Liting Ding

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Overview

Ding is a Ph.D. student in socio-cultural anthropology. Her research explores agrarian livelihood transitions and late-socialism in the Mekong Delta. She works with shrimp farming households and researchers to tell a story of lives entangled with economic promises, expertise in rural development, and climate change. Ding holds a BA and an MA in Chinese literature/classics from the Renmin University of China. She lived in Chicago and worked on reproductive and sexual health issues before starting her training at Cornell. She is also a self-taught cook, a growing plant caretaker, and an avid watcher of urban wildlife and humans.