Yichen Gao

Yichen Gao is a second-year graduate student in International Relations at New York University (NYU). Her work sits at the intersection of migration and gender studies and the long history of U.S.–China relations (1700–present), with a special focus on how racism shapes law, policy, and everyday life. Before moving to New York, she studied East Asian Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), where she built a strong foundation in regional politics, transnational migration, and social movements.