Research/Areas of Interest
China, gender, kinship, singleness, masculinity, graphic anthropology
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy, Brandeis University, USA
- Master of Arts, Suny At Binghamton, USA
- Bachelor of Fine Arts, Savannah Coll of Art & Design, USA
Biography
kimcraig is a Lecturer in Tufts Anthropology Department, where she teaches courses on gender, sexuality, queerness, and kinship. Her research explores singleness, often understood as a liminal state of adulthood, and asks what it means to experience singlehood as a lifelong status, whether by choice or circumstance. Her dissertation fieldwork examined unmarried adults in China, focusing on the markets that have emerged to address the "singleness epidemic" and the moral meanings attached to singlehood. Her work asks whether it is possible to be both unmarried and a "good man" according to Confucian ideals in contemporary China. Prior to joining Tufts, kimcraig taught at Brandeis University and Harvard University, and currently also teaches courses at MIT. She holds a Ph.D. and an M.A. in Sociocultural Anthropology from Brandeis University and Binghamton University, respectively. She also holds a BFA in Film and Television Production from the Savannah College of Art and Design, where she studied documentary filmmaking.