Her work bridges literary studies, visual culture, and affect theory.
- Education: Ph.D., University of Arizona
- Teaching: Global China Studies & Gender/Women's Studies
Her 2023 article on queer voice in cinema exemplifies her interdisciplinary approach to rethinking gendered desire. Awards include a prestigious Luce/ACLS Fellowship supporting her pandemic-era study of female bonding in pop culture.
- Awards: 2022-2023 Luce/ACLS Early Career Research Fellowship
- Creative Work: Podcast discussions on contemporary Chinese cinema, documentary translation projects
Advocates for student mentorship, she also engages in public scholarship through art exhibitions and community initiatives.
