Dan Chai
Degrees
B.A. at Washington University in St. Louis, Cum Laude in Sociology and Educational Studies 2020
Fields of Study
International Migration, Race & Ethnicity Political & Global Sociology, Asia/Asia America, Qualitative Methods
Research
My M.A. paper examines the social exclusion of 2nd gen East Asian and South Asian American men from women’s romantic preferences. I explore how they construct dating preferences in response to their perceived undesirability as Asian American men in romance.
Awards & Grants
Taiwan Studies Lectureship (TSL) Graduate Fellowship, 2024
East Asian Foreign Language and Area Studies Summer Fellowship, 2023
Gates Millennium Scholar, 2016