Dr. Yu Xie

Biography

Yu Xie is the Director of the Paul Marcia Wythes Center for Contemporary China and holds the position of Bert G. Kerstetter ’66 University Professor of Sociology at Princeton University. His academic appointments include a visiting chair professorship at the Center for Social Research at Peking University. He has published extensively on topics including social stratification, demography, statistical methods, and Chinese studies. Some of his notable works include 'Marriage Cohabitation' (University of Chicago Press, 2007), a co-edited volume 'Statistical Methods for Categorical Data Analysis' (Emerald, 2008), and 'American Science Decline?' (Harvard University Press, 2012), showcasing his robust engagement in sociology and population studies. Xie joined Princeton after 26 years at the University of Michigan, where he held the title of Otis Dudley Duncan Distinguished University Professor of Sociology and Statistics. He is an esteemed member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Academia Sinica, as well as the National Academy of Sciences. Xie’s role in the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies marks a critical enhancement in the study of contemporary China, reinforcing Princeton's commitment to deepening regional studies in the social sciences.

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