CONTENT FUDAN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT & PUBLIC POLICY FACULTY MEMBERS FULLTIME FACULTY GUEST FACULTY Department of Sociology Fan Lizhu Gui Yong Hu Anning Huang Ronggui Liu Xin Lu Kangqiang Pan Tianshu Qu Tiepeng Shen Yifei Sun Jiaming Wang Weihai Xie Xialing Department of Psychology Chen Binbin Chen Kan Chen Xiaoyun Gao Juan Gao Shanchuan Jiang Zhihui Li Xiaoru Li Xiaoxu Sun Shijin Wang Yan Wu Guohong Zhou Chu Allison Rottmann Benoit Vermander Cai Yong Chen Xiangming Edward O. Laumann Eriberto P. Lozada Jr. Kjell Nilsson Nancy J. Fairley Naran Bilik Qian Zhengchao Steven M Shardlow Wang Feng Zhu Jianxin 0 0 0 0 0 0 Xu Jianniu Zhu Lei Xu Ke Yu Hai Yu Zhiyuan Zhang Letian Department of Social Management and Social Policy Zhou Yi Zhu Jianfeng Department of Social Work Chen Honglin Gao Jianxiu Gu Donghui Han Yangdi Sha Wei Wang Chuanlan Xu Wenyan Zhao Fang Zhu Chenhai Chen Jiahua Cheng Yuan Guan Xinping Guo Youde Hu Zhan Liang Hong Pan Kexi Teng Wuxiao Wang Jufen Zhang Yina Zhao Deyu Institute of Population Research Peng Xizhe Ren Yuan Shen Jie Shen Ke Wang Guixin Wei Xing Zhang Li
Chen Bin-Bin Assistant Professor of Psychology Chen Bin-Bin Ph.D. in Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong,0 is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Fudan University. His research areas are child development and evolutionary psychology. Specific topics include parenting behaviors, parent-child attachment, romantic attachment, peer relationships, social skills, risk taking behaviors, and rural-to-urban migrant children s social development. Chen Xiaoyun Associate Professor of Psychology Chen Xiaoyun (Ph.D. in Psychology, East China Normal University) is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Fudan University. Her research areas include organizational psychology, social psychology, career and welfare psychology, financial risk cognition and decision making, leadership behavior, stress management, social motivation and sense of happiness, group psychology of internet, electronic administration. Dr. Chen is also an UNICF Project Specialist, Visiting Researcher of the University of Seoul, Psychology Consultant for the Women Employees of the Shanghai Workers Union. Chen Honglin Assistant Professor of Social Work Chen Honglin (Ph.D. in Social Work, University of Hong Kong, 00) is an Assistant Professor of Social Work at Fudan University. She also has an MSW degree from the UHK. Her research areas are social capital, ageing, and practical social work. Her publications from 00 mainly focus on social capital, ageing, dibao, and social work practice in China. Cheng Yuan Deputy Dean, School of Social Development and Public Policy Associate Professor of Social Management and Social Policy Cheng Yuan (Ph.D. in Population Economics, Fudan University) is an Associate Professor of Social Management and Social Policy at Fudan University. His research areas include population projection, marriage behavior, and poverty related public policy. Chen Jiahua Chair, Department of Social Management and Social Policy Professor of Social Management and Social Policy Fan Lizhu Managing Associate Director,Fudan-UC Center on Contemporary China Chen Jiahua is the Chair of the Department of Social Management and Social Policy and a Professor of Social Management and Social Policy at Fudan University. His research areas are population, resources and environmental economics, social development, and public policy. Professor Chen has an master s degree in economics from Fudan University. Fan Lizhu (Ph.D., Chinese University of Hong Kong) is the Associate Dean of the School of Social Development and Public Policy, and a at Fudan University. Dr. Fan s research areas include cultural and religious studies in contemporary China Chen Kan Assistant Professor of Psychology Gao Jianxiu Associate Professor of Social Work Chen Kan (Ph.D. in Psychology, South China Normal University, 00) is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Fudan University. She conducts research in the fields of clinical psychology, psychological assessment (especially projective drawing), and gender study. Gao Jianxiu (MSW, Chinese University of Hong Kong) is an Associate Professor of Social Work at Fudan University. She teaches and conducts research in the areas of clinical social work, especially in family therapy, prevention and intervention of family violence, body and mental health of the vulnerable groups (pregnant woman, battered women) and social casework.
