Ken Chih-Yan Sun
@kcsun1015.bsky.social
Scholar of migration, families, and inequalities. Author of Time and Migration (Cornell, 2021) and Co-author of Transnational Social Protection (Oxford, 2023).
Villanova University, where I am currently working, has a position in digital sociology and/or STS studies. I am not on the search committee and happy to answer any questions you may have.
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July 18, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Villanova University, where I am currently working, has a position in digital sociology and/or STS studies. I am not on the search committee and happy to answer any questions you may have.
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🚨 Job alert: The Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto is hiring an Assistant Professor in the Sociology of Race and Ethnicity.
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I'll be at ASA and would be happy to chat with interested candidates. Please share widely! #Socsky
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I'll be at ASA and would be happy to chat with interested candidates. Please share widely! #Socsky
July 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
🚨 Job alert: The Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto is hiring an Assistant Professor in the Sociology of Race and Ethnicity.
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I'll be at ASA and would be happy to chat with interested candidates. Please share widely! #Socsky
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I'll be at ASA and would be happy to chat with interested candidates. Please share widely! #Socsky
We live in a time where migrants' mobility can no longer be taken for granted, and my new article in Social Forces examines how mobility restrictions create "linked immobility" that affects entire transnational family networks. Here is the link (open access): academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...
Confronting linked immobility: how Chinese migrants managed family crisis during a global catastrophe
Abstract. Drawing on qualitative interviews with 51 Chinese migrants who live in the US but strive to support frail parents back home, this article analyze
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June 22, 2025 at 6:04 AM
We live in a time where migrants' mobility can no longer be taken for granted, and my new article in Social Forces examines how mobility restrictions create "linked immobility" that affects entire transnational family networks. Here is the link (open access): academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...
Hi colleagues: I am running for a position on ASA's Asian and Asian American Council this year and would be honored to serve our discipline in this capacity. If you are a member, I would greatly appreciate your consideration and support when casting your vote. Thank you.
June 17, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Hi colleagues: I am running for a position on ASA's Asian and Asian American Council this year and would be honored to serve our discipline in this capacity. If you are a member, I would greatly appreciate your consideration and support when casting your vote. Thank you.
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📣🚨 NEW ARTICLE: Many #immigrants are aging & remain undocumented. What is their experience of illegality as they age–specifically their fear of deportation? New publication @sfjournal.bsky.social! Please read and share widely. 🔗 here: bit.ly/SF25-LCI (summary below) /1
Life course illegality: how the life course and aging shape the experience of illegality
Abstract. Scholars have studied in detail how immigrants experience illegality in the US. Many have focused on immigrants’ fear of deportation as central t
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June 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
📣🚨 NEW ARTICLE: Many #immigrants are aging & remain undocumented. What is their experience of illegality as they age–specifically their fear of deportation? New publication @sfjournal.bsky.social! Please read and share widely. 🔗 here: bit.ly/SF25-LCI (summary below) /1
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Do you want to be included in our family starter pack or know other family sociologists who should be included? Leave a comment here, and follow our starter pack to hear the latest research on families! go.bsky.app/E3PGiEm
April 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Do you want to be included in our family starter pack or know other family sociologists who should be included? Leave a comment here, and follow our starter pack to hear the latest research on families! go.bsky.app/E3PGiEm
If you study media/digital media, journalism or public relations, here are some opportunies in Australia!
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April 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
If you study media/digital media, journalism or public relations, here are some opportunies in Australia!
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JOB! Please RT.
Swarthmore is hiring for our Social Science Quantitative Lab Associate to support & do teaching quant methods to undergrads. Especially looking for people familiar with sociology and/or political science, and R. Apply by 4/18.
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Happy to answer questions.
Swarthmore is hiring for our Social Science Quantitative Lab Associate to support & do teaching quant methods to undergrads. Especially looking for people familiar with sociology and/or political science, and R. Apply by 4/18.
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Happy to answer questions.
April 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
JOB! Please RT.
Swarthmore is hiring for our Social Science Quantitative Lab Associate to support & do teaching quant methods to undergrads. Especially looking for people familiar with sociology and/or political science, and R. Apply by 4/18.
apply.interfolio.com/165892
Happy to answer questions.
Swarthmore is hiring for our Social Science Quantitative Lab Associate to support & do teaching quant methods to undergrads. Especially looking for people familiar with sociology and/or political science, and R. Apply by 4/18.
apply.interfolio.com/165892
Happy to answer questions.
A good job opportunity for PhD students
April 8, 2025 at 1:23 AM
A good job opportunity for PhD students
great opportunity for young scholars who study Asian Americans.
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Calvin J. Li Post-Doctoral Associate in Asian American Studies
Job Description Summary Organization Summary Statement: The Asian American Studies Program at the University of Maryland, College Park seeks applicants for the Calvin J. Li Fellowship in Asian America...
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March 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
great opportunity for young scholars who study Asian Americans.
