Education

PhD 2020 (Sociology),  University of Washington;

MA 2014 (Social Science), the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology;

BA 2011 (Department of Sociology), Peking University;

BA 2011, National School of Development Institute of Peking University.

Work Experience

Peking University

    Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, 2020-

Research Interests

Social inequality

Demography

Social network

Computational social sciences

Courses Taught

Undergraduate courses:

    Social Network Analysis (2021 to present )

Graduate courses:

    Social Policy Evaluation (2020)

    Sociological Methodology (2020-2021)

    Reading Discussion Class: Lectures on Classics and Frontiers of Population Science (2018-2021)

    Research Topics on Inequality and Poverty (2021)

    Sociological Methodology (2020-2021)

Selected Publications (since 2017)

Fan, Xinguang. 2024. "Fertility Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Perspective of Reproductive Process." Population and Development Review (forthcoming)

Xue, Tao; Li, Jiajianghui; Tong, Mingkun; Fan, Xinguang; Li, Pengfei; Wang, Ruohan