Dr. Junrong Sheng

Biography

Junrong Sheng studies gender inequality, family demography, and intergenerational dynamics in China and the United States. Her current projects investigate family dynamics in the context of the stalled gender revolution in China, focusing on central questions about how extended family structures shape gendered beliefs and practices, thereby perpetuating challenging gender inequality in the private sphere. She examines how women negotiate their own versions of the stalled gender revolution in everyday family life and how these negotiations differ among nuclear, patrilocal, and matrilocal families. Additionally, she traces the paradox of Chinese women's achievements in the labor market alongside a persistent gender gap at home, influenced by legacies from pre-reform China. Her publications reflect efforts to understand gendered political discourses from this era, which serve as precursors to the stagnant progress in gender equality.

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