Chenyang is a cultural sociologist studying the moral construction of economic behavior. Her work looks at how credit transactions among Chinese grassroots merchants evolve from a relational group practice into a local market convention. Her goal is to offer an alternative perspective on cultural autonomy in the value changes occurring during China’s social transformation.
CCS Visiting Graduate Student - September 2023 to September 2024 as part of the Yale-Fudan Center for Research in Cultural Sociology exchange funded by The Luce Foundation; CCS Workshop-1/26/24; CCS Spring Conference-2024.