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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. -
Janine Yunfan Yang
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine
BioDr. Janine Yunfan Yang is a hospitalist at Stanford Health Care in the Division of Hospital Medicine. She grew up in China, Canada and California before completing her medical education at Drexel University College of Medicine in 2023. After completing her internal medicine residency at Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara in 2026, she joined Stanford Health Care with a passion for hospital medicine, with particular interest in cardiovascular medicine and medical education. Outside of work she enjoys traveling, baking, and spending time with her husband and cat.
