Cheryl Yin is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Carleton College in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. A linguistic anthropologist with expertise in Cambodia and Khmer (Cambodian) language, she is currently revising her book manuscript Language & Morality: Being Modern in Early 21st Century Cambodia (working title). Her research argues that contestations about Khmer language are ultimately contestations about how to (re)define Cambodian national identity after decades of turmoil and then accelerated economic growth. Cheryl was born and raised in Long Beach, CA and is a first-generation scholar, earning her BA from Pitzer College before receiving her MA and PhD in Anthropology from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Before Carleton, she was Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Berkeley in the Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies from 2021-2023.
