🌎What does it mean to be a global citizen in an age of polarization? 📄My new article in Social Problems reconceptualizes cosmopolitanism—not as elite privilege, but as an everyday practice shaped by ethics, emotions, and inequality. doi.org/10.1093/socp...

Take action for international students! Proposed DHS rule eliminating Duration of Status is detrimental for international students. Submit public comment (naming Docket No. ICEB-2025-0001) before 11:59 pm EDT, Sept. 29: https://bit.ly/3KoPB0w. Context: https://bit.ly/42nbq6Y.

Mark your calendar: Sept 23, I'll give a talk at U Michigan (zoom and in-person) on "Meanings of Zero: the Performative Logic of China's Zero-COVID Policy." This study is part of my ongoing book on disaster politics in China & a stand-alone article. Looking forward! events.umich.edu/event/137321...

有幸接受了端传媒记者的采访，聊了聊夹在中美之间的中国留学生的困境。原以为是十分钟的采访，没想到聊了两个多小时，真的有太多可分享（和抱怨）的了…相信这篇报导说出了许多留学生的心声，订阅了端传媒的朋友可以点击此链接阅读：https://theinitium.com/article/20250910-mainland-chinese-students-as-the-perpetual-foreigner

I’ve recently started as the Research Coordinator for the @aaas-socsci.bsky.social , and we’re looking for volunteers to serve on the selection committee for either the Outstanding Graduate Student / Faculty Research Award. If you’re interested, please feel free to reach out at [email protected].

The AAAS SocSci Caucus is pleased to announce a call for nominations for three article awards: Outstanding Graduate Student Research Article, Outstanding Emerging Scholar Research Article, and Outstanding Tenured Faculty Research Article.

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

My new open-access article in the British Journal of Sociology explores how Korean queer activists envision and enact social change by rethinking “the global”—shifting from UN human rights frameworks to regional solidarities across Asia.

Excited to share that a chapter from my dissertation on political avoidance among migrants has just been published in Social Forces. doi.org/10.1093/sf/s.... I’ve had the honor of receiving tremendously helpful feedback from many people and engaging with the work of many scholars I deeply admire.

Pleased to announce that my paper "Sacred ordinariness: event, cultural codes, and the politics of a COVID pandemic icon" (on symbolic politics around the death and mourning of Dr. Li Wenliang, an "icon of ordinariness") was published in AJCS. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

✍️ In grad school, @courtneyboen.bsky.social and I talked often about the emotions that seemed to undergird racism. Trayvon, Tamir, Mike Brown and too many more changed us. Ten years later, our findings in @sfjournal.bsky.social: academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...

Please consider leaving a comment on www.regulations.gov/document/ICE.... If this is passed, it will have a devastating impact on international students, esp. those in STEM, as they will basically have to return home and renew their visa every single year and face more scrutiny and uncertainty.

But good news is you can leave a comment at www.regulations.gov/document/ICE... and support your international colleagues by expressing your concerns of this ICEB-2025-0001 docket.

A book party of Asian American first-time authors. We’ll demystify the publishing process and create a space for solidarity. Writing and publishing is never just about research but navigating marginalization, visibility, and voice. Seats with lunch are limited to the First 50 RSVP: shorturl.at/SFuxF

Glad to share my review essay “Changing China in Sociological Eyes” (AJS, July 2025). It reviews three recent books, while urging historicizing China’s reform and discussing the relationship between area studies and sociology. I’d love to hear your thoughts! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Reposting this Call for Contributions to an edited volume. Deadline for abstracts: Sept 1, 2025

#ERSNew🐣🔓 How do class & host-country context shape young #ChineseMigrants’ views on #racism? This study compares #F-1 students in the U.S. & #WorkingHolidayMakers in Australia. Article by Guo Weirong & Qing Tingting Liu: doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2025.2519807

4. Call for Papers: Ethnographic Knowledge Production under American Authoritarianism (Journal for the Anthropology of North America). Special Issue Co-editors: Xitlalli Alvarez-Amendariz, Denise Brennan, & Elizabeth Rubio. Deadline: September 30, 2025. Contact: [email protected].

3. Call for Papers: CUNY Forum Vol 12. The Asian American / Asian Research Institute is currently accepting submissions for its academic journal, CUNY Forum Volume 12, scheduled for print in Winter 2026. The submission deadline is Monday, June 30, 2025. More info here: aaari.info/cunyforumsub...

🎯Reminder: SER Café! 🕒Join us on Friday, June 27 at 8AM PDT / 11AM EDT / 5PM CET via Zoom. Featuring #SER author Robert Manduca, discussing his article, “Should Social Insurance Programs Count as Wealth? Augmented Wealth in Research and Policy.” 👉Register now! umich.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

We live in a time where migrants' mobility can no longer be taken for granted, and my new article in Social Forces examines how mobility restrictions create "linked immobility" that affects entire transnational family networks. Here is the link (open access): academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...

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

Privilege or Marginalization: How #ChineseYouth from Divergent #Class Backgrounds Make Sense of Racism in the United States and Australia Authors: Guo Weirong, Liu Qing Tingting Harvard University, University at Albany Coming soon! #intersectionality

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!

