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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:
Thursday 3:00-4:30 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 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
William Henry Exum Award
The intent of this prize is to honor the memory of William Henry Exum, a member of the Department of Sociology and the African American Studies Department, who died in 1986 at the age of 37. Exum was concerned with the quality of writing and research analysis in student papers. He was also interested in racial problems facing minority youths in higher education. This award was established as a means of continuing his goals of breaking barriers for all minorities.
The award submission deadline is April 27, 2012. All interested students should submit a 15-20 page paper, typed and double-spaced, on a topic dealing with race and ethnicity. Students are not limited to a sociological approach in preparing their submissions, nor is the award limited to sociology or social science majors.
The paper should include a cover sheet with the student's name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, year in school, and major.
Three copies of the essay must be submitted by the announced deadline to the Exum Award - Department of Sociology, 1810 Chicago Ave., Evanston Campus or one copy by email to sociol@northwestern.edu.
This award is open to all undergraduate students from all disciplines.
Upcoming Events
COLLOQUIUM: Myra Marx Ferree, Sociology, University of WI-Madison
May 17, 2012 • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Culture and Society Workshop
May 17, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
