Xiangming Chen

Who is Xiangming Chen?

Dr. Xiangming Chen is a Chinese sociologist and current dean and director of the Trinity College, Hartford Center for Urban and Global Studies and is the Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of Sociology and International Studies. Chen was born in Beijing, China. He graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University and received his Ph.D. in Sociology from Duke University. He also holds the positions of Distinguished Professor at Fudan University in Shanghai and honorary research fellows at the Institute of Economics of Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences and the IC2 Institute at the University of Texas at Austin. He also serves on the Council for the Community and Urban Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association.