Dr. Xiang Zhou

Biography

Xiang Zhou is a Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. His research interests lie in quantitative methodology, economic inequality, mobility, and contemporary Chinese society. Zhou's work has made significant contributions to understanding economic sociology and has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals, including the American Sociological Review and the Journal of Political Economy. Before his tenure at Harvard, he was a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University. He earned his PhD in Sociology and Statistics from the University of Michigan in 2015. In addition to his role at Harvard, Zhou is a faculty affiliate at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies. His academic pursuits reflect a commitment to addressing critical issues in society through a quantitative lens and fostering an understanding of the complexities of economic systems and their impact on social mobility in China.

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