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Overview

  • Author of numerous book chapters, journal, and magazine articles published by world renown educational institutions such as Harvard University, Duke University, Princeton University, and Yale University.
    ハーバード大学、デューク大学、プリンストン大学、イェール大学などの世界的に有名な教育機関によって発行された多数の本の章、ジャーナル、および雑誌の記事の著者。

  • Winner of the 2012 Robert F. Durden Prize, 2013 Lowell Aptman Prize, and 2015 Joseph Fletcher Memorial Award (Honorable Mention) for excellence in research and writing.
    研究と執筆の卓越性により、2012年度Robert F. Durden賞、2013年度Lowell Aptman賞、2015年度Joseph Fletcher記念賞等を受賞。

  • Freelance writer and content creator for a diverse range of clients including prefectural and city governments, local businesses, travel companies, financial institutions, etc.
    都道府県や市役所、地方自治体、旅行会社、金融機関など、様々なクライアント向けのフリーランスのライター兼コンテンツクリエーター。

  • Freelance editor, proofreader, and translator with over 10 years of experience working with authors to shape and revise their work for publication. (Working Languages: English, Chinese, Japanese.)
    フリーランスの編集者、校正者、翻訳者であり、著者と協力して出版のために作品をまとめ、添削・編集・改訂した10年以上の経験がある。

  • Academia.edu profile

  • ResearchGate profile

  • Social Psychology profile

PUBLICATIONS

Academic Research

Book Chapter

“Queer Reflections and Recursion in Comrade Bildungsroman, in Ghost Protocol: Development and Displacement in Global China. Edited by Carlos Rojas and Ralph Litzinger. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, (2016).  [Duke University Press catalogue]

White Papers

Master's Theses (Harvard University)

Circuits of Identities in the Margins: Multicultural Encounters and Hybrid Biopolitics in Sinophone Texts across Greater China and Southeast Asia,” DASH Repository (May 2015).

  • Won Honorable Mention for the 2015 Joseph Fletcher Memorial Award.

Honors Theses (Duke University)

Tongzhi Tales: Male Subjectivities in Online Comrade Literature from Mainland China,” Dukespace Publications (Apr 2013).

Chinese Comrade Literature, Queer Political Reality and the Tongzhi Movement in the People’s Republic of China,” Dukespace Publications (Dec 2012).

  • Received Distinction with Highest Honors in Public Policy Studies (International Policy).

Gender Relations in Chinese Comrade Literature: Redefining Heterosexual and Homosexual Identity as Essentially the Same yet Radically Different,” DukeSpace Publicationand Repository for the Scholarly Output of the Duke Research Community, (Spring 2012).

  • Won 2012 Robert F. Durden Prize for Excellence in Research, Duke University.

Peer-Reviewed Journals Articles

The Circulation of Ghostly Women and Li Yongping’s Affective Sinophone Malaysian Identity,” South East Asian Research (SEAR), Vol. 25, Iss. 2, (June 2017, First Published Online April 24, 2017), 1-17. ISSN: 2166-0832. 

Kuo Pao Kun’s Zheng He Legend and Multicultural Encounters in Singapore,” Southeast Asian Studies (SEAS), Vol. 5, No 2, (August 2016). ISSN: 2186-7275.

Japan’s Civil Society from Kobe to Tohoku: Impact of Policy Changes on Government-NGO Relationship and Effectiveness of Post-Disaster Relief,” electronic journal of contemporary japanese studies (ejcjs), Vol. 15, Iss. 1, (Spring 2015). [Archive]

“Eileen Chang’s Feminine Chinese Modernity: Dysfunctional Marriages, Hysterical Women, and the Primordial Eugenic Threat,” Quarterly Journal of Chinese Studies, Vol. 2, No. 3, (March 2014), 13-34. ISSN: 2224-2716. Available in the Harvard DASH Repository.    [Archive]

Tongzhi Culture,” China Hands: Yale University Magazine for Future Leaders in US-China Relations, Vol. 2, Issue 1, (Spring 2014), 28-30. 

The Subaltern Voice in Dream of Ding Village: Speaking to the Myth of Consanguinity through China’s Blood Crisis,” Duke East Asia Nexus (DEAN): Journal of East Asian Affairs, (Fall 2013), 35-44. [Archive]

Military Tongzhi Fiction from Mainland China: Homosocial(ist) Soldiers in the Chinese Army,” Princeton Journal of East Asian Studies (PJEAS), (Fall 2013), 25-48. [Archive]

“Defining (Chinese) Americanness: Ethnic and Racial Identity in Maxine Hong Kingston’s Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book,” China Hands Journal, (Dec 2013). 