Gao Jun Assistant to the Dean, School of Social Development and Public Policy Assistant Professor of Psychology Gui Yong Deputy Chair, Department of Sociology Gao Jun (Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Peking University, 00) is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Fudan University. Her major research interests include: self-conscious emotions (e.g. shame, guilt and pride); emotion regulation (i.e. strategy, process, and efficiency); issue of depression in children and adolescents. Gui Yong (Ph.D. in Economics, Fudan University, 00) is the Deputy Chair of the Department of Sociology and a Professor of Sociology at Fudan University. His research areas are economic sociology, social capital, urban community governance, and grassroots contention. Gao Shanchuan Assistant Professor of Psychology Guo Youde Professor of Social Management and Social Policy Gao Shanchuan (Ph.D. in Management, Fudan University, 00) is currently an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Fudan University. Her research areas are vocational psychology and psychology of decision making. Guo Youde (Ph.D. in Management Science and Engineer, Fudan University, 00) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Management and Social Policy at Fudan. His research interest is focused on population projection and analysis, theory and method of statistics, design and analysis of information systems, public health management, social health insurance, and social security. Dr. Guo serves as the Deputy Secretariat of Shanghai Center for Labor Relationship Studies. He has been invited to be a member of editing board of Economic Vision since 00, a contributing editor for North-south Bridge Journal since 00 and Labor Security World since 00. Guan Xinping Director of the Center for Social Policy in the School of Social Development and Public Policy Professor of Social Polic Professor Guan Xinping (Ph.D. in Economics, Nankai University) is the Director of Center for Social Policy in the School of Social Development and Public Policy at Fudan University. His academic areas are social policy, social security, social work and social demography. Han Yangdi Associate Professor of Social Work Han Yangdi (Ph.D. in Sociology, Renmin University, 00) is an Assistant Professor of Social work at Fudan University. Her research fields are theory & application of social policy, comparative research of welfare policy, research of social work, welfare ideology of Chinese peasants, rural social policy, family policy, and social work with youth. Gu Donghui Chair, Board of School of Social Development and Public Policy Professor of Social Work Gu Donghui (Ph.D. in Social Welfare, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 000) is the Chairman of School Board and Professor of Social Work of the School of Social Development and Public Policy at Fudan University. He teaches and conducts research in the fields of NPO management, social service evaluation, indigenous orientation of social work, juvenile service, and poverty policy. Hu Anning Assistant Hu Anning earned his Ph.D. in Sociology and MS in Statistics from Purdue University, West Lafayette, US. His dissertation focuses on Chinese folk religion with special attention paid to the socio-demographic characteristics of folk religion adherents, the longitudinal trajectories of folk religion in Taiwan, and the nexus between folk religion and volunteerism. Besides religion, Dr. Hu is interested in statistical modeling, causal inference, sociology of education, and culture.
