Manlin Cai
Research Area
Education
M.A., University of Chicago, 2019
B. Econ., Peking University, 2018
About
Manlin Cai is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of British Columbia. Her research interests include family and work, gender, migration, and social inequality in Chinese and Canadian societies. She was a 2022–23 graduate student fellow at the UBC Centre for Migration Studies. Her advisor is Dr. Yue Qian.
Research
Manlin Cai’s research has included three areas in sociology of family and work:
1) Patterns of assortative mating in the digital era
- Cai, Manlin and Yue Qian. 2023. “Digital Ethnic Enclaves: Mate Preferences and Platform Choices Among Chinese Immigrant Online Daters in Vancouver.” Canadian Review of Sociology. 60(1): 130-153.
- Qian, Yue, Yang Shen, and Manlin Cai. 2022. “Gendered Age Preferences for Potential Partners: A Mixed-Methods Study Among Online Daters in Shanghai.” Chinese Sociological Review 54(3): 304-331.
2) Gender, family and work in the context of migration
- Qin, Siqi, Manlin Cai, Sylvia Fuller, and Yue Qian. 2022. “Gender, Parenthood and Employment During COVID-19: An Immigrant-Native Born Comparison in Canada.” Canadian Ethnic Studies 54(3): 63-108.Canadian Ethnic Studies.
3) LGBTQ+ populations and their families of origin
- Cai, Manlin. Forthcoming. “For the Sake of Parents? Marriages of Convenience between Lesbians and Gay Men in China.” LGBTQ+ Family: An Interdisciplinary Journal. Online first.
For more information, please check her personal website.