“The Need for Asian American Feminism,” Visions and Revisions: New Scholars and New Interpretations, (Fall 2013), Edinboro University of Pennsylvania: 26-39. 

Gender, Sexuality, and Cosplay: A Case Study of Male-to-Female Crossplay,” The Phoenix Papers: First Edition, (Apr 2013), 89-110ISSN: 2325-2316. [Archive]

“Calling All ‘Dragon Ladies,’ ‘China Dolls,’ and ‘Lotus Blossoms,’” Unzipped: Duke’s Journal of Gender and Sexuality, Vol. 3, Issue 1, (Spring 2013), 15-26. [Archive]

“Memories of Chinatown: Manhattan’s Ethnic Enclave,” Yellow Pages: Duke’s Journal of Asian American Studies, (2012), 11-12. 

Taiwanese Queer Literature: The Development of National Identity Politics,” Duke East Asia Nexus (DEAN): Journal of East Asian Affairs, (2012), 27-37. [Archive]

“Taiwanese Queer Identity Politics in the Literary Realm: Interpreting Fictions of Homosexuality in Crystal Boys and Notes of a Desolate Man,” Unzipped: Duke’s Journal of Gender and Sexuality, Vol. 2, Issue 1, (Spring 2012), 65-72. 

“David Foster Wallace’s Postmodern Method in Brief Interviews with Hideous Men,” Eruditio: Duke University’s Humanities Journal, Vol. 31, (Fall 2011), 54-61. 

“China’s Huangpu River of Democracy,” Passport: Duke’s Journal of International Studies, Vol. 13, (Spring 2011), 14-16. [PDF]

“The Impacts of Cultural Eutrophication on Lakes: A Review of Damages and Nutrient Controls.” Deliberations, Vol. 11, (Fall 2010), 33-39. [Archive]

PUBLICATIONS

Freelance Writing

Tokyo Metropolitan Government (Life in Tokyo)



Writer for Life in Tokyo website to support foreigners living in Tokyo, Japan. Operated by the Tokyo International Communication Committee (TICC) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG). Now available on the Tokyo Intercultural Portal Site

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Life in Tokyo」は、東京都と東京都国際交流委員会が運営している外国人の東京生活をサポートするためのウェブサイト。東京都多文化共生ポータルサイトで公開中。

“Ride to Happiness on the Arakawa Cycling Road!”
「荒川サイクリングロードでツーリングを楽しもう!」 
01.27.2020 [Archive]

 

 

「国営昭和記念公園で四季を楽しもう!」 
01.14.2020 [Archive]

 

“Read Your Way around the World in Itabashi Bologna Children’s Book Hall!”
「本で世界を旅しよう! -いたばしボローニャ子ども絵本館-」
12.09.2019 . [Archive]

 

“Brew Your Very Own Craft Beer in Tokyo!”
「東京で自分だけのクラフトビールをつくろう!」
10.15.2019. [Archive]

 

“Fish for your own fresh catch in Tokyo Bay!”
「東京湾で新鮮な魚を釣ろう!」
08.13.2019 . [Archive]

 

 

「東京の郊外で開催される骨董市でお宝を探そう!」
02.25.2019.

 

Tokyo Weekender Magazine

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Writer for Tokyo Weekender, Tokyo’s longest-running English lifestyle magazine.

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「Tokyo Weekender」は1970年に創刊されて以来、日本に住む外国人にとっての日本での生活をより楽しくする必読書として愛されてきました。

5 Lemon Sweets & Treats to Try in Tokyo this Summer.” 2020.08.

Interview Write-Ups

Interview with the Ambassador of Ukraine to Seoul: H.E. Vasyl Marmazov.” Global Politics Review Vol. 2, Issue 1, (Spring 2016), forthcoming. ISSN 2464-9929. [Archive]

“The Theatre and U.S.-China Relations: An Interview with Claire Conceison.” China Focus. August 13, 2015. 

As Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Asia Quarterly 16.3

“Interview with Ara Wilson: On Queer Political Economy in Thailand and Transnational Feminism in Southeast Asia.” Harvard Asia Quarterly 16.3, (April 2015), 6-9. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Asia Center. [Available on Academia.edu.]

