The Science, Knowledge, and Technology Section of the American Sociological Association is hosting a pre-conference here at City College (in our FiDi division)!
Our call for abstracts is open until April 1, 2026.
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Come and join us on April 20 at Columbia!
Our section is hosting a pre-conference for the ASA annual meeting—Science, Knowledge, and Technology Today: Meeting the Moment, Engendering Just Futures.
Join us on Friday, August 7 in NYC!
The call for papers is now open, with abstract submissions due April 1: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
📝 Our Fall 2025 issue of the SKAT Newsletter is out!
See inside for information about SKAT sessions at #ASA2026, a call for award nominations, Q&As with book authors, and more.
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Upcoming Virtual Panel!
Navigating the Academic Job Market for SKAT Scholars
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🗓️ Friday, November 14, 1-2pm ET
SKAT section members and other ASA members on the job market are invited to join. Panelists will speak about their recent experiences navigating the market, followed by a Q&A.
Perseverance really pays off!
Congrats, Weirong! Very productive!🤩
Please ACT! Individuals can submit anonymous comments, which have made a real difference in stopping similar rules in the past. The deadline is September 29.
I'll be sharing my paper at Harvard's “Migration & Immigrant Incorporation” Workshop on Sep 30.
This is (to my knowledge) the first to merge 13 waves of the Pew National Survey of Latinos.
I traced TWENTY years of trends in (anti)-immigration attitudes among Hispanic Americans. Join me!
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Why do many Chinese students avoid politics in the US despite more freedom? New research by Weirong Guo shows students use 3 major avoidance strategies to navigate different political taboos—shaped by both their experiences in China and pressures in the US. https://loom.ly/4NS3D1s
Huge congrats, Weirong! Such critical work at this moment💪
SKAT, always the most vibrant group!
Congrats, Ann!
I'll present my study on Aug 11 (4 to 5:30 pm) at regular session "Sociology of Neuroscience & Neurotechnology".
Come and join us if you're interested in pharmaceuticals, professionals, markets, and state!
Congrats on the first issue!
Inaugural issue of journal Theory and Social Inquiry released | Department of Sociology sociology.columbia.edu/news/inaugur...
Very exciting! See you all in Chicago!
Seven Columbia sociologists to receive awards and honors at ASA 2025 | Department of Sociology sociology.columbia.edu/news/seven-c...
Glad to be awarded a Humane Studies Fellowship from @TheIHS to support my research on rare diseases in China!
Very grateful for the encouragement in advancing this promising field💪🏻
Look forward to engaging with fellow scholars at the intersections of markets, morality, culture, and political economy, and to visiting George Mason University over the coming year!😊
Excited to share that I’ve been awarded the 2025–2026 Elinor Ostrom Fellowship by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University! 😃
New publication 🚨
Qing and I did a comparative study of Chinese #F-1 students in the U.S. & #WorkingHolidayMakers in Australia and found divergent responses to #racism , shaped by their pre-migration class positions and host-country contexts. @ersjournal.com
From Engagement to Detachment: Divergent Cosmopolitanisms Among Transnational Chinese Students Abstract What does it mean to be cosmopolitan, or a global citizen? Often perceived as a privileged state of cultural consumption and mobility, cosmopolitanism in sociological discourse is frequently critiqued as a new form of social stratification and discussed in relation to nationalism. This paper reconceptualizes cosmopolitanism by foregrounding its moral and affective dimensions, framing it as both an ethical, deliberate practice and a forced adaptation to structural constraints. Drawing on interviews with 60 Chinese international students in the United States, I identify two distinct forms: activist cosmopolitanism, marked by “hot” moral engagement, global awareness, and collective activism; and cynical cosmopolitanism, characterized by a “cool” global orientation that emphasizes individual autonomy, skepticism, and emotional detachment. Both emerge from shared experiences of liberal arts education, community engagement, and relational assimilation, but diverge in response to discrimination, residential mobility, and gendered adversity across the sending and receiving contexts, with consequences for mental health. Lacking communal support, cynical cosmopolitans adopt individualist coping strategies and may develop a stance of “non-identity” as a protective mechanism. This study challenges dominant views of cosmopolitanism as either elite capital or a natural outcome of mobility. It highlights how privileged Chinese students can cultivate cosmopolitan commitments that extend beyond maintaining class status, offering new insights into their potential contributions to global social change. Keywords: cosmopolitanism; Chinese international students; discrimination; identity formation; mental health; transnationalism
Privilege or Marginalization: How Chinese Youth from Divergent Class Backgrounds Make Sense of Racism in the U.S. and Australia Abstract: This study examines how Chinese youth in the U.S. and Australia perceive and respond to racism as temporary migrants, focusing on the influence of pre-migration class positions and host-country contexts. Based on interviews with 60 Chinese students in the U.S. and 45 working holiday makers in Australia, we find that U.S.-based students, primarily from urban, upper-middle-class backgrounds, experience status shock as they encounter systemic racial hierarchies and institutional barriers, fostering heightened sensitivity to racism and strong racial consciousness. Conversely, working holiday makers, largely from rural or economically disadvantaged areas, experience status uplift and a sense of empowerment. Viewing multiculturalism and mobility opportunities in Australia as an improvement over class-based discrimination in China, they tend to normalize or downplay racism. These contrasting responses are further shaped by each country’s immigration policies and labor markets. This study advances racialization research through a comparative, intersectional approach to Chinese diasporas. Keywords: class, intersectionality, overseas Chinese youth, racialization, racism, transnational migration
Received two paper acceptances in June: a solo-author article in Social Problems and an equal-author article in Ethnic & Racial Studies, both based on my dissertation research. Thanks to Harvard Weatherhead Scholars Program for a highly productive year. Watch for these papers when they’re published!
The China Reading & innovation Lab (CRiL) is launching our second event at Columbia Sociology, featuring Yingxiang Liu (PhD student in Sociology at Shanghai University) and myself on the topic of rare diseases in China!
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The China Reading & innovation Lab (CRiL) is launching our first event at Columbia Sociology, featuring Prof. Larry Au on the topic of precision medicine in China!
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