Yuxin Guo

Yuxin Guo is a first-year Ph.D. student in Drama and Theatre at the University of California, San Diego. She holds a Master of Arts in Cultural Studies from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a Bachelor of Literature from Central China Normal University.

Her research focuses on how contemporary Sino-language theatre and performance in China express collective memory, trauma, and resistance, and how Chinese audiences creatively engage with politics in the public sphere through theatre and performance. Her broader interests span class, gender, sexuality, and LGBTQIA+ identities in Sino- language societies, examined through ethnography.

Besides her research, Yuxin is a writer. She co-runs an online media and writing community, the Jianshouqing Store (见手青小卖部, the Witches’ Mushroom Selection), a space for public discussion on women’s rights. She lives with her calico tabby cat, Suansuan.

Research 

Focus on how contemporary Sino-language theatre and performance in China express collective memory, trauma, and resistance, and how Chinese audiences creatively engage with politics in the public sphere through theatre and performance. Her broader interests span class, gender, sexuality, and LGBTQIA+ identities in Sino- language societies, examined through ethnography.

Education 

Master of Arts in Cultural Studies - Chinese University of Hong Kong

Bachelor of Literature - Central China Normal University