Bio
Xiao Han is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Religious Studies at Université du Québec à Montréal. Her current research focuses on the interdisciplinary intersection of digital media, AI and religious studies, examining how these technologies impact immigrant communities, particularly Chinese immigrants in Canada. As a first-generation immigrant, Xiao is deeply interested in how these immigrants’ voices, stories and integration processes are shaped and reflected by digital technology, transnational digital governance and social media platforms. She holds a master’s degree in cultural anthropology from South Korea and serves as a board member in the communication section of Sakyadhita Canada. Xiao is enthusiastic about utilizing digital ethnography, offline anthropology and in-depth interviews to document and reflect the realities of socially stereotyped digital communities. In Beijing, she was formerly enrolled in a Ph.D. program in religious studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, where she was also the founder of a tech company for the LGBTQ community and served as the CIO of a big data company.