Dr. Hongming Cheng

Professor

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Biography

Hongming Cheng is a Full Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Saskatchewan. He holds a Bachelor of Arts, a Master of Laws from Birmingham Law School, UK, and a Doctorate in Criminology from Simon Fraser University. Cheng has served as an Edmond J. Safra Network Fellow at Harvard University and has been a Senior Fellow at the Käte Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Cooperation Research in Germany. He has been a Visiting Professor at the Koguan School of Law at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. His research employs a criminological socio-legal approach to investigate the relationships between power and societal reproduction. Cheng's work encompasses various areas, including white-collar crime, policing, violence against women, media deviance, social control, land rights for marginalized groups, and securities regulation in the context of Chinese law. He has published in numerous prestigious journals and is the author of the book 'Financial Crime in China: Developments, Sanctions, Systemic Spread of Corruption' (2015).

Research Interests

Experience

Full Professor

— Present

University of Saskatchewan • Saskatoon, SK, Canada

Teaching and conducting research in Sociology.

Awards

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Edmond J. Safra Network Fellow

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Official Academic Visitor

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Senior Fellow

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Invited Individual Expert

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Invited Speaker

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Chevening Scholar

Courses

SOC 212.3 Introduction to Criminology SOC 214.3 Social Control SOC 310.3 White Collar Corporate Crime in Global Context SOC 311.3 Youth Crime, Justice, and Social Control SOC 312.3 Current Issues in Criminal Justice SOC 415.3 Selected Problems in Social Control SOC 418/818.3 Advanced Criminology Research

Requirements for University of Saskatchewan

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:6.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:19
Reading
Required:19
Writing
Required:19
Speaking
Required:19
Total
Required:86
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:120
Overall
Required:120
Prerequisites
Four-year undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline
Application Checklist
  • Official transcripts
  • Letters of recommendation
  • Statement of intent
  • CV/Resume
Specialization Notes

Standard university-wide graduate requirements apply to most arts and science departments unless otherwise specified by the program.