“Interview with Svati Shah: political economy of sexuality, migration, and urbanization in India.” Harvard Asia Quarterly 16.3, (April 2015), 71-74. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Asia Center. [Available on Academia.edu]

Asan Institute for Policy Studies

The Asan Institute for Policy Studies is Korea’s leading independent policy think tank conducting research in national security and foreign policy, area studies, public opinion, domestic politics, social science methodology, and global governance.

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아산정책연구원(峨山政策硏究院. the Asan Institute for Policy Studies)은 대한민국의 민간 싱크탱크다.  2015년에는 중국사회과학원이 발표한 세계 100대 싱크탱크 순위에 한국의 민간 싱크탱크로는 유일하게 선정되었으며, 2017년에는 한경비즈니스에서 선정한 ‘한국 100대 싱크탱크’에서 외교∙안보 부문 4위에 선정되기도 했다. 

연구원의 주요 연구분야로는 안보, 외교 정책, 지역연구, 여론과 국내 정치, 사회과학 방법론, 글로벌 거버넌스 등이다. 또한 아시아-태평양 지역 외교안보 이슈에 대해 외교안보정책전문 영문 웹저널 아산포럼을 발간하고 있으며, 아산나눔재단과 공동으로 설립한 아산서원이 있다.

Issue Brief PDF: IssueBrief_2016_04

“Republican Senators Reaffirm U.S.-R.O.K Alliance amidst Presidential Race.” 2016.05.30
 
“Geopolitical competition is the most important driver of global disorder” 2015.12.03 
 
“The Shifting Strategic Era: How Far, How Fast?” 2015.11.20
PDF: The Shifting Strategic Era_written by Rachel Leng
 
“The Emergence of the ‘Indo-Pacific’: Understanding the Coming Era in Asia.” 2015.11.05
 
“Is Democracy in Decline?” 2015.11.04
 
“Pulling Back: What Happens When America Rethinks Its International Role?”2015.11.03
 
“Paramount issue faced with North Korea is Denuclearization” 2015.10.07
 
“Support for TPP: 49% of Americans and up to 89% of Vietnamese.” 2015.09.25
 
“Fair Elections in Eastern Ukraine Necessary for Future Progress, Says Ukrainian FM” 2015.09.18 
PDF: Fair Elections in Eastern Ukraine_written by Rachel Leng
 
“Asan Roundtable with Enrique Mora and Ambassador Gonzalo Ortiz” 2015.09.14
PDF: Enrique Mora and Ambassador Gonzalo Ortiz_written by Rachel Leng
 
César Ross, “Chile and South Korea, 1990-2014: Historical Analysis and Challenges” 2015.09.01 
PDF: César Ross_ The Asan Institute for Policy Studies_Rachel Leng

PUBLICATIONS

Selected Citations & Quotations

  • Referenced on Wikipedia as significant contributor to work evaluation of Eileen Chang’s The Golden Cangue.

 

  • Quoted by Philip Carrigan in “Women! Rock the Boat and Get Promoted,” Pharma Japan (Sept 22, 2017). [Archive] 

  • “Interview de Rachel Leng: la «littérature des camarades», reflet de leur quotidien?” Interviewed for opinion on Online Comrade Literature as reflection of Chinese LGBT community for the project, LA « LITTÉRATURE DES CAMARADES » EN CHINE: REFLET DE LA CONDITION HOMOSEXUELLE? at Université Paul-Valéry – Montpellier III. May 15, 2017 in Montpellier, France
    • Foreword: Dans le cadre de ses recherches, le signataire a eu la possibilité d’échanger avec l’auteur de la thèse “Tongzhi Tales in Mainland China: Chinese Gay Male Subjectivities in Online Comrade Literature,” à savoir Rachel Leng. Diplômée à la fois de l’Université d’Harvard et de Duke, elle a généreusement accepté de répondre à quelques questions. Qu’elle en soit dûment remerciée pour cela.

PUBLICATIONS

Book Reviews/Op-Eds

The Future of the Chinese Script – Review of Beyond Sinology: Chinese Writing and the Scripts of Culture by Andrea Bachner.” China Hands Vol. 4, Issue I, (Fall 2015), 47. Yale University.  

“Tongzhi Culture,” The Huffington Post (May 26, 2014). [Archive]