Hu Zhan Assistant Professor of Social Management and Social Policy Li Xiaoxu Assistant Professor of Psychology Hu Zhan (Ph.D. in Psychology, East China Normal University, 00) is an Assistant Professor of Social Management and Social Policy at Fudan University. He also took a post-doctorate in public management. His main research interests are population aging, family policy, psycho-informatics engineering and interdisciplinary studies in public policies. Li Xiaoxu (Ph.D. in Educational Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong) is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Fudan University. Dr. Li's prime research field is psychological statistics, including Structural Equation Models, Hierarchical Linear Models, and statistical paradoxes. He also teaches in Positive Psychology and is interested in user experience analysis of mobile applications. Huang Ronggui Assistant Huang Ronggui (Ph.D., City University of Hong Kong) is an Assistant at Fudan University. His current research interests focus on Internet and Contentious Politics, Urban Sociology, Social Capital and Social Networks. He is currently working on a project entitled Social Media and Collective Action: The Influence Mechanisms which is supported by National Social Science Foundation. His teaching interests are urban sociology, qualitative and quantitative data analysis. Jiang Zhihui Associate Professor of Psychology Liang Hong Dean, School of Social Development and Public Policy Director, China Rural Development Research Center of Fudan University Professor of Social Management and Social Policy Liang Hong (Ph.D. in Economics, Fudan University, ) is the Deputy Dean of the School of Social Development and Public Policy and Professor of Social Management and Social Policy at Fudan University. His research areas are the public policies in social security, health, and poverty relief. Dr. Liang serves as the Director of the China Rural Development Research Center of Fudan University, Member of the Standing Committee of Shanghai Political Consultative Conference, the State Council Urban Health Care Reform Evaluation Specialist, the State Council Urban Community Health Service System Planning Specialist, and Mayor s Counselor for Shanghai Medication and Health Care Reform.ce 00. Jiang Zhihui is an Associate Professor of Psychology. He teaches and conducts research in general psychology, and history of psychology. He graduated from the master program in general psychology at the East China Normal University in. Li Xiaoru Assistant Professor of Psychology Li Xiaoru (Ph.D. in Developmental and Clinical Psychology, University of Tokyo, 00) is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Fudan University. Her research areas are in the fields of clinical psychology, counseling and psychological therapy, cognitional behavior therapy, developmental psychology, and psychology methods. Dr. Li was a previous Researcher of Developmental and Clinical Psychology at the University of Tokyo. Liu Xin Deputy Dean, School of Social Development and Public Policy Chair, Department of Sociology Chair, Academic Committee of School of Social Development and Public Policy Liu Xin (Ph.D. in Sociology, Chinese University of Hong Kong) is the Chair of the Department of Sociology, the Chair of the Academic Committee of the School of Social Development and Public Policy, and a at Fudan University. He teaches and conducts research in the areas of social stratification, political sociology, economic sociology, social research methods, and multivariate statistical analysis. He was elected to be the New Century Distinguished Expert by the Ministry of Education, New Century National Distinguished Expert Project, Committee Member of Chinese Sociology Association, Vice Director of the Social Stratification and Mobility Committee, and Deputy Chair of Shanghai Sociology Association.
Lu Kangqiang Qu Tiepeng Lu Kangqiang (MA of Economics, Fudan University) is the at Fudan University. His teaching and research areas include social statistics, poverty and inequality, social measurement and assesment,and demographic techneques. Qu Tiepeng (Ph.D. in Philosophy, Fudan University) is a at Fudan University. His research areas include sociology, sociology theory, economics sociology, and cultural anthropology. Pan Kexi Vice Director, Fudan University Energy Research Center Associate Professor of Social Management and Public Policy Pan Kexi (Ph.D. in Economics, Fudan University) is the Vice Director of Fudan University Energy Researh Center, and an Associate Professor of Social Management and Public Policy at Fudan University. His research field covers a wide range of issues regarding energy policy, strategy and management. His early endeavors mainly focus on the coal and other fossil energy s supply, production and utilization, especially in clean approaches. Dr. Pan previously worked at a managerial post in the Allocation and Transportation Section of National Ministry of Coal Industry and Shanghai Coal Exchange. Pan Tianshu Professor of Anthropology and Sociology Ren Yuan Deputy Director, Institute of Population Research, Fudan University Vice Director and General Secretary, Fudan University Yangtze River Delta Institute Vice Director, Center for Urban and Regional Studies (CURS) of Fudan University Professor of Demography and Urban Studies Ren Yuan (Ph.D.) is a Professor of Demography and Urban Studies at Fudan University. He Serves as Deputy Director of Institute of Population Research (IPR), Vice Director and General Secretary of Fudan University Yangtze River Delta Institute, and Vice Director of Center for Urban and