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Carolyn L. Hsu

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Carolyn L. Hsu

Associate Provost for Equity and Diversity; Charles A. Dana Professor of Sociology

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Equity and Diversity, Sociology and Anthropology
  • R 3:30pm - 5:00pm (204 Lathrop Hall)

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To learn about my research, I recommend that you check out 冈本视频 Research article about my scholarship, titled, You can also look at my , which describes how Chinese citizens are still able to push back against the state, even under Xi Jinping鈥檚 authoritarianism. 

Currently, I am part of a research group that conducts the . We have been tracking changes in the relationship between citizens and the state in China since 2018, including new forms of activism and mobilization. You can learn more about our research in this Washington Post article, "" You can also read our recent academic articles, published in, the and the .

My previous research was on the rise of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in China. You can learn a little bit about this research by checking out my  or my . You can also read my  book: . 

BA, Yale University, 1991; MA (1995), PhD (2000), University of California, San Diego

Contemporary Chinese society; civil society; citizenship; NGOs; social credit system; activism; social movements; social entrepreneurship; institutions and organizations; post-socialist development; political sociology; economic sociology; social mobility and inequality; narratives; morality and religion.

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Journal Articles

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 DOI 10.1007/s11266-016-9806-0







2011 鈥 鈥淓ven Further beyond Civil Society: The Rise of Internet-Oriented Chinese NGOs (Response to Kin-Man Chan and Li Zhang), 鈥 Journal of Civil Society. 7(1): 123-7.

2010 鈥 鈥淏eyond Civil Society: An Organizational Perspective on State鈥揘GO Relations in the People's Republic of China.鈥 Journal of Civil Society. 6 (3): 259 鈥 277



2008 鈥 "Rehabilitating Charity in China: The Case of Project Hope and the Rise of Nonprofit Organizations". Journal of Civil Society. 4 (2): 81-96.













1996 鈥 "Corruption and Morality in the People's Republic of China." Indiana East Asian Working Paper Series 8 1-26.

  • Environmental Problems and Environmental Activism in China (with Prof. April Baptiste)
    • This course includes a 3-week extended study trip to China.
  • Classical Social Theory
  • Nations and Nationalism
  • Senior Seminar in Sociology
  • High Honors Thesis Workshop
  • CORE Communities and Identity: China
  • Globalization, Culture and Everyday Life

I am married to Christopher Henke, who is also a sociology professor here at 冈本视频. We have one daughter, Lin, born in 2001.

I have served as an elder at my church, , although I don't feel old enough to be called an "elder."