Education

PhD 2006 (Sociology), Peking University;

MA 2001 (Sociology), Huazhong University of Science and Technology;

BA 1998 (Sociology), Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

Work Experience

Peking University:

    Lecturer, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology 2011-

Washington University in St. Louis:

    Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Social Development, Brown School  2010-2011

Research Interests

Poverty and social policy

Family and child welfare

Social service management

Courses Taught

Undergraduate courses：

    Social Administration(2013 to present)

    Practice(2015)

Graduate courses:

    Social Service Management (2015 to present)

    Social work internship supervision (2014)

    Social Welfare Philosophy and Social Work Ethics (2012-2021)

    Developmental social work (2012-2015)

    Social Welfare Research Topics (2021)

    Social Work Internship One (2015-2021)

    Social Work Internship Two (2016-2021)

Selected Publications (since 2017)

Deng, Suo. 2023. "Safeguarding vulnerable children in China during COVID-19 and beyond: An integrated approach to social protection and social governance", In L. Patel, S. Plagerson, & I. Chinyoka (Eds.), Handbook on Social Protection and Social Development in the Global South. (pp.500-512), Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.

Deng, Suo. 2021. "Empowerment and Reconstruction of Care Relationship: Social Work Practice Research Based on Beicun, Shannxi Province." Social Work and Management Social Work and Management 1. (in Chinese)

Deng, Suo. 2020. "Poverty Risk and Asset Building from the Perspective of Life Course." China Social Work Research, Iss. 16.

Deng, Suo . 2020. “Social Work in Building Child Rescue and Protection Service System.” Social science, (11).(in Chinese)

Deng, Suo. 2020. "Social Resilience Construction in the Epidemic Crisis and Social Work Positioning." Journal of Social Work(2).

Deng, Suo. 2020. "Building state capacity for welfare governance: The pathway and development of child welfare system and social work in China" China Journal of Social Work. 13(1) : 55-69

Michael Sherraden, Angelina Woon Ki Yuen-Tsang, Sibin Wang, Shanti Khinduka, Li Zou, Sou Deng, Jianguo Gao, Ben Hok-Bun Ku, Jin Huang, Margaret Sherraden, Nancy Morrow-Howel. 2020. Angelina Woon Ki Yuen-Tsang, Sibin Wang, Shanti Khinduka, Li Zou, Sou Deng, Jianguo Gao, Ben Hok-Bun Ku, Jin Huang, Margaret Sherraden, Nancy Morrow-Howell. 2020."Re-emergence of social work in modern China: A perspective by Chinese and U.S. partners." China Journal of Social Work 13(1) : 40-54.

Deng, Suo. 2019. "Breaking the Cycle: An Asset-based Family Intervention for Poverty Alleviation in China" Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development. 29(1) : 82-94;

Deng, Suo, Kumar, Shewli, Yoo, Joan, Farrington, Camille. 2019. "The Impact ofGlobalization and Social Exclusion on Education and Child Development." In R. J. Chaskin, B. J. Lee & S. Jaswal (Eds.), Social Exclusion in Cross National Perspective: Actors, Actions, and Impacts from Above and Below (pp. 269-294). Oxford: Oxford University Press;

Mosley, Jennifer, Park, Sunggeun (Ethan), Suo Deng, & Sakhrani, Monica. 2019. "Changing Roles and Relationships Between Nongovernmental Organizations and the State in Shaping and Responding" In R. J. Chaskin, B. J. Lee & S. Jaswal (Eds.), Social Exclusion in Cross National Perspective: Actors, Actions, and Impacts from Above and Below (pp. 193-210). Oxford: Oxford University Press;

Courtney, Mark E., Suo Deng, Dave, Anjali, & Raghavan, Vijay. 2019. "The Transition to Adulthood for Marginalized Youth" In R. J. Chaskin, B. J. Lee & S. Jaswal (Eds.), Social Exclusion in Cross National Perspective: Actors, Actions, and Impacts from Above and Below (pp. 137-160). Oxford: Oxford University Press;