Current Members

Marion Dechepy (Honours. McGill. 2026-).

Honours thesis: Gendering the colonial gaze: Women, family, and moral order in French military archives from northern Vietnam.

Andrea Duca (Honours. McGill. 2026-).

Honours thesis: Mapping a ‘Good’ Childhood: Intergenerational Narratives of Place and Well-Being in Montreal.

Elaine Gu (Honours. McGill. 2026-).

Honours thesis: Public Square Dancing in Shanghai.

Audrey Ma (Honours. McGill. 2026-).

Honours thesis: Between City and Livelihoods: A Perspective from Female Delivery Drivers in Wenzhou, China.

Palmer Newson (Honours. McGill. 2025-).

Honours thesis: Gendered experiences of safety: McGill students’ perceptions, routines and mobility.

Monnerat, Mélie (PhD. McGill. 2016-)

Thesis: Ethnic minority livelihoods in the Sino-Vietnamese borderlands: the case of spice commodity chains. (prov. title).

Lin, Kailin (MA. McGill. Sept 2025-).

Thesis: Female motorbike delivery drivers in Fuzhou, China and their everyday tactics.

Bird, Ethan (MA. exp. 2026; PhD 2026-. McGill).

Thesis: Negotiating Childhood and Neighbourhood Environments in Kunming, China: A multi-generational study.


Lutard, Paul (MA, Laval. 2022-)
Thesis: La cueillette en milieu forestier avec les Hmong, dans les hautes terres du
Vietnam, district de Sa Pa

Tsung, Tung Yee (Cathy) (MA. McGill. Sept 2023-).

Thesis: Hmong (Miao) migration tactics and trails from villages to bright light cities in Yunnan, China.

Research Assistants

NGO Thuy Hanh – Hanoi, Vietnam.

CHAU Lien – Lao Cai, Vietnam