Yanping Ni recently published an article, "Other Anthropology Schools: Translating Disciplinary Treasures for 'Undisciplined' Minds" in Anthropology News. The article talks about her collaboration on an educational program on Dongmen Island, China. The program introduced courses that covered many domains—design, medicine, the environment—but most featured an anthropological flair, and most of the organizers had an anthropology background.

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Ni is a PhD candidate in the Department of Anthropology. She holds master’s degrees in East Asian Studies and Film and Television Studies and a bachelor’s degree in Journalism. Her research interests sit at the intersection of historical anthropology, political economy, material culture, and environmental humanities. Ni has published in the peer-reviewed journals China Information and Asian Bioethics Review, contributed to the volumes The Coronavirus: Human, Social and Political Implications (Springer Nature) and Proletarian China: A Century of Chinese Labour (Verso), and the forum Anthropology News.