Research Interests:
Region: Hausa-speaking West Africa, especially northern Nigeria
Interests: Gender and Sexuality, Marriage and Family, Islam, Social change, Medical Anthropology, HIV/AIDS transmission
Education:
From August 2010 till now, Ph.D. student of Anthropology in Southern Methodist University
May 2009 M.A. in Anthropology, Tulane University, Louisiana
June 2007 M.A. in Applied Linguistic, Beijing Foreign Studies University, China
June 2004 B.A. in Hausa Linguistic and Literature, Beijing Foreign Studies University, China
Theses:
M.A. thesis (2009):
Social Change and the Transformation of Hausa Women's Status and Domestic Life, 1800-2000 (in English)
M.A. thesis (2007):
A Study of Beijing Intellectuals' Choices of Spouses and Their Activities of Using Internet to Find Spouses (in Chinese)
B.A. thesis (2004):
HIV/AIDS Transmission in the Hausa Society in Northern Nigeria (in Hausa)
Contact Information:
Phone: 214-507-9254
Office: 428 Heroy Hall
Email: byang@smu.edu or gaskiya@gmail.com
Entered program in 2009
Region of Study:
Northern Nigeria, West Africa