XIANGYI (TAMI) REN 任相宜
The University of Chicago
1126 East 59th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637
EDUCATION
2018 – University of Chicago
Ph.D. in Sociology
Primary Advisor: Professor Andrew Abbott
2017 School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
MSc. in Politics of China
Distinction
Advisor: Professor Julia Strauss
2016 University of Wisconsin Madison
B.A. in Political Science and International Studies
Certificate of European Studies
Certificate of East Asian Studies
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Law and Society, Sociology of Knowledge, China Studies
PUBLICATION
Xiangyi Ren & Lili Liu (2020) Building Consensus: Support Structure and the Frames of Environmental Legal Mobilization in China, Journal of Contemporary China, 29:121, 109-124.
WORKS IN PROGRESS
Shumeng Han & Xiangyi Ren. Disobedient Children, Hybrid Filiality: Negotiating Parent-Child Relations in Local Legal System in Republican China, 1911–1949. Submitted to Law and History Review. Planning for Revise and Resubmit.
Xiangyi Ren. Divergent Forms of Knowledge Production and Law-Making in China. Prepare for submission.
Shumeng Han & Xiangyi Ren. Double Marginalization of Women during Late Qing-Republican China Legal Reforms, 1911-1949. Manuscript in progress.
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND GRANTS
2022 Honorable Mention, AsianJLS-ALSA Graduate Student Paper Competition
2022 Charles R. Henderson Fund, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago
2021 Pre-Dissertation Research Grant, Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS), University of Chicago
2019 Beijing Graduate Student Residency Program Funding, University of Chicago Beijing Center, University of Chicago
2018-2023 Social Sciences Fellowship, Division of Social Sciences, University of Chicago
RESEARCH EXPERIENCES
2021 Embedded China Program, University of Chicago – Peking University
2017 – 2018 Research Assistant, Research Center for Contemporary China (RCCC), Peking University
2015 Research Assistant, National School of Development, Peking University
2014 – 2015 Research Assistant, Political Science, University of Wisconsin−Madison
SEMINAR, WORKSHOP, CONFERENCE EXPERIENCES
Sep. 2021 Presenter, BACS (British Association of Chinese Studies) Annual Conference, Online, organized by University of Birmingham, UK.
Mar. 2021 Presenter, Private Enforcement & Environmental Law: Civil Society Organization, Public Interests, and Accountability. Online organized by Cornell University and University of Chicago Law School.
Jun. 2020 Presenter, BPCS (British Postgraduate Network for Chinese Studies) Annual Conference, Online.
Sep. 2017 Presenter, BACS (British Association of Chinese Studies) Annual Conference, Glasgow, UK.
PROFESSIONAL AND UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCES
Fall 2021 - Research Mentor, GIC School, Beijing, China
Spring 2021 Teaching Assistant, Coding & Analyzing Qualitative Data: Using Open- Source Computer Asst. Qualitative Data Analysis, Sociology, University of Chicago
Winter 2021 Teaching Assistant, Social Structure and Change, Sociology, University of Chicago
Spring 2020 Teaching Assistant, Coding & Analyzing Qualitative Data: Using Open- Source Computer Asst. Qualitative Data Analysis, Sociology, University of Chicago
2017 – 2018 Assistant Editor, MDPI Tongzhou Office, Beijing, China
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Law and Society Association (LSA)
Asian Law and Society Association (ALSA)
American Sociological Association (ASA)
LANGUAGES AND SKILLS
Chinese Mother Tongue
Korean Proficient in Speaking, Listening, Reading and Writing
Japanese Good in Speaking, Listening, Writing and Reading
Italian Good in Reading, Basic in Speaking and Listening
Proficient in MAXQDA