Bai Zhihong, female, M.A., associate professor in Department of Anthropology ,Yunnan University. Studied Women Studies and Comparative Politics at Whitman College in Washington State, USA from 1994 to 1995. Studied post-modern anthropology theories and gender theories at Department of Anthropology of Asia and Pacific Institute in Australian National University.

  Courses taught include: Introduction to Feminist Theory, Sex and Culture, Feminist Anthropology. Participated in many gender and development workshops sponsored by Women and Development Institute of Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences, American Society for Chinese Women Studies and Winlock. Attended International symposiums in Thailand, New Zealand, Singapore and Australia on several occasions and read papers. Mains areas of interest include: Gender of the Yi and the Bai in Yunnan Province, gender and development, women and development of ethnic minorities, and impact of economic development and development policies of the government on minority communities. Published several papers in Overseas Social Sciences and other journals.

电子邮件：baiz@ynu.edu.cn     joybhuang@yahoo.com