Biography
ZHANG Yuhan is a PhD student in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, with a graduate minor in Gender and Women's Studies. Her research examines gendered violence, affect, and the media in modern China, asking how women who transgress are represented, judged, and made into public figures across newspapers, courtrooms, literature, and visual arts.
Research Interests
Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature
Media and Print Culture
Gender and Sexuality
Gendered Violence
Affect Theory
Crime, Law, and Justice
Public Culture
Education
M.A. in Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature, Beijing Normal University
B.A. in Chinese Language and Literature, Beijing Normal University
B.A. in Journalism, Communication University of China
Grants
Distinguished Graduate Student Fellowship, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2023–2026)
Outstanding Student Award, Gender and Women's Studies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2026)
EALC Summer Research Fellowship (2024, 2025)
Courses Taught
Teaching Assistant, CWL/EALC 275: Masterpieces of East Asian Literature, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2026 Fall–present)