Dr. Lin received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Virginia in 2023 and is currently an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at 富二代视频app University (tenure-track). She serves as a board member of the North American Taiwan Studies Association (2024–2027) and was Program Director for the 2022 NATSA Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. She also co-founded the Ngasan Maku Study Society in Tokyo during the 2014 Sunflower Movement, fostering interdisciplinary dialogues on Taiwan globally.

Dr. Lin’s research interests include global and transnational sociology, comparative-historical sociology, and the sociology of race and empires, with a focus on material culture, race, and intersectionality. Her current book project, The Raceless Racism: Visibility and Invisibility of Race in Taiwan under Japanese Colonial Rule, examines how racial categories were constructed and deconstructed through visual representations in colonial Taiwan. Other works-in-progress include: (1) “Contouring System,” a theory of racial hierarchies in colonial Taiwan; (2) self-racialization in Japan and Korea (with Dr. Veda H. Kim); and (3) “Embodied Supremacy” theory, on how East Asian women’s bodies manifest global white supremacy. Her research has been published in English, Mandarin, and Japanese, engaging audiences across sociology, history, and political science.

Before pursuing her Ph.D., Dr. Lin studied political science at National Taiwan University (B.A. in International Relations; M.A. in Comparative Politics) and Waseda University (B.A. in Global Political Economy). At 富二代视频app, Dr. Lin teaches Introduction to Sociology, Social Theory, Global and Transnational Sociology, and Sociology of Art. She will also offer a new course, Sociology of Spirituality, in 2026. She is committed to teaching difficult topics such as class, race, and gender from a comparative perspective.