Xiaogao Zhou

Xiaogao Zhou (He/They) studies how medical knowledge around gender and sexuality transforms social institutions. His current book project examines how medical institutions in China achieve transgender inclusion by adapting and reinterpreting global medical norms. His recent research also investigates institutional changes through the experiences of gender and sexual minorities. His work has received awards from five sections of the American Sociological Association, and has appeared in journals such as Social Problems, Social Science & Medicine, and the Journal of Homosexuality.

Zhou’s teaching philosophy emphasizes fostering students' sociological imagination—the ability to analyze individual experiences within the contexts of social forces in a global world. He is excited to work with Bryn Mawr students to explore how gender and sexuality shape our experiences of the world, as well as the social forces that influence communities' experiences of health and medicine.