Meiying Xu

I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin and a graduate fellow at the Politics of Race and Ethnicity. I study ethnic and language politics in comparative and American contexts.  

Growing up in western China’s multiethnic frontier, at the crossroads of Han Chinese, Tibetan, Yi, Qiang, and other minority communities, I saw languages collide, tongues traded, cultures intertwine, and identities shift. These encounters with the everyday choreography of interethnic life sparked my enduring commitment to understanding how ethnicity and identity are constructed and governed.

I hold an M.A. in International Relations from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a LL.B. in Political Science from Renmin University of China.

Email: xu.meiying[at]utexas.edu