Angran Li

@AngYu_soci Congrats!

After a seven-month sojourn in industry, I’ll soon start my role as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Social Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. I’m very excited about this new chapter of my career as a social science methodologist! 🇭🇰

📢 Upcoming Talk A Tale of Two Periods: Changes in Asian Americans’ Mobility Over the Last Century 🗓️ Nov 13, 8:30–9:50 PM (Beijing) 🎙️ Xi Song, Schiffman Family Presidential Professor, University of Pennsylvania #Sociology #NYUShanghai #CASER #AsianAmericanStudies

Using nationally representative CEPS data and doubly robust estimators, I find that both parents’ migration significantly lowers girls’ cognitive ability. Children most likely to experience parental migration are also the most negatively affected.

My new publication has been published in the Chinese Journal of Sociology! “Heterogeneous Treatment Effects of Parental Migration on the Cognitive Ability of Rural Left-behind Children in China.” journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20…

📢 Join us at NYU Shanghai for a lecture: “Gifts as Binding Signals: Social Contacts and Gifts in Europe” 🎙️ Prof. Berkay Özcan (NYU Abu Dhabi) 🗓 Oct 9, 2025 | 8:00–9:30 PM Beijing Time 📍 Online via Zoom (Scan to Register)

Political Scientists looking for Asst. Professorship: Come work with us at NYU Abu Dhabi! I'm dean to this friendly group of great comparative politics scholars in a truly cosmopolitcan city. Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/173054

My new article is now available in Sociology Compass: "Rethinking Parenting: A Sociological Review of Concepts, Debates, and Directions." A comprehensive review of how sociology understands parenting, ongoing debates, and paths forward. compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/so…

We unpack how class background relates to shifting meritocracy beliefs on campus. We show patterned differences by socioeconomic background and highlight a form of dual consciousness.

Thrilled to share our new article in Sociology of Education: “Meritocratic Myth in Mind? Socioeconomic Backgrounds and Shifting Beliefs about Meritocracy among College Students in China.” journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

🚨 Now Hiring: Postdoctoral Fellow in Social Science (AY25–26) at NYU Shanghai! Work with Prof. Jia Miao, leverage CASER’s unique research resources, and advance cutting-edge research. 📅 Starts Sept 1, 2026 📍 Shanghai, China 👉 Apply: apply.interfolio.com/173021 #Postdoc

We @sgSMUSOSS are recruiting! Tenure-track in Sociology to commence in July 2026. smucareers.taleo.net/careersection/…

📢 Call for Papers 📢 Submit to the Special Issue: Aging in Context: The Life Course, Neighborhoods, and Social Networks 🔹 Proposal Deadline: March 22, 2025 think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues…

📢 Call for Papers Submit to the Special Issue: A.I. and Society in China 🔹 Proposal Deadline: April 30, 2025 think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues…

🧧🐍 NYU Shanghai wishes you a bright and prosperous Year of the Snake! May this year bring wisdom, strength, and new adventures to everyone in our global community. 新年快乐! 🌟

Jing Song @CUHKofficial , Feinian Chen @JohnsHopkins , & I @UBCSociology are organizing a special issue on Gender Dynamics within and beyond Families in East Asia for @CjsShu . Please consider submitting your paper and spreading the word! Call for Papers: mp.weixin.qq.com/s/MEu7OUhEbzI1…

Announcing the ISA RC28 @OfficialRC22025 Summer Meeting at UCLA! Conference theme: “Social Inequality and Labor Market Restructuring;” Keynotes by Michael Hout @MikeHoutNY and Xi Song @xisong Conference dates: August 4-7, 2025 Abstracts due: February 17, 2025 See you in L.A.!

📢@SabinoKornrich and I are hiring a 3-year Postdoc to join us at @NYUAD_SocialSci to work on parenting, childhood inequalities, and parenting norms in international/comparative perspective using experimental methods. apply.interfolio.com/160976 @PopAssocAmerica @IUSSP @ASA_Family

🚁 Why are China's "helicopter parents" hovering more than ever? From Gaokao pressure to global competition, I discussed the forces shaping China's hyper-involved parenting style 鸡娃. 🌏👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Read more: sixthtone.com/news/1016239 @SixthTone @CaiYineng

Join a talk by Professor Rob Gruijters on School Segregation and Achievement Inequality: A Global Perspective. 📍CASER Research Seminar Series, hosted via Zoom ⏰ 8:00-9:00PM, November 13,2024 (CST) For more information: caser.shanghai.nyu.edu/school-segrega…

Join the talk by Professor Kam Wing on Chinese Hukou System: a Decade of Reforms 📍CASER Research Seminar Series, hosted via Zoom ⏰ 11:00 - 12:30PM, October 16,2024 (CST) Click here to learn more details: caser.shanghai.nyu.edu/chinas-hukou-s…