Assistant Professor of Sociology at NYU Shanghai | UConn PhD | Social Stratification, Sociology of Education, Family
Joined May 2019
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Angran Li retweeted
📢 We're hiring at @NYUShanghai!
Open-rank, tenured/tenure-track Political Science position, with a focus on China, broadly conceived. All subfields and empirical approaches welcome!
📅 Deadline: Nov 30, 2026
🔗 apply.interfolio.com/196000
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Can cleaner neighborhoods improve mental well-being? 🏙️🌿New research from NYU Shanghai Assistant Professor of Sociology Miao Jia, published in Social Science & Medicine, found that reducing visible neighborhood disorder is associated with lower psychological distress among Shanghai residents—especially those with fewer socioeconomic resources.
Read more: shanghai.nyu.edu/news/cleane…
Angran Li retweeted
#NYUShanghaiResearch: Does hard work still guarantee success? New research from NYU Shanghai shows college students don’t just believe or reject meritocracy. They hold both views at once. As experience grows, so does awareness of inequality. shanghai.nyu.edu/news/why-ha…
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Applications are open for the 2026 Summer School in Applied Social Science Research Methods at NYU Shanghai.
Advanced English-taught courses on Agentic AI, Quantitative Text Analysis, and Social Network Analysis.
Apply by May 29: caser.shanghai.nyu.edu/train…
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📢 Upcoming Talk
A Tale of Two Periods: Changes in Asian Americans’ Mobility Over the Last Century
🗓️ Nov 13, 8:30–9:50 PM (Beijing)
🎙️ Xi Song, Schiffman Family Presidential Professor, University of Pennsylvania
#Sociology #NYUShanghai #CASER #AsianAmericanStudies
Angran Li retweeted
📢 Join us at NYU Shanghai for a lecture:
“Gifts as Binding Signals: Social Contacts and Gifts in Europe”
🎙️ Prof. Berkay Özcan (NYU Abu Dhabi)
🗓 Oct 9, 2025 | 8:00–9:30 PM Beijing Time
📍 Online via Zoom (Scan to Register)
Angran Li retweeted
Political Scientists looking for Asst. Professorship: Come work with us at NYU Abu Dhabi! I'm dean to this friendly group of great comparative politics scholars in a truly cosmopolitcan city. Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/173054
Angran Li retweeted
🚨 Now Hiring: Postdoctoral Fellow in Social Science (AY25–26) at NYU Shanghai!
Work with Prof. Jia Miao, leverage CASER’s unique research resources, and advance cutting-edge research.
📅 Starts Sept 1, 2026
📍 Shanghai, China
👉 Apply: apply.interfolio.com/173021
#Postdoc
Angran Li retweeted
We @sgSMUSOSS are recruiting! Tenure-track in Sociology to commence in July 2026. smucareers.taleo.net/careers…
Angran Li retweeted
📢 Call for Papers 📢
Submit to the Special Issue: Aging in Context: The Life Course, Neighborhoods, and Social Networks
🔹 Proposal Deadline: March 22, 2025
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Angran Li retweeted
📢 Call for Papers
Submit to the Special Issue: A.I. and Society in China
🔹 Proposal Deadline: April 30, 2025
think.taylorandfrancis.com/s…
Angran Li retweeted
🧧🐍 NYU Shanghai wishes you a bright and prosperous Year of the Snake! May this year bring wisdom, strength, and new adventures to everyone in our global community. 新年快乐! 🌟
Angran Li retweeted
Announcing the ISA RC28 @OfficialRC22025 Summer Meeting at UCLA! Conference theme: “Social Inequality and Labor Market Restructuring;” Keynotes by Michael Hout @MikeHoutNY and Xi Song @xisong
Conference dates: August 4-7, 2025
Abstracts due: February 17, 2025
See you in L.A.!
Angran Li retweeted
📢@SabinoKornrich and I are hiring a 3-year Postdoc to join us at @NYUAD_SocialSci to work on parenting, childhood inequalities, and parenting norms in international/comparative perspective using experimental methods. apply.interfolio.com/160976
@PopAssocAmerica @IUSSP @ASA_Family
Angran Li retweeted
Join a talk by Professor Rob Gruijters
on School Segregation and Achievement Inequality: A Global Perspective.
📍CASER Research Seminar Series, hosted via Zoom
⏰ 8:00-9:00PM, November 13,2024 (CST)
For more information: caser.shanghai.nyu.edu/schoo…
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Join the talk by Professor Kam Wing on Chinese Hukou System: a Decade of Reforms
📍CASER Research Seminar Series, hosted via Zoom
⏰ 11:00 - 12:30PM, October 16,2024 (CST)
Click here to learn more details: caser.shanghai.nyu.edu/china……
Angran Li retweeted
The Call for Proposals is out for the upcoming Sociology of Education Annual Meeting! The 2025 theme is, "What Can We Do About It? Sociologists as Change Agents." Learn more on our website, linked below!
seassoc.wordpress.com/2025-c…
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Join the talk by Professor Luca Maria Pesando on School Expansion and Changes in Inter-Caste Marriage in India
📍CASER Research Seminar Series, hosted via Zoom
⏰ 8:00 - 9:20 PM, September 25,2024 (CST)
Click here to learn more details: caser.shanghai.nyu.edu/child…
#nyuad
Angran Li retweeted
We commend President Biden for his nomination of @agamoran to serve as the next @IESResearch director. He is an excellent nominee who will provide an innovative and equity-informed vision for IES and the research and statistics it supports. - AERA Exec Dir Felice Levine (1/2)
Angran Li retweeted
Submit your abstracts to the session on "Cultural Knowledge and Social Stratification" that @cuwp3 and I are organizing at the 5th ISA Forum of Sociology.
📣 #ISAforum25 Call for Abstracts is now open!
Review the guidelines and prepare your submission here 🌐 isa-sociology.org/en/confere…
⏰ October 15, 2024 is the final date to submit your abstract. No extensions to the deadline will be provided.
