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Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Journal Articles

Tynen, S. 2021. “‘Keep Withstanding’: Territory in the Body, Home and Market in Xinjiang, China.Political Geography 84.

Tynen, S. 2021. “Belonging and Exclusion: Dimensions of Ethno-Cultural Identity for Uyghur Women in Xinjiang, China.” Geopolitics 26 (4): 1243-66.

Tynen, S. 2020. “Dispossession and Displacement of Migrant Workers: The Impact of State Terror and Economic Development on Uyghurs in Urban Xinjiang.” Central Asian Survey 39, no. 3: 303-323.

Tynen, S. 2020. “State Territorialization through Shequ Community Centers: Bureaucratic Confusion in Xinjiang, China.Territory, Politics, Governance 8, no. 1: 7-22.

Ryan, C. and S. Tynen. 2020. “Fieldwork Under Surveillance: Rethinking Relations of Trust, Vulnerability, and State Power.” Geographical Review 110, no. 1-2: 38-51.

Tynen, S. 2019. “Lived Space of Urban Development: The Everyday Politics of Spatial Production in Nanjing, China.Space and Culture 22, no. 2: 172-188.

Guo, H. and S. Tynen. 2016. “Social Distance, Ethnicity, and Religion in Northwest China: A Survey of Inter- and Intra-Group Attitudes among Han, Hui, and Tibetan Students.Eurasian Geography and Economics 56, no. 6: 679-712.

Forthcoming Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Work

Tynen, S. Forthcoming. Fear, Hope and Survival in Xinjiang: Uyghur Life in China’s Military Police State. London: IB Tauris and Bloomsbury Academic.

Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Book Chapters

Tynen, S. 2022. “Triple Dispossession in Northwestern China.” In Xinjiang Year Zero, edited by Darren Byler, Ivan Franceschini and Nicholas Loubere, Chapter 8. Sydney: Australian National University Press. DOI: 10.22459/XYZ.2021

Tynen, S. 2019. “Development and Inequality in Urban China: The Privatization of Homeownership and the Transformation of Everyday Practice.” In Neoliberal Urbanism: Contested Cities and Housing in Asia, edited by Yi-Ling Chen and Hyun Bang Shin, 147-170. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Other Scholarly Publications

Tynen, S. 2019. “Uneven State Territorialization: Governance, Inequality, and Survivance in Xinjiang, China.” Doctoral dissertation, University of Colorado Boulder.

Tynen, S. 2014. “Uneven Housing Development and the Spatial Negotiation of Class in Nanjing, China.” Master’s thesis, University of Colorado Boulder. 

Tynen, S. 2011. “Ethno-Diplomacy and the International Uyghur Political Movement: The Puzzle of Chinese-Turkish Relations.” The Elliott School of International Affairs Undergraduate Scholars Journal 2: 20-45. The George Washington University: Washington, DC.

Review Essays

Tynen, S. 2021. “Islamophobia, Terrorism and the Uyghurs: When Minorities in China Find Themselves on the Wrong Side of the Counterterrorism Discourse.” Geopolitics 27, no. 1: 360-365. DOI: 10.1080/14650045.2021.1924939

Book Reviews

Tynen, S. 2020. “Uyghur Conceptions of Family and Society. By Xiaowei Zang. London: Routledge, 2017.” The Journal of Asian Studies 79, no. 4: 1004-1006.

Outreach Articles

Tynen, S. 2022. “LGBTQ Uyghurs live trapped between layers of trauma.” The China Project, June 22.

Tynen, S. 2022. “Between Islamophobia and homophobia: Life as an LGBTQ Uyghur in China.” The China Project, June 9.

Tynen, S. 2022. “Growing Up Queer and Uyghur in China.” BConnected Colorado, September 25.

Klimeš, Ondřej and S. Tynen. 2021. “Assimilation or Islamophobia? Uyghurs and China’s Counter-Terrorist Discourse after 2001.9/11 Legacies, September 8.

Tynen, S. 2021. “Shut Up and Train: A 2020 Survey of Sexual Harassment and Assault in the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Community.” Brazilian Jiujitsu SafeGuard.

Tynen, S. 2021. “’What Are Your Pronouns?’: Creating Queer and Gender Inclusive Spaces in Brazilian Jiujitsu: Part 3.” Roll the Same: Championing Equality in Jiu-Jitsu.

Tynen, S. 2021. “’What Are Your Pronouns?’: Creating Queer and Gender Inclusive Spaces in Brazilian Jiujitsu: Part 1.” Roll the Same: Championing Equality in Jiu-Jitsu.

Tynen, S. 2021. “Queer Culture in China.” BConnected Colorado, March 8.

Tynen, S. 2020. “Finding Myself in China.BConnected Colorado, September 28.

Tynen, S. 2020. “Building a healthy relationship with your phone during COVID-19.University of Colorado Boulder, May 9.

Tynen, S. 2020. “Coping with COVID-19: Four life strategies when working from home.University of Colorado Boulder, April 24.

Tynen, S. 2020. “I Was in China Doing Research When I Saw My Uighur Friends Disappear.The Conversation, March 9.

Tynen, S. 2019. “Jiu-Jitsu: A Universal Language.” Easton Training Center, December 5.

Tynen, S. 2019. “25 Writing Prompts to Fuel Your Academic Argument.University of Colorado Boulder.

Tynen, S. 2019. “Maintaining balance in graduate school: Coping strategies for academic life.University of Colorado Boulder, October 14.

Tynen, S. 2019. “Exploring career options? Advice from a recent grad student.University of Colorado Boulder, August 26.

Tynen, S. 2019. “Getting in the Mindset—6 tips to build your confidence in graduate school.University of Colorado Boulder, August 5.

Tynen, S. 2019. “Work Less, Do More.” University of Colorado Boulder, June 26.

Tynen, S. 2012. “Jiu-Jitsu Junkie Abroad.The Nanjinger, December: 36-37.

Tynen, S. 2012. “A Letter from Nanjing: The Chinese Version of the Immigrant ‘Problem’.Asia on E Street, September 4.

Tynen, S. 2012. “Fitness Experience Differs in China: ‘A Chinese girl would never do what you’re doing.’” The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, August 13: p. C2.

Tynen, S. 2012. “Celebrating Chunjie in Old Nanjing.The China Beat, February 7.

Tynen, S. 2012. “What the Chinese New Year means for local Nanjingese.” The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, February 6: p. B2.

Articles About Me

Strain, Daniel. 2020. “A first-hand account of China’s drive to detain Uighurs.” Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine, May 14.

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