Brianna Cheng | Harvard University
Brianna Cheng is fascinated by the workings of US empire, particularly in relation to global imperial history, Asian America, and migration in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. She aims to unearth how varying, and often contradictory, transnational constructions of race, gender, and sexual difference structured imperial governance. She entered the History PhD program in Fall of 2024. She holds an MSt in US History from the University of Oxford and a BA in History and Political Science from McGill University. Her MSt thesis is published in American Nineteenth Century History.
Brianna’s doctoral studies are supported by a Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship and a Canada Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Fellowship. Outside of her research, she is an avid potter, baker, and explorer of independent bookshops.
Brianna is committed to widening access to academia and welcomes any questions from prospective PhD students.
