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Dr Jona Barabas

Part-time Lecturer

8.25, 8/F., The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus

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Dr Jona Barabas
  • Jona Barabas is a Part-time Lecturer in Sociology at The University of Hong Kong. They are a qualitative researcher with expertise in in-depth interviewing, media and textual analysis, and ethnographic observation in offline and online environments. Jona’s current research explores how transgressive gender identities are formed, negotiated, and strategically expressed within interpersonal and familial contexts in Taiwan. Their work highlights how gender diversity is shaped by stigma, cultural expectations, and relational selfhood, contributing to global gender studies by centering Sinophone perspectives and provincializing Western understandings of transgender identities. Jona completed their doctoral studies at The University of Hong Kong as a recipient of the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme. Before relocating to Hong Kong, Jona completed their MA and BA at Uppsala University, with academic exchange at National Taiwan University during both programs.

  • PhD in Sociology
    The University of Hong Kong


    MA and BA in Chinese Studies
    Uppsala University

    • Gender diversity

    • Queer identities

    • Social stigma

    • Symbolic interactionism

    • Settler colonialism and decolonization

  • SOCI3012

    Gender and society

    1st semester

    SOCI4098

    Capstone project in media and cultural studies

    1st semester

    SOCI4096

    Capstone project in criminology

    1st semester

    SOCI4095

    Capstone project in sociology

    1st semester

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