About Yining Pan

My name is Yining Pan (she/they) and I am a Ph.D. candidate in cultural anthropology with a graduate certificate in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. My dissertation research examines the political economy of reproductive technologies, and I am broadly interested in medical anthropology, science and technology study, feminist and queer theory, and political economy. My regional interests are in North America and East Asia.

NBN Episodes hosted by Yining:

Carly Thomsen, "Reproductive Justice, Queerly" (U California Press, 2026)

August 5, 2026

Reproductive Justice, Queerly

Carly Thomsen
Hosted by Yining Pan

Queer theory and reproductive justice need each other—now more than ever. As liberals and leftists increasingly frame reproductive justice in terms of…