Stanford University
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Haoxue Yan
Lecturer
BioHaoxue ("How-sh-ew-eh", she/her) is a Lecturer in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE). Though Haoxue is trained in metallurgy in her graduate studies, she constantly seeks to expand her knowledge base so that she can make materials science interesting, relevant, and approachable for her students. In her classroom, Haoxue is committed to fostering an inclusive and engaging environment that promotes a sense of curiosity and life-long learning in her students as they grow into observant and critical thinkers.
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Jielin Yan
Postdoctoral Scholar, Genetics
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsI'm interested in understanding how the human genome orchestrates cell fate decisions in development and disease by using high-throughput perturbation and screening methods.
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Ryan Yan Yan
Ph.D. Student in Psychology, admitted Autumn 2022
Master of Arts Student in Psychology, admitted Summer 2025Current Research and Scholarly InterestsI am interested in value computation and representation in the brain, as well as the individual differences in this process in healthy people and people with mood disorders. I am also interested in how reward processing interplays with subjective feeling states such as mood and motivation.
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Terrance Yan
Affiliate, School of Medicine - Biomedical Ethics
BioTerrance Yan is the music director and conductor of the Stanford Medicine Orchestra and the Infinite Philharmonic, an ensemble he co-founded with his colleagues at Apple. He has also conducted orchestras including the Arkansas Symphony, the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, and the Collegium Musicum of New York.
Terrance’s creative endeavors span a wide range of collaborative and socially engaged projects, including Violins of Hope with luthier Avshi Weinstein, Immunity at Stanford with cellist Joshua Roman, and the annual Stanford Anatomical Gift Program Memorial Service.
Terrance is a member of the International Conductors Guild. He has served as a conducting fellow at numerous music festivals and masterclasses, studying with distinguished conductors such as John Farrer, Geoffrey Robson, Julius Williams, Diane Wittry, Markand Thakar, and Donald Portnoy. Alongside his artistic career, he maintains a parallel path in the tech industry. He holds a Master of Music degree from San Francisco State University, an MBA from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and an MS in Information Systems from Boston University. -
Sylvia Yanagisako
Edward Clark Crossett Professor of Humanistic Studies, Emerita
BioSylvia Yanagisako is the Edward Clark Crossett Professor of Humanistic Studies and Professor of Anthropology, Emerita. From 2023-2026 she will be Centennial Professor of Anthropology at the London School of Economics. Her research and publications have focused on the cultural dynamics of kinship, gender, work and capitalism. She has also written about the orthodox configuration of the discipline of anthropology in the U.S.
Professor Yanagisako’s latest book, Fabricating Transnational Capitalism: a Collaborative Ethnography of Italian-Chinese Global Fashion (Duke University Press, 2019), co-authored with Lisa Rofel, analyzes the transnational business relations forged by Italian and Chinese textile and garment manufacturers . This book builds on her monograph (Producing Culture and Capital (Princeton University Press), which examines the cultural processes through which a technologically-advanced, Italian manufacturing industry was produced. Professor Yanagisako is currently conducting research on sea level rise, seashore management and family legacies in Hawai’i.
