Chenzi shares that she is an international student from China and has experienced overt racism. She is writing about the lived and affective experiences of academics of Chinese descent in Canadian higher education institutions, shedding light on the nuanced impacts of racism and exclusion within academia. She said that intersectionality matters and the importance of standing in solidarity against racism.
Chenzi Feng ZHAO 赵枫晨子 (she/they) is a feminist, educator, and transnational researcher dedicated to advancing equity and social justice through critical scholarship. Her work bridges critical institutional studies, intersectional feminist inquiry, and anti-racism research, with a focus on the intersections of gender, racialization, and systemic inequalities. She has published in Feminist Media Studies, Food Quality and Preference, and World Studies in Education, examining how these forces shape individual experiences and institutional practices. As a PhD candidate at Western University, her dissertation explores the lived and affective experiences of academics of Chinese descent in Canadian higher education institutions, shedding light on the nuanced impacts of racism and exclusion within academia. She is committed to fostering transformative conversations that challenge inequities and reimagine institutions as spaces of ethics and justice.
