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Carolyn Chen
Director in Asian American Studies
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:
Tuesday 11:00-12:00 PM
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 276: Intro Topics in Sociology: The Second-Generation Asian American Experience Syllabus
SOCIOL 314: Sociology of Religion and Ideology Syllabus
SOCIOL 376: Special Topics: Immigration
SOCIOL 398-1: Senior Research Seminar Syllabus
SOCIOL 398-2: Senior Research Seminar Syllabus
SOCIOL 476: Special Topics: Sociology of Immigration
SOCIOL 476: Special Topics: Religion and Modernity Syllabus
Books
Sustaining Faith Traditions: Race, Religion and Ethnicity among the Latino and Asian American Second Generation (With Russell Jeung)
New York University Press, 2012
Getting Saved in America: Taiwanese Immigration and Religious Experience
Princeton University Press, 2008
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