Google Scholar Page
Selected Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
8. “Adaptive Educational Expectations: How Do Parents Respond to Child Academic Performance in Various Contexts?”.
(With Emily Hannum and Hua-Yu Sebastian Cherng)
2025. Social Science Research.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2024.103097
7. “Bullying Victimization and Its Life-course Shadows: Evidence from China”.
(With Ruolin Su)
Online First. Chinese Sociological Review.
DOI:10.1080/21620555.2023.2292538
6. “Context-Relevant Risk and Protective Factors for Children in Rural Communities: Long-term Implications for Adulthood Educational and Mental Health Outcomes”.
(With Emily Hannum)
2023. Journal of Community Psychology 51(2): 724-744.
DOI: 10.1002/jcop.22909
5. “A Tale of Two Genders: Demystifying Girls' Concurrence of Higher Educational Achievement and Higher Depression Levels”.
2022. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 81:100725.
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2022.100725
· Featured in the Elsevier Research Selection (August 31, 2022)
4. “Effect Pathways of Informal Family Separation on Children’s Outcomes: Paternal Labor Migration and Long-term Educational Attainment of Left-behind Children in Rural China”.
(With Li-Chung Hu and Emily Hannum)
2021. Social Science Research 97: 102576.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2021.102576
· Nominee of the 2022 Rosabeth Moss Kanter International Award for Research Excellence in Work and Family
3. “Is Nationalism Rising in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic? Individual-Level Evidence from the United States”.
(With Ruolin Su)
2021. Journal of Chinese Political Science 26: 169-187.
DOI: 10.1007/s11366-020-09696-2
· Selected in the 2021 Research Highlights from China collection by Springer Nature
2. “A Tangled Web: The Reciprocal Relationship between Depression and Educational Outcomes in China”.
2020. Social Science Research 85: 102353.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2019.102353
1. “Cumulative Adversity, Childhood Behavioral Problems, and Educational Mobility in China’s Poorest Rural Communities”.
(With Li-Chung Hu and Emily Hannum)
2017. Chinese Journal of Sociology 3(4): 491-517.
DOI: 10.1177/2057150X17736664
Book Chapters
2. “Education and Inequality in China”.
(With Emily Hannum)
Forthcoming. In The Sage Handbook on the Sociology of Education, Sage.
Google Book Link
1. “Credit Limits as an Element of Family Socioeconomic Status: An Application to the Case of Children's Educational Outcomes in Rural Gansu Province”.
(With Emily Hannum)
2020. In Rural Education in China's Social Transition, Routledge.
Google Book Link
Edited Volumes
“Family and Education across Social Contexts in China”.
2023. Chinese Education & Society 56(2):99–101.
DOI: 10.1080/10611932.2023.2251832
Selected Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
8. “Adaptive Educational Expectations: How Do Parents Respond to Child Academic Performance in Various Contexts?”.
(With Emily Hannum and Hua-Yu Sebastian Cherng)
2025. Social Science Research.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2024.103097
7. “Bullying Victimization and Its Life-course Shadows: Evidence from China”.
(With Ruolin Su)
Online First. Chinese Sociological Review.
DOI:10.1080/21620555.2023.2292538
6. “Context-Relevant Risk and Protective Factors for Children in Rural Communities: Long-term Implications for Adulthood Educational and Mental Health Outcomes”.
(With Emily Hannum)
2023. Journal of Community Psychology 51(2): 724-744.
DOI: 10.1002/jcop.22909
5. “A Tale of Two Genders: Demystifying Girls' Concurrence of Higher Educational Achievement and Higher Depression Levels”.
2022. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 81:100725.
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2022.100725
· Featured in the Elsevier Research Selection (August 31, 2022)
4. “Effect Pathways of Informal Family Separation on Children’s Outcomes: Paternal Labor Migration and Long-term Educational Attainment of Left-behind Children in Rural China”.
(With Li-Chung Hu and Emily Hannum)
2021. Social Science Research 97: 102576.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2021.102576
· Nominee of the 2022 Rosabeth Moss Kanter International Award for Research Excellence in Work and Family
3. “Is Nationalism Rising in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic? Individual-Level Evidence from the United States”.
(With Ruolin Su)
2021. Journal of Chinese Political Science 26: 169-187.
DOI: 10.1007/s11366-020-09696-2
· Selected in the 2021 Research Highlights from China collection by Springer Nature
2. “A Tangled Web: The Reciprocal Relationship between Depression and Educational Outcomes in China”.
2020. Social Science Research 85: 102353.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2019.102353
1. “Cumulative Adversity, Childhood Behavioral Problems, and Educational Mobility in China’s Poorest Rural Communities”.
(With Li-Chung Hu and Emily Hannum)
2017. Chinese Journal of Sociology 3(4): 491-517.
DOI: 10.1177/2057150X17736664
Book Chapters
2. “Education and Inequality in China”.
(With Emily Hannum)
Forthcoming. In The Sage Handbook on the Sociology of Education, Sage.
Google Book Link
1. “Credit Limits as an Element of Family Socioeconomic Status: An Application to the Case of Children's Educational Outcomes in Rural Gansu Province”.
(With Emily Hannum)
2020. In Rural Education in China's Social Transition, Routledge.
Google Book Link
Edited Volumes
“Family and Education across Social Contexts in China”.
2023. Chinese Education & Society 56(2):99–101.
DOI: 10.1080/10611932.2023.2251832