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Check out this conversation I had with Alka Menon on her intriguing new book Refashioning Race! I really enjoyed both the book and our conversation! (There are also some tips on how to do field work on experts towards the end)

RIP: Exiled in New York, Dr. Gao Yaojie, Who Exposed AIDS Epidemic in Rural China, Dies at 95 nytimes.com/2023/12/10/wor…

This is so heartbreaking.

🔓New open access paper Brett Carter, Erin Baggott Carter and Stephen Schick examines #survey methodology in #China. doi.org/10.1017/S03057…

this masterpiece of Xiaohong et al is just published at T&S posthumously. he must be smiling with pride in heaven. open access link: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Wondering if pre-doc is the US PhD programs reinventing the wheels of what the rest of the world calls the Masters program. You know, the kind of Master that is separate from the PhD program.

SKAT is reviving its mentoring program, which is intended to connect graduate students, post-docs, faculty, and alt-academic section members in an effort to provide community and advice across all career stages. 🤝🧑‍🏫🧑‍🎓 Link 🔗: forms.office.com/pages/response…

📣 Statement on the launch of a new journal: 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙎𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙄𝙣𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙧𝙮 (𝙏𝙎𝙄)

☀️Our Summer 2024 issue of the SKAT Newsletter is out! ☀️ Inside: information about SKAT section #ASA2024 sessions, profiles of grad students, and introductions to new initiatives from section members! asaskat.com/wp-content/upl…

So honored to be celebrated with such a group of great scholars for my paper on migrant workers’ militancy in China. I share with honor with all the brave workers and activists who have shared their stories with me.

Been building a collection of Chinese labor materials, it's taken eight years and we have tens of thousands of items. It's the only archive of its kind in the world. Kevin Lin and I pulled some items to launch the collection and generate discussion. Many good events, c'mon by!

THREAD: It is fellowship szn & I am tired that Humanities and Social Sciences ECRs have to go through the trenches of H-net to find a fellowship,leave it to chance,or gatekept communities.I am building a list of fellowships for PhD holders. Pls contribute: forms.gle/4XBi4hmhwRtd2P…

Check out this great event on China labor happening this week at NYC!

Excited about this chance to talk about my paper (coauthored with Gil Eyal) with Sida Liu and Eli Friedman, great experts on China law and China labor, on October 18 8AM ET (8PM Beijing Time)! And many thanks to organizers at THiS, especially Yimang Zhou for making this happen!

Please think about the legacy of colonialism on how we *think* about development How it can generate double standards & false puzzles That is what's missing

Happening in 12 hours! Sign up here for the zoom link: tinyurl.com/workoflegitima…

Check out the newly revamped ASA SKAT Section website and logo! Feel free to reach out with suggestions (or if you spot anything off…)! asaskat.com

A Chinese podcast explores disturbing allegations against "Luo," a recent Stanford PhD graduate in political science. mp.weixin.qq.com/s/UhSHwMPzizDv… 1/5

Please mark your calendar for Dec. 6, 8:00–10:00 p.m. ET, for Yingyao Wang’s talk on her book “Markets with Bureaucratic Characteristics: How Economic Bureaucrats Make Policies and Remake the Chinese State” (Columbia University Press, 2024).