SKYLAR HOU

curriculum vitae

sh4289@tc.columbia.edu

EDUCATION

2022 - Present

2022 - Present

Columbia University, New York, New York

Ph.D. in Anthropology and Education

Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA

summa cum laude

B.A. in Psychology and Education

B.A. in French

GRANTS AND AWARDS

2022

2024

2024

2023

2023

2023

2023

2023

2022- 2025

2022

2022

2022

Alumnae Association Fellowships, Mount Holyoke College

Bardwell Memorial Fellowship for recent graduate

Frances Mary Hazen Fellowship 

Hannum-Warner Fellowship for travel and study in Asia

Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund Grant

Dean’s Grant in Student Research, Teachers College, Columbia University

Vice President’s Grant for Diversity and Community Initiative, Teachers College, Columbia University

Vice President’s Grant for Diversity and Community Initiative, Teachers College, Columbia University

Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund Grant

Lambros Comitas Research Grant

Provost’s Grant for Conference Presentation, Teachers College 

Doctoral Fellowship, Teachers College, Columbia University 

Harap Grant for Research, Mount Holyoke College

Lynk Research Training Grant, Mount Holyoke College

Phi Beta Kappa

PUBLICATIONS

Hou, Skylar. 2024. “The Semi-Conductor Radio Made in Shanghai.” Anthropology News, April 30, 2024

Hou, Skylar. 2023. “Literacies: Weaving the Threads of Wisdom and Expression.” REED annual report, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University, 2023.

Hou, Skylar. 2023. “‘I Don’t Dare to Think about the Future’: Findings Possibilities for Dyslexic Students in China.” AERA Online Paper Depository. https://doi.org/10.3102/2011712

Hou, Skylar. 2022. “Dyslexic Students in China: Experiences and Sense-Making from the Perspectives of the Students and Others Around Them,” Honor diss., Mount Holyoke College, 2022.

Hou, Skylar. 2022. “Dear Mandarin Teacher: A Lesson on Language Oppressions in China,” Zine/Monograph. Printed Matter Inc., Distribution Program.