Yu Xie (; born 1959) is a
Chinese-American
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sociologist and the Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University Professor of Sociology and the
Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies at
Princeton University
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, where he is also the Director of the Paul and Marcia Wythes Center on Contemporary China.
[Mara Hvistendahl]
Number Game''
''Science'', 31 May 2013 Xie has made contributions to quantitative methodology,
social stratification,
demography
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Demographic analysis examines and measures the dimensions and dynamics of populations; it can cover whole societies or groups defined by criteria such as edu ...
, Chinese studies, sociology of science, and social science data collection.
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Distinguished University Professor of Sociology, Statistics, and Public Policy at the University of Michigan
, mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth"
, former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821)
, budget = $10.3 billion (2021)
, endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...
. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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, Academia Sinica, and the National Academy of Sciences.
Biography
Xie was born in Zhenjiang
Zhenjiang, alternately romanized as Chinkiang, is a prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province, China. It lies on the southern bank of the Yangtze River near its intersection with the Grand Canal. It is opposite Yangzhou (to its north) and ...
, Jiangsu
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, China in 1959, the second of two brothers. His parents were both physicians. Xie’s education was delayed by the Cultural Revolution
The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, and lasting until his death in 1976. Its stated goa ...
in China, and his family suffered many hardships, but after the Revolution ended, he was accepted at Shanghai University of Technology
The Shanghai University of Technology (SUT; ) was a municipal public university in Shanghai, China.
The Shanghai University of Technology (), the Shanghai University of Science and Technology (), Shanghai University, and the Shanghai Institute o ...
, where he received a B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering in 1982. He then came to the United States to study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
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, from which he received an M.A. in the History of Science and an M.S. in Sociology in 1984 as well as a Ph.D. in Sociology in 1989. After completing his doctorate, Xie came to the University of Michigan as an assistant professor, where he was appointed associate professor in 1994 and full professor in 1996. He became an American citizen in 1997. Xie now lives in Ann Arbor with his wife and their two children.[JSTV]
''People: Prof. Yu Xie(Part I)''
''People: Prof. Yu Xie(Part II)''
The Vision, broadcast on April 19, 2013
Along with his sociology appointment, Xie has held various positions in other departments at the University of Michigan. He was appointed Professor of Statistics in 2000 and Professor of Public Policy in 2011. Xie is also a Research Professor at the Population Studies Center and th
Survey Research Center
of the Institute for Social Research
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, and a Faculty Associate at th
Center for Chinese Studies
Since 1999, he has been directing th
Quantitative Methodology Program
at the Survey Research Center. During his over twenty years of career at the University of Michigan, Xie held multiple chair professorships. In 2007, he was appointed Otis Dudley Duncan University Distinguished Professor.
Xie has been active in promoting empirical sociology in China. His primary institutional affiliation in China has been with Peking University, where he has directed the China Family Panel Studies
China Family Panel Studies (CFPS, zh, 中国家庭追踪调查) is a nationally representative, biennial longitudinal general social survey project designed to document changes in Chinese society, economy, population, education, and health. The ...
(CFPS), China’s largest national longitudinal social science data collection project [Mara Hvistendahl]
''Survey to Reveal True Face of Chinese Society''
''Science'', April 30, 2010 and founded the Social Research Center. Xie has also been active at several other institutions in China, holding honorary adjunct professorships at Renmin University of China
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RUC ...
, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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, Chinese University of Hong Kong
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, and Shanghai University
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.''上海大学授聘美国密歇根大学社会学系谢宇教授为名誉教授''
March 25, 2010
Professional recognition
* Fellowship Invitation, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (1990).
* Spencer Fellowship, National Academy of Education (1991-1992).
* Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation (1992-1997).
* Faculty Scholar Award, William T. Grant Foundation (1994-1999).
* Member, Sociological Research Association (1997).
* Chair, Section on Sociological Methodology, the American Sociological Association (2001-2003).
* Guggenheim Fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2002-2003).
* Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Science (2004).
* Academician, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (2004).
* Distinguished Lecturer Award, the Center for the Study of Women, Science, and Technology (WST), Georgia Institute of Technology (2006).
* Clifford C. Clogg Award, Population Association of America (2008).
* Zhu Kezhen Distinguished Lecturer, Zhejiang University, China (2008).
* Member, National Academy of Sciences (2009).
* Wei-Lun Visiting Professorship, Chinese University of Hong Kong (2010).
* The Henry and Bryna David Lecture at the National Research Council (April 2013).
Books
* Powers, Daniel A. and Yu Xie. 2000. ''Statistical Methods for Categorical Data Analysis''. New York: Academic Press.
* Powers, Daniel A. and Yu Xie. 2008. ''Statistical Methods for Categorical Data Analysis, Second Edition''. Howard House, England: Emerald.
** Chinese translation: 《分类数据分析的统计方法》(第2版). 北京: 社会科学文献出版社, 2009.
* Xie, Yu and Kimberlee A. Shauman. 2003. ''Women in Science: Career Processes and Outcomes''. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
** Reviewed in ''Science'' (2003), ''Nature'' (2004), ''Choice'' (2004), and ''Contemporary Sociology'' (2005).
** 2005 ''Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Title.
* Xie, Yu and Kimberly Goyette. 2004. ''A Demographic Portrait of Asian Americans''. New York: Russell Sage Foundation and Population Reference Bureau.
* Scott, Jacqueline L. and Yu Xie (editors). 2005. ''Quantitative Social Science'', Sage Benchmarks in Social Research Methods. London: Sage.
* Xie, Yu. 2006. ''Sociological Methodology and Quantitative Research'' 《社会学方法与定量研究》(in Chinese). Social Sciences Academic Press. Beijing, China. 社会科学文献出版社.
* Thornton, Arland, William Axinn, and Yu Xie. 2007. ''Marriage and Cohabitation''. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
** 2008 Outstanding Publication Award of the Section on Aging and the Life Course of the American Sociological Association.
* Xie, Yu (Editor). 2007. ''Sociological Methodology'' Vol. 37. Washington D.C.: American Sociological Association.
* Xie, Yu (Editor). 2008. ''Sociological Methodology'' Vol. 38. Washington D.C.: American Sociological Association.
* Xie, Yu (Editor). 2009. ''Sociological Methodology'' Vol. 39. Washington D.C.: American Sociological Association.
* Xie, Yu. 2010. ''Regression Analysis'' 《回归分析》(in Chinese). Social Sciences Academic Press. Beijing, China. 社会科学文献出版社.
* Xie, Yu and Alexandra A. Killewald. 2012. ''Is American Science in Decline?'' Harvard University Press.
References
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1959 births
Living people
University of Michigan faculty
Scientists from Zhenjiang
Shanghai University of Technology alumni
University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Letters and Science alumni
Peking University faculty
American sociologists
Chinese sociologists
Chinese emigrants to the United States
Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Members of Academia Sinica
Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
Princeton University faculty