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Michael Burawoy passed away yesterday. He's one of the giants in social sciences.
His work on public sociology has deeply influenced me. It still does today. I am so sad to hear the news.
Michael Burawoy passed away yesterday. He's one of the giants in social sciences.
His work on public sociology has deeply influenced me. It still does today. I am so sad to hear the news.
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February 5, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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Michael Burawoy passed away yesterday. He's one of the giants in social sciences.
His work on public sociology has deeply influenced me. It still does today. I am so sad to hear the news.
Michael Burawoy passed away yesterday. He's one of the giants in social sciences.
His work on public sociology has deeply influenced me. It still does today. I am so sad to hear the news.
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This week on the @contexts.org blog, @shayobrien.bsky.social (@harvardkennedy.bsky.social) weighs in on a topic near and dear to my own heart: #families & #wealth! 💰
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January 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This week on the @contexts.org blog, @shayobrien.bsky.social (@harvardkennedy.bsky.social) weighs in on a topic near and dear to my own heart: #families & #wealth! 💰
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It’s a disaster. I don’t know how the mayor or city council members could spin this.
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City must lead on Market Street development after Sixers arena debacle | Editorial
Mayor Cherelle L. Parker tried her best to spin the collapsed deal as a win-win, but the Center City arena proposal turned out to be a giant waste of time and money.
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January 14, 2025 at 2:35 AM
It’s a disaster. I don’t know how the mayor or city council members could spin this.
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2024 is a rough year. I don’t know if 2025 will be better. But I pray I will be more resilient and resourceful next year. Happy New Year to you all!
December 31, 2024 at 8:46 PM
2024 is a rough year. I don’t know if 2025 will be better. But I pray I will be more resilient and resourceful next year. Happy New Year to you all!
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We're hiring an Assistant Professor in the field of #UrbanSociology, who can demonstrate expertise in the social and spatial life of the city, and how planning and/or design impacts urban life.
Applications close Sunday 19th January 2025 (23.59 UK time).
Applications close Sunday 19th January 2025 (23.59 UK time).
Assistant Professor in Sociology
Assistant Professor in Sociology, , <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>As an equal opportunities employer strongly committed to diversity and inclusion, we encourage applications from women and…
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December 16, 2024 at 11:00 AM
We're hiring an Assistant Professor in the field of #UrbanSociology, who can demonstrate expertise in the social and spatial life of the city, and how planning and/or design impacts urban life.
Applications close Sunday 19th January 2025 (23.59 UK time).
Applications close Sunday 19th January 2025 (23.59 UK time).
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I was quoted in this very interesting story on nationalism among overseas Chinese youth. Why and how do some young nationalists start questioning their unwavering loyalty? Read Shen’s report.
The patriotic zeal of "little pinks" doesn’t go deep, said @weirongguo.bsky.social, who found half of the students she interviewed embraced democratic ideals. Within this group, a third were former "little pinks." For many, the trigger was Beijing's Covid response. www.wsj.com/world/china/...
How a Young Chinese Nationalist Turned Her Back on Beijing
Studying overseas, a former “little pink” started questioning her patriotic education.
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December 2, 2024 at 3:54 PM
I was quoted in this very interesting story on nationalism among overseas Chinese youth. Why and how do some young nationalists start questioning their unwavering loyalty? Read Shen’s report.
So good to see many of you joining this space!
November 22, 2024 at 6:10 AM
So good to see many of you joining this space!
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It was a real treat to read and engage with Lauren Olsen on her new book. Take a listen, wherever you get your podcasts.
The Annex is back! Lauren Olsen (Temple University) is our guest. Olsen goes inside medical schools to show us the messy, conflictual process of building a four-year curriculum that both includes, and sidelines, the social sciences and humanities. socannex.commons.gc.cuny.edu/podcast/laur...
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November 18, 2024 at 2:12 PM
It was a real treat to read and engage with Lauren Olsen on her new book. Take a listen, wherever you get your podcasts.
I am both honored and humble to receive Richard Kalish Book Award from Gerontological Society of America. This should be the second and the last award for Time and Migration.
This is completely unexpected. I literally woke up to this news today. Thank you for all of your support!
This is completely unexpected. I literally woke up to this news today. Thank you for all of your support!
November 16, 2024 at 6:43 AM
I am both honored and humble to receive Richard Kalish Book Award from Gerontological Society of America. This should be the second and the last award for Time and Migration.
This is completely unexpected. I literally woke up to this news today. Thank you for all of your support!
This is completely unexpected. I literally woke up to this news today. Thank you for all of your support!
If you are in a bad mood, here are some photos of my cat.
November 15, 2024 at 10:29 AM
If you are in a bad mood, here are some photos of my cat.
I made a resolution to learn meditation in 2024. Any suggestions on how to start?
December 28, 2023 at 5:39 AM
I made a resolution to learn meditation in 2024. Any suggestions on how to start?