Regional Studies (CURS) of Fudan University. He specializes in urban studies and demography, and conducted several researches and published on a wide range of topics that include population and development, employment and labor market, urbanization and rural-urban migration, industrial cluster and regional economy, global city and global-local nexus, environment and urban sustainability, urban affairs and public policies, climate change and coastal urban development, and so on with a primary focus on China, especially in and around Shanghai Area. Pan Tianshu (Ph.D., Harvard University) is an Associate Professor of Anthropology and Sociology at Fudan University. His research areas are global/local dynamics, the cultural politics of historical memory, urban anthropology, culture and development, and urban redevelopment. Sha Wei Assistant Professor of Social Work Peng Xizhe Professor of Population and Development Director, State Innovative Institute for Public Management and Public Policy Studies, Fudan University Director, Institute of Social Research, Fudan University Sha Wei is an Assistant Professor of Social Work at Fudan University. She holds an MSW from the University of Hong Kong. Her research areas include medical social work, grief counseling, body and mental health modeling, prevention and intervention of HIV/AIDS, Community Rehabilitation of Previous Drug Users, and small group social work. Peng Xizhe (Ph.D., London School of Economics and Political Sciences) is a Professor of Population and Development at Fudan University. He is currently the Director of the State Innovative Institute for Public Management and Public Policy Studies, Fudan University, and also in charge of the establishment of Fudan s data center (The Institute of Social Research). Dr. Peng s research areas include population dynamics and policy, social welfare and social policy, sustainable development, and gender studies.
Shen Jie Assistant Professor of Urban studies and Development Shen Jie (Ph.D. in city and regional planning, Cardiff University, 0) is an assistant professor of urban studies and development at Fudan University. Her research interests cover urban sociology, geography and planning, China s urban and regional development, especially new towns, suburbanisation and suburban development, migration and urbanisation. She has published papers in Journal of Urban Affairs, Urban Geography and Environment and Planning A. Shen Ke Assistant Professor of Demography Shen Ke (Ph.D. in Economics, Peking University, 0) is an Assistant Professor of Demography at Fudan University. Her research areas include fertility policies, population aging, pension system and elderly health. Sun Shijin Chair, Department of Psychology Director, Psychology Research Center of Fudan University Professor of Psychology Sun Shijin (Ph.D. in Psychology, East China Normal University) is the Chair of the Department of Psychology and a Professor of Psychology at Fudan University. His research interests are social psychology, counseling psychology, management psychology, and humanity psychology, evolutionary psychology, and transpersonal psychology. Dr. Sun serves as the Director of Psychology Research Center of Fudan University, Faculty Member of Post-doctoral Station at Fudan, and Committee Member of the Academic Committee of the School of Social Development and Public Policy. Teng Wuxiao Director, Research Center for Urban Public Safety, Fudan University Associate Professor, Social Management and Social Policy Teng Wuxiao received his Ph.D. in planning of disaster prevention and emergency management from the University of Tokyo. He is Shen Yifei Associate and Anthropology currently the Director of the Research Center for Urban Public Safety, and an Associate Professor of Social Management and Social Policy at Fudan University. Dr. Teng is mainly engaged in research and teaching on public crisis management, urban disaster prevention planning and emergency planning, urban planning and management, and public safety management. Shen Yifei (Ph.D. in Sociology, Fudan University, 00) is an Assistant and Anthropology at Fudan University. Her research interests are gender study and family study. Wang Chuanlan Assistant Professor of Social Work Sun Jiaming Wang Chuanlan (Ph.D. in Management, Fudan University, 00) is an Assistant Professor of Social Work at Fudan University. Her researches are mainly focused on regional administration and policy, social service and organizational management. Jiaming Sun, (Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Illinois at Chicago), Professor in the Department of Sociology, School of Social Development and Public Policy, Fudan University. His research areas are globalization, urban study, civil society, youth problem, and consumption culture, etc. He has published books such as "Global Connectivity and Local Transformation," "Global Sociology: Analysis of Transnational Phenomena," "Generation Gaps: The Background of Transition Period -" (in Chinese), and more than sixty papers in both English and Chinese in journals such as Environment and Planning A, Journal of Social Sciences, Journal of International Consumer Marketing, Journal of Urban Health, and China: An International Journal in the United States, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Taiwan, and China over the last twenty seven years. He taught courses such as, urban sociology, global sociology, social inequality, sociology of Internet, research methods, and social statistics, etc. in United States and China. Dr. Sun received a tenured faculty position in Texas A&M University- Commerce, USA, in 0.
