Hi! I’m Tianhao.

I study the intersection between macro social structures and micro social processes, with a focus on illuminating how the former underpins and is (re)produced through the latter. My current research illustrates how normative expectations and commonsense knowledge associated with the social structure of race/ethnicity are (re)produced, negotiated, and/or contested in social interaction in both mundane and institutional settings. 

Using conversation analysis, discursive psychology, and ethnomethodology, I conduct in-depth qualitative analysis of interactional data of various formats, including interviews, focus groups, online forum posts, and media content such as podcasts and YouTube videos. I have published in British Journal of Social Psychology, Journal of Pragmatics, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, Social Psychology Quarterly, Qualitative Research, and Discourse & Society.

Feel free to poke around the website and reach out to me at tiz410@live.unc.edu!