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Carolyn Chen
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
1808 Chicago Avenue, Room 103
Phone: (847) 467-4069
Asian American Studies
1897 Sheridan Road
Phone: (847) 467-7114
cechen@northwestern.edu
Office Hours: (Winter 2012)
Tuesday 10:00-12:00
Kresge 1- 435
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Areas of Interest
Asian American Studies
Religion
Race, Ethnicity and Migration
Relevant Links
Asian American Studies
Institute for Policy Research
Biography
Carolyn Chen studies religion, race and ethnicity, and immigration. Her book Getting Saved in America: Taiwanese Immigration and Religious Experience ( Princeton University Press, 2008) examines how religious conversion to evangelical Christianity and Buddhism restructures self and community among Taiwanese immigrants.
She has a edited volume written with Russell Jeung, Sustaining Faith Traditions: Race, Ethnicity, and Religion among the Latino and Asian American Second Generation (New York University Press, forthcoming 2012). She is currently working on a project that examines spirituality and alternative health in the United States.
Courses Taught
SOCIOL 314: Sociology of Religion and Ideology Syllabus
SOCIOL 376: Special Topics: Immigration
SOCIOL 476: Special Topics: Sociology of Immigration
SOCIOL 476: Special Topics: Religion and Modernity Syllabus
Books
Sustaining Faith Traditions: Race, Ethnicity, and Religion among the Latino and Asian American Second Generation
New York University Press, forthcoming 2012
Getting Saved in America: Taiwanese Immigration and Religious Experience
Princeton University Press, 2008
Sociology Robert F. Winch Awards for 2011
Outstanding Graduate Student Lecturer: Marina Zaloznaya
Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Assistants: Fiona Chin and Christopher Carroll
Outstanding Graduate Student Second-Year Paper: Jaimie Morse
Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Published or Presented:
Upcoming Events
Colloquium: Nicola Beisel, PhD - Sociology
February 23, 2012 • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Culture and Society Workshop: Simone Ispa-Landa, Human Development and Social Policy
February 23, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