There’s one week left to apply! Join Team CID as a a Postdoc Research Fellow who will work with restricted and hard-to-access data related to the sources of class-based income #inequality on cutting-edge research topics. Apply by June 15! myumi.ch/155qg #academicjobmarket #nowhiring #academicsky

Call For Contributions to an Edited Volume Trauma, Reconciliation, and Mnemonic Justice in Modern China Bin Xu (Emory) Zhiyi Yang (Frankfurt) Thomas B. Gold (Berkeley) Abstract by September 1, 2025. Full paper by March 31, 2026. Volume to the press summer 2026. Details: binxu.net/call-for-con...

It was a dream-come-true 2 discuss 'The Time Inheritors' @sunypress.bsky.social w/ my two favourite thinkers on my favourite Chinese podcast! What an honour & great conversation! @linsantu.bsky.social @chenchenzh.bsky.social @shichapodcast.bsky.social @chiedmobilities.bsky.social

THiS will hold its first Chinese Book Talk of 2025! On Apr. 22, 8:00–10:00 p.m. I’ll talk on my book, Authoritarian Absorption: The Transnational Remaking of Epidemic Politics in China (Oxford University Press, 2024). More info: www.thisoc.net/booktalk/boo...

Reminder 📢 Come join the Harvard S&T in Asia online seminar series tomorrow (Tue, 4/22) for this talk by anthropologist Li Zhang (UC Davis)! Zoom registration: scholar.harvard.edu/seow/STinAsia #histsci #histmed #sts 🧪

Our Social Science Caucus successfully organized the Business Meeting and Reception at AAAS Boston! Thanks to East End Books Boston Seaport for the space and to all members for their coordination. It was great seeing everyone join our community — looking forward to next year’s AAAS!

AAAS Boston is this week!! Join us for the SocSci Caucus Business Meeting from 11:45am-12:45pm on Thursday, April 17 at Alcott room in the Westin Boston Seaport. Please also join us for the SocSci Caucus from 7-9pm this Thursday at East End Books Boston Seaport (300 Pier 4 Blvd, Boston, MA 02210).

Caucus members, please also show your support of the social sciences at AAAS Boston by attending the SocSci Caucus Mini-Program! The Mini-Program is a curated list of official and affiliated Caucus events at AAAS Boston, including our first-ever sponsored session.

Paper received an R&R and accepted into an ASA regular session today. What a lovely start of the week!

Registration for the AAAS Social Science Caucus Mentorship program is open! Members at all career stages can join our conference mentoring meet-up. Beyond the traditional Professor-Graduate Student pairings, we’ll also connect advanced graduate students with new program entrants and undergraduates.

Save the Date and RSVP: SocSci Caucus Business Meeting and Reception at AAAS Boston. The Caucus' business meeting is scheduled for 11:45am-12:45pm on Thursday, April 17, 2025 at Alcott room in the Westin Boston Seaport.

The Asian American Studies Program at the University of Maryland, College Park seeks applicants for the Calvin J. Li Fellowship in Asian American Studies. A focus of the fellowship program is research on how children of parents from Asian backgrounds navigate family, community, and life in the US.

Excited to hold my first book talk on 'The Time Inheritors' @bc-cihe.bsky.social on 18 March at 12:30. Folks in Boston, see you soon! @weirongguo.bsky.social @cliu.bsky.social @philipthai.bsky.social

Applications for our @cdcspenn.bsky.social postdoctoral fellowship are due on Valentine’s Day, so no one will miss it for the love of it! www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...

I’m co-editing an “AI and society in China” special issue for Chinese Sociological Review. Paper proposal due on 04/30. Full manuscript due on 09/15. Let me know if you have any questions! More info: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

Job applicants: I know you have to send out a gazillion applications just for a slim chance of getting a job. But I only want to hire someone who actually wants THIS job (even if you also want a bunch of other jobs). Please say SOMETHING in your cover letter about what is appealing about this job.

I’m speechless😭😭 Rest in power, Burawoy www.mercurynews.com/2025/02/04/o...

2. The Decolonizing Korean Studies Collective (DKSC) hosts its "Bridging Korean and Korean American Studies" workshop on Feb. 21, 11:00am-12:30pm (PT) via zoom. Three panelists (Dr. Ga Young Chung, Dr. Stephen Cho Suh, and Dr. Carolyn Areum Choi) will share their insights. More info in the flyer.

As TikTok refugees flee to RedNote (a Chinese social media), suddenly US and Chinese people achieved solidarity through helping with each other’s homework, sharing cat/dog/horse pics, and exchanging trendy memes. So hilarious and wholesome that I’m dying 🤣

My new book (Authoritarian Absorption: The Transnational Remaking of Epidemic Politics in China) drops! Wanna know how China gained capacities dealing with COVID-19? Why gay rights can be illiberal? Etc. check it out! www.amazon.com/Authoritaria...

I was quoted in this very interesting story on nationalism among overseas Chinese youth. Why and how do some young nationalists start questioning their unwavering loyalty? Read Shen’s report.

Hello friends, welcome to a conversational space for latest topics and information on topics related to Global Media & China. No black-and-white stories. No hate speech. More nuances. More fun! go.bsky.app/5esakxY For those I’ve added, if you’d like to be removed, don’t hesitate to reach out.

I created a starter pack for sociologists studying China: go.bsky.app/NetJdDm. We study China’s labor, gender, family, inequality, organizations, education, professions, media, civil society, protests, immigration, as well as politics and history. Let me know if you want to be added (or removed).

Smart thread about how to manage outrageous Trump news, of which there will be SO MUCH.

Greetings! We are back with a very short but important update. The Association for Asian American Studies is conducting a self study to better understand the prevailing issues, problems, and needs of the Association and field. The current phase of the self study involves an electronic survey.