I am a PhD student in Comparative Literature. My research focuses on Asian American literature, with a particular emphasis on Chinese American literature. My PhD project examines the construction of masculinities in early twentieth-century Chinese American literature, exploring how they were shaped by American imperialism and Chinese nationalism amid Western colonization, how social class differences influenced their formation within the Chinese American community, and how literary texts of the period represented these masculinities. Combining close reading, archival research, intertextual analysis, and masculinity studies, my work investigates the intersections of race, class, and gender in early twentieth-century America and China, highlighting how overlooked literary texts—such as those of H. T. Tsiang—engage with these dynamics.