Shan-Jan Sarah Liu

Dr Sarah Liu is a Senior Lecturer in Gender and Politics in the School of Social and Political Science. She is an Associate Editor of Representation: Journal of Representative Democracy and Coordinating Editor for Politics, Groups, and Identities. Sarah has designed and taught Gender and Politics, Understanding Gender in the Contemporary World, Politics of Immigration, Chinese Politics, East Asian Politics, Global Feminisms, Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies, and Research Methods in Politics. Using mixed methods, Sarah’s comparative research focusses on gender and politics, specifically the ways contexts shape the gender gap in political attitudes and activities. Her research is cross-national, with a specific focus on Asia and the following topics:

• The influence of female political leaders on women’s political participation.
• The influence of social movements on adolescents’ attitudes toward gender roles and propensity to protest.
• The influence of media framings of immigration on citizens’ attitudes towards immigrants.

Her recent publications include:

• Blell, M., Liu, S., Verma, A. 2022. ‘A one-sided view of the world’: women of colour at the intersections of academic freedom
• Banaszak, L.A., Liu, S., Tamer, N.B. 2021. Learning gender equality: how women’s protest influences youth gender attitudes
• Fang, N. & Liu, S. 2021. Critical conversations: being Yellow women in the time of COVID-19.
• Liu, S. 2021. Stigmatizing the already stigmatized: Destigmatization of the LGBT+ Community as a solution for COVID-19.