2026

The Decline of Pity Party: Lessons from Grassroots Mental Health Activism in China

Made in China Journal, Special Issue: Political Depression

2026

When Young People Name Distress in Public: Political Depression in Chinese Digital Spaces

Advanced Study Institute: Maddening Times: Finding Meaning Through Resistance to Political Repression, Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Poster presentation

2025

From Medicalization to Mobilization: The Rise of “Political Depression” in China

Advanced Study Institute: Cultural Configurations of the Self, Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Poster presentation

2026

De-diagnosing: An Art-Based Project to Disrupt Diagnostic Authority and Open Space for Epistemic Plurality

Canadian Social Work Doctoral Student Network (CSWDSN) Conference, University of Ottawa, ON, Canada

Arts-based presentation

2022

Pity Party: Here You Can Talk About Everything on Mental Health

International Visual Sociology Association Conference, online 

Video paper presentation

2022

杂音:媒体如何更好地报道精神健康 Static: Rethinking Mental Health in the Media

2018

China Mental Health Innovation Communication Award 

Beijing Shangshan Public Foundation

2026

Care, Collaboration and Resistance: How Racialized PhD Students Navigate Liminal Academic Spaces

CASWE-ACFTS Conference, University of Ottawa, ON, Canada

Collaborative paper presentation

2026

From Practice to Theory and Back Again: A Reflexive Dialogue of First-Year Social Work PhD Students

5th Annual Canadian Social Work Doctoral Student Network (CSWDSN) Conference, University of Ottawa, ON, Canada

Collaborative sharing circle

2019–2021

Mentored social work students at Shanghai Normal University and Nanjing University to establish two applied theatre groups, exploring the use of applied theatre in social work education. Students performed in community settings on topics including mental health and HIV prevention.