Wang Guixin Director, Institute of Population Research, Fudan University Director, Research Center for Urban and Regional Development, Fudan University Vice Director, Academic Steering Committee of School of Social Development and Public Policy Professor of Demography and Urban Studies Wang Yan Associate Professor of Psychology Wang Yan (Ph.D. in Education Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong) is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Fudan University. Her research fields include children s social behavior development, parenting, and social adaptive behavior of college students. Wang Guixin (Ph.D., East China Normal University) is the Director of Institute of Population Research, Director of Center for City and Regional Development, Vice Director of Academic Steering Committee of School of Social Development and Public Policy, Fudan University. His major research fields include population immigration and urbanization, sustainable development and decision-making system of cities and regions, population, resources, and environmental economics analysis, as well as management and evaluation. He served as a Visiting Professor at Hiroshima University in Japan in 00 and Guest-professors at many universities such as Renmin University, East China Normal University and Shanghai Social Science Academy. He also serves as the Standing Committee Member of Chinese Regional Science Association, Committee Member of Chinese Planning Association, and Committee Member of Chinese Population Association. Wei Xing Assistant Professor of Population and Urban studies Wei Xing (Ph.D. in Economics, Fudan University) is an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Population Research. Her research areas include population mobility, urbanization, city and regional economic development. Wang Jufen Vice Director, Fudan Women Research Center Associate Professor of Social Management and Social Policy Wang Jufen is the Vice Director of Fudan Women Research Center and a Research Fellow of Social Management and Social Policy. Her research areas are population and reproductive health, employment, social security and labor relations, social gender, and public policy. She also serves as the Vice Director of Shanghai Labor Relation Research Center. Wang Jufen has a master s degree from Mahidol University, Thailand. Wang Weihai Associate Wang Weihai received his Ph.D. in International Politics from Fudan University in. He is an Associate at Fudan. His research areas are sociology theory, political sociology, history of Chinese society, and history of Western social thoughts. Wu Guohong Deputy Chair, Department of Psychology Associate Professor of Psychology Wu Guohong (Ed.D. in Development Psychology, East China Normal University) is the Deputy Chair and a Professor of Psychology at Fudan University. His areas of research are cognitive development (k-), Piaget theory (combined with contemporary cognitive psychology method), and theories of intelligence. Xie Xialing Xie Xialing (Ph.D. in Philosophy, Fudan Unviersity, ) is a at Fudan University. He also serves as the member of school administration committee, Vice Director of Higher Education Sociology Teaching Committee of the Ministry of Education, and the Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. His research areas are history of Chinese social thoughts, sociology theory (theory of social structure), comparative study of Chinese and Western philosophy, and modern and cotemporary philosophy.
Xu Jianniu Associate Yu Zhiyuan Assistant Xu Jianniu (Ph.D. in Sociology, Sun Yat-Sen University) is an Assistant at Fudan University. His research areas are organization sociology, economic sociology, social research methods, and social statistics. Yu Zhiyuan (Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Chicago) is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Fudan University. Her research interests include political sociology, social and political movements, research on non-governmental organizations, organizational sociology, and medical sociology. Xu Ke Deputy Dean, School of Social Development and Public Policy Associate Zhang Letian Director, Social and Cultural Anthropology Research Center, Fudan University Professor of Anthropology and Sociology Xu Ke is an Associate at Fudan University. He teaches and conducts research in the fields of urban sociology, theory and methods of sociology, and sociology of science and technology. Xu has a master s degree in sociology from Fudan University. Zhang Letian is the Director of the Social and Cultural Anthropology Research Center, a Professor of Anthropology and Sociology at Fudan University. He teaches and conducts research in the fields of people s commune study (rural community development), urban community study, and social work. Xu Wenyan Assistant Professor of Social Work Xu Wenyan (Ph.D. in Social Work, The Chinese University of Hong Kong) is an Assistant Professor of Social Work at Fudan University. Her research interests are in the areas of family therapy with adolescents suffering with mental health problems, family health research, social integration, and mental health of the vulnerable groups. Yu Hai Research Fellow, Nordic Centre at Fudan University Yu Hai is a and Research Fellow of the Nordic Centre at Fudan University. Professor Yu s research has a clear focus on preserving the local culture and wisdom. His research also covers the fields of history of Western social thoughts, urban sociology, and study of community and volunteer organizations. He is the recipient of st Class Award by Chinese Ministry of Education for his book titled History of Western Sociological Thoughts (), Best Course Award by Chinese Central Government(00) and Shanghai Municipal Government(00), Shanghai Excellent Course (00). Course of Development Studies was awarded as Model Course of Bilingual Teaching by Chinese Ministry of Education (00). Yu Hai has an MA in Philosophy from Fudan University. Zhang Li Professor of Urban studies and Development Zhang Li (Ph.D., University of Washington-Seattle) is a Professor of Urban studies and Development at Fudan University. His research interests are China s urban and regional development, political economy of migration and urbanization, urban social geography, and migrant housing. He authored an academic book in English, co-authored three books in English, and published more than forty peer-reviewed journal articles. His journal papers have been cited more than 00 times according to SSCI. Dr. Zhang led or participated in the projects funded by international organizations and foundations and was invited to give talks and presentations on the international conferences a number of times. He has been invited as an external reviewer to assess manuscripts submitted to a dozen of prominent international journals. Zhang Yina Assistant Professor of Urban Studies and Population Zhang Yina (Ph.D. in Population, resources and environmental economics, Fudan University, 00) is currently an Assistant Professor of urban studies and population at Fudan University. Her research areas are urban and regional economy, population migration and urbanization, and application and development of geographic information system (GIS).
Zhao Deyu Associate Professor of Social Management and Social Policy Zhu Chenhai Assistant Professor of Social Work Zhao Deyu, associate professor, he holds Doctor Degree from School of Economy and Management in Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 00. His dissertation title is Political economy of Dominant ideology and policy change which was published in 00(awarded the th Hu Sheng Youth Academy Nomination prize). He spends one year as a visiting scholar in Washington University in St Louis in 00, and he is also the author of the other book The logic of policy making :experience and Interpretation Public Policy: Community, Instruments and Process and many his articles have been published in China top academic journals such as Sociology Research, Management World etc. At present, He is conducting one important research on History of China s Grain Policy: -00 (supported by National Social Science Foundation in 00). His research area is concerned about the theory and methodology of policy science and its applications to many social issues including health care, the aging and social security policy, immigration reform etc. Zhao Fang Associate Professor of Social Work Zhao Fang (Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Nanjing Normal University, 00) is an Associated Professor of Social Work at Fudan University. Her research interests are focused on family therapy, family social work, social work ethics, children and adolescents social work, and group social work. Zhou Chu Associate Professor of Psychology Zhou Chu (Ph.D. in Psychology, East China Normal University, 00) is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Fudan University. Her research has been done in the field of experimental and cognitive psychology, which is mainly focused on memory, emotion, and social cognition. Zhu Chenhai (Ph.D. in Psychology, East China Normal University) is an Assistant Professor of Social Work at Fudan University. His research areas are theory of personality, psychological evaluation and counseling, mental health, organizational behavior, and social work evaluation. Zhu Jianfeng Assistant Zhu Jianfeng (Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Minnesota) is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Fudan University. Her research interests are medical anthropology, globalization and modernity, the body, subject and power, culture of reproduction and modern technology, and commodification and consumer culture. Zhu Lei Associate Professor of Psychology Zhu Lei (Ph.D. in Psychology, East China Normal University, 00) is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Fudan University. Her researches interest is focused on memory and social cognition, including source monitoring, implicit memory and priming, implicit learning, social unfairness, self processing, empathy for pain etc. Zhou Yi Zhou Yi (Ph.D. in Sociology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 00) is a at Fudan University. Professor Zhou s research and teaching has been focused on cultural sociology, grassroots society in modern and contemporary China, social stratification and mobility, and qualitative research methodology. She has been a previous associate researcher in the Harvard-Yenching Institute during 00-00.
Guest Faculty Allison Rottmann Eriberto P. Lozada Jr. Allison Rottmann received her Ph.D. in history from University of California, Berkeleystory. She was Director of Boston University Shanghai Center. As director she was responsible for all academic, administrative, and financial responsibilities for the planning and operation of Boston University s Shanghai Center in China. She worked in cooperation with Boston University s academic and administrative offices in the United States and with Fudan University in Shanghai to ensure that students studying abroad had a successful academic, social, and cultural experience in China. Her research interests are Revolution in China, Gender and Chinese Society, History and Memory, Chinese Urban History, Chinese Civilization and East Asian History. Eriberto P. Lozada Jr. (Ph.D. in Social Anthropology, Harvard University) is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of East Asian Studies at Davidson College. He is also the President of the Society for East Asian Anthropology (USA, 0-0). Prof. Lozada's research topics include contemporary issues in Chinese society ranging from: religion and politics; food, popular culture and globalization; sports and society issues; and the cultural impact of science and technology. His current research is in coastal and marine environmental studies and sustainable aquaculture. He has written many articles, and has also written God Aboveground: Catholic Church, Postsocialist State, and Transnational Processes in a Chinese Village (Stanford University Press, 00). Benoit Vermander Edward O. Laumann Benoit Vermander holds a doctorate in political science from Institut d Etudes Politique and a doctorate in theology from the Jesuit faculties of Paris. He is now a Research Fellow and Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy, Fudan University. He is also an Associate Researcher at Asia Centre, sciences-po Paris. Dr. Vermander s research has been focused on religious studies. He has published extensively on Chinese religions and interreligious encounters in East Asia, as well as on sustainable development and cultural diversity in the Chinese world. Cai Yong Cai Yong (Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Washington) is Assistant, and Faculty Fellow of Carolina Population Center, at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. His research interest ranges from social demography, to comparative sociology, and to sociology of health with a theme on the interplay of social forces and demographic variables. His publications appear on American Sociological Review, Demography, Population and Development Review, and American Journal of Preventive Medicine Chen Xiangming Chen Xiangming (Ph.D. Duke) is founding Dean and Director of the Center for Urban and Global Studies and Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of Global Urban Studies and Sociology at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, as well as Honorary Research Fellow at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences and the Beijing Academy of Social Sciences. His articles have appeared in major urban studies and international social science journals and two dozen edited books. Chen has served on the board of trustees of the Alfred Herrhausen Society, the International Forum of Deutsche Bank, and the advisory board of the Urban Age project based at the London School of Economics. He has served as President of the North American Chinese Sociologists Association and on the Council for the Community and Urban Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association. Edward O. Laumann received his Ph.D. in Sociology from Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. Prof. Laumann is George Herbert Mead Distinguished Service, University of Chicago. He has acted as the editor of the American Journal of Sociology, chair of the department of sociology, dean of the division of social sciences, provost of the University of Chicago, Referee of European Research Council, and is currently the director of the Ogburn Stouffer Center for Population and Social Organization. Prof. Laumann's many research interests include research on human sexuality among older Americans, cross-nationally (in countries and in China), sexuality in urban places, the spread of sexually transmitted infections vis sexual networks, subjective well-being, quality of life, and health status, social networks in various social contexts, and the urban legal profession. Laumann's current research projects include the National Survey of Sexual Practices in China (Co-Principle Investigator); the National Social Health and Aging Project, which surveys 000 men and women aged to in the U.S. (Co-Principle Investigator); analyst for the Global Study of Sexual Attitudes and Behavior, a survey of,00 men and women 0 to 0 years of age in countries around the world; and a 0 year followup study of the legal profession in Chicago (Co-Principle Investigator). Kjell Nilsson Kjell Nilsson is a PhD in (Social Work and Social Policy. Currently he is a senior lecturer at the Department of Sociology at Lund University. His main fields of research and teaching are: social policy, knowledge utilisation, economic sociology, sociology of organisations, evaluation research, globalisation and social transformation, and internationalisation of higher education. His PhD dissertation was a comparative study of the utilisation of social scientific research by policymakers and practitioners in the fields of social welfare, housing policy and labour market. He has held a number of management positions at Lund University and coordinated a number of international projects. He is currently Director of the European University Centre at Peking University
Guest Faculty Nancy J. Fairley Wang Feng Nancy J. Fairley received her Ph.D. in Anthropology from State University of New York. She is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Virginia and Davidson College, Davidson, N.C. Since she has directed Davidson s summer academic program in the West African nation of Ghana. She received a Fulbright Fellowship in -000 to study African Americans who recently repatriated to that country. Prof. Fairley s research interests are Atlantic African cultures and civilizations, gender gap and family, Diaspora Africans (North and South America, Caribbean). Wang Feng (Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Michigan) is the Director of Brookings-Tsinghua Center, and a Senior Fellow of Foreign Policy, Global Economy and Development of John L. Thornton China Center. He is also a at the University of California, Irvine (on leave). Professor Wang s main research areas include population and economics, social inequality, and historical comparative demography. He has conducted research at the East West Center and taught at the University of Hawaii. Professor Wang s main publications include One Quarter of Humanity, Malthusian Mythology and Chinese Realities, 00-000 (Harvard University Press ) and Boundaries and Categories, Rising Inequality in Post-Socialist Urban China (Stanford University Press, 00). Naran Bilik Zhu Jianxin Naran Bilik reveived his Ph.D. in Literature from Minzu University of China. His research areas are linguistic anthropology, ethnicity and race, culture change; minority education, Inner Asia study, and East Asia study. Professor. Bilik was the Bernstein Chair of Asian Studies and Anthropology, Carleton College in the United States from 00 to 00. He was the Head of Department of Sociocultural Anthropology of Institute of Ethnology & Anthropology, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (-00). He is currently Distinguished Professor of Fudan University, Associate Dean of Fudan Institute for Advanced Study in Social Sciences, and China Ministry of Education Changjiang Chair Professor at Guizhou Normal College. Qian Zhengchao Dr. Zhu Jianxin graduated from Fudan University, China in, majoring in English and American Literature. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in English Literature from Fudan University and Shanghai International Studies University in 00 and 00 respectively. Since, Dr. Zhu has been working at Fudan University. Currently he is an associate professor of English Literature and Film Studies, and serves as vice chair of English Department. Dr. Zhu teaches literature, film and cultural studies. His major research interests are film and literature, film and society, and Nordic film. In, he taught courses on Chinese culture and society at Beloit College, WI, USA. From July 00 to July 00, he visited University of Illinois at Urbana- Champagne, IL, USA as Freeman Fellow. Since, he has translated over 0 foreign films for Shanghai Film Archives. From to, he worked as a chief interpreter for Shanghai International Film Festival. Now Dr. Zhu is working on two books on film adaptation and Chinese/Chinese-Americans in Hollywood films. Qian Zhengchao received his Ph.D. from University of Pennsylvania. He is Chair and Professor of Department of Sociology, The Ohio State University. His papers published in American Sociological Review, Demography, Social forces, Sociological Methods and Research. He was Section Chair of ASA and Deputy-Editor of American Sociological Review. His Main research interests are family demography, racial and ethnic differentiation, migration and social mobility. Steven M Shardlow Steven M Shardlow took his undergraduate and master s degrees at Oxford. A registered social worker (England), he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Kuopio, Finland. He is an Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences (UK) and since 00 has been the Chair Professor of Social Work at the University of Salford, England. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Social Work (ISI ranked) and has published books and over 0 articles and book chapters. Prof. Shardlow is known internationally for his work on the development of professional knowledge in social work particularly through field education. His current research includes the following areas: knowledge for professional practice, particularly in respect of social work with children and families and older people to promote research utilisation by practitioners and policy makers; applied professional ethics; the human services workforce. 0