Hao Zheng (she/her) is a final-year (submitted) PhD candidate based on the unceded land of the Kulin Nations (Melbourne, Australia). Her PhD research examines Chinese queer female students’ queer and adult identity-making in Australia. Hao’s research interests are in the areas of gender and sexuality, transnational mobilities, digital cultures and queer female studies. She has been working as a sessional teaching staff and research assistant in the fields of sociology, gender studies, cultural studies, Internet studies and migration/mobility studies.
Prior to winning the Graduate Scholarship at Deakin University, Hao completed her B.A. (Honours) and was awarded First Class Honours at the University of Melbourne. Her honours thesis examines Chinese lesbians’ double marginalisation in the digital era.
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Recent Publications
- Zheng, H. (2022). Shared Motherhood or Free Surrogacy?: Risks and Vulnerabilities in a Chinese Lesbian’s Family-making. Journal of Homosexuality. 69(11), 1881-1907.
- Zheng, H. (2023). ‘The pandemic helped me!’ Queer international students’ identity negotiation with family on social media in immobile times. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 26(6), 714-731.
