Dr. Amir Hampel
韩泊明
Amir Hampel is a professor at New York University Shanghai.
He completed doctoral studies at the University of Chicago.
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psychological, medical, and cultural anthropologist
mental health • Chinese medicine • youth culture
ethnographic insights from the heart of China
cultures shape therapies
therapies shape cultures
I am an anthropologist specializing in therapeutic cultures and in contemporary China. I have been studying and working in greater China since 2003, including in Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Kunming, Hong Kong, and Taipei. I completed doctoral studies at the University of Chicago’s Department of Comparative Human Development, a world-leading center for the study of human behavior across social and cultural contexts. I have over fifteen years of experience conducting qualitative research using participant observation, interviews, focus groups, surveys, and analysis of texts including best-selling books, news reports, and social media content.
My work has an impact on conversations about popular culture in China, youth mental health globally, and on the future of Chinese medicine. In addition to engaging with academic networks,
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I am in dialogue with content creators, psychotherapists, and Chinese medicine clinicians. I have given extensive academic and public lectures, consulted for media platforms, and collaborated with youth organizations and market research firms in China. I am a professor at New York University Shanghai, where I teach about qualitative methods, Chinese youth culture, and about the anthropology of China, mental health, and medicine. I have taught courses for the University of Chicago, Southern University of Science and Technology, and New York University, and I am advising graduate students at Johns Hopkins University, Oxford, and the University of Chicago.
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EXPERTISE
youth: consumer culture; self-presentation and social media; gender and social class; values and individualism
mental health: self-help groups; autism and ADHD; indigenous psychotherapy; mindfulness; wellness and mind-body health
chinese medicine: uses for insomnia, fertility, obesity, and mental health; science, clinical research, and embodied knowledge
METHODS
qualitative field research
interviews and focus groups
analysis of popular texts and social media
ABOUT
over twenty years of experience in greater China
PhD from world leading department for studies of culture and psychology
award-winning publications in top journals
experience in public speaking, media engagement, and research collaboration with companies and social organizations
active networks in the fields of academia, media, psychotherapy, wellness, and Chinese medicine, both in China and internationally
FOCUS
My research investigates popular culture, mental health, and Chinese medicine in China, and has focused on:
→ urban youth, individualism, and consumer culture
→ self-help groups, child development, and mental health online
→ emerging applications for Chinese medicine
These projects are driven by a few central questions:
→ How do social and technological changes shape young people's anxieties about social judgment?
→ How do people use concepts from psychology to understand their everyday anxieties and aspirations?
→ How does Chinese medicine fit into contemporary scientific, cultural, and healthcare landscapes?
insight
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chinese youth
extensive field research on values and identity among students and young professionals in China ▪ supervised hundreds of research projects about Chinese youth culture and consumer culture ▪ consulted about trends in Chinese youth culture by media outlets including the New York Times, ABC Australia, and Channel News Asia
mental health
extensive field research on personal growth groups popular with Chinese youth ▪ ongoing research on mental health discourses in popular texts and social media sites in China and the US ▪ collaborate with psychotherapists and college counselors in China and the US to investigate the cultural contexts of youth mental health
clinical medicine
ongoing research on emerging integrated therapies for childhood psychiatric diagnoses, especially autism and ADHD ▪ field research on Buddhist hospice care and on mindfulness based mind-body health interventions ▪ ongoing research investigating popular uses of Chinese medicine including for insomnia, fertility, obesity, and depression
Dr. Amir Hampel
韩泊明
Amir Hampel is a professor at New York University Shanghai.
He completed doctoral studies at the University of Chicago.
→ contact
psychological, medical, and cultural anthropologist
mental health • Chinese medicine • youth culture
ethnographic insights from the heart of China
cultures shape therapies
therapies shape cultures
I am an anthropologist specializing in therapeutic cultures and in contemporary China. I have been studying and working in greater China since 2003, including in Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Kunming, Hong Kong, and Taipei. I completed doctoral studies at the University of Chicago’s Department of Comparative Human Development, a world-leading center for the study of human behavior across social and cultural contexts. I have over fifteen years of experience conducting qualitative research using participant observation, interviews, focus groups, surveys, and analysis of texts including best-selling books, news reports, and social media content.
My work has an impact on conversations about popular culture in China, youth mental health globally, and on the future of Chinese medicine. In addition to engaging with academic networks,
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I am in dialogue with content creators, psychotherapists, and Chinese medicine clinicians. I have given extensive academic and public lectures, consulted for media platforms, and collaborated with youth organizations and market research firms in China. I am a professor at New York University Shanghai, where I teach about qualitative methods, Chinese youth culture, and about the anthropology of China, mental health, and medicine. I have taught courses for the University of Chicago, Southern University of Science and Technology, and New York University, and I am advising graduate students at Johns Hopkins University, Oxford, and the University of Chicago.
☙
EXPERTISE
youth: consumer culture; self-presentation and social media; gender and social class; values and individualism
mental health: self-help groups; autism and ADHD; indigenous psychotherapy; mindfulness; wellness and mind-body health
chinese medicine: uses for insomnia, fertility, obesity, and mental health; science, clinical research, and embodied knowledge
METHODS
qualitative field research
interviews and focus groups
analysis of popular texts and social media
ABOUT
over twenty years of experience in greater China
PhD from world leading department for studies of culture and psychology
award-winning publications in top journals
experience in public speaking, media engagement, and research collaboration with companies and social organizations
active networks in the fields of academia, media, psychotherapy, wellness, and Chinese medicine, both in China and internationally
FOCUS
My research investigates popular culture, mental health, and Chinese medicine in China, and has focused on:
→ urban youth, individualism, and consumer culture
→ self-help groups, child development, and mental health online
→ emerging applications for Chinese medicine
These projects are driven by a few central questions:
→ How do social and technological changes shape young people's anxieties about social judgment?
→ How do people use concepts from psychology to understand their everyday anxieties and aspirations?
→ How does Chinese medicine fit into contemporary scientific, cultural, and healthcare landscapes?
insight
–
chinese youth
extensive field research on values and identity among students and young professionals in China ▪ supervised hundreds of research projects about Chinese youth culture and consumer culture ▪ consulted about trends in Chinese youth culture by media outlets including the New York Times, ABC Australia, and Channel News Asia
mental health
extensive field research on personal growth groups popular with Chinese youth ▪ ongoing research on mental health discourses in popular texts and social media sites in China and the US ▪ collaborate with psychotherapists and college counselors in China and the US to investigate the cultural contexts of youth mental health
clinical medicine
ongoing research on emerging integrated therapies for childhood psychiatric diagnoses, especially autism and ADHD ▪ field research on Buddhist hospice care and on mindfulness based mind-body health interventions ▪ ongoing research investigating popular uses of Chinese medicine including for insomnia, fertility, obesity, and depression
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