Dr. Casey James Miller is a cultural anthropologist whose work to date has focused on the intersections between queer anthropology, medical anthropology, and the anthropology of Chinese culture and society. After graduating from the University of Oxford with a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, Miller completed an MA in Regional Studies—East Asia at Harvard University, a PhD in anthropology from Brandeis University, and a postdoctoral fellowship at Brown University. He is now an assistant professor of anthropology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania. His research has been supported by numerous grants and awards including from the Fulbright Program, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Science Foundation. Inside the Circle: Queer Culture and Activism in Northwest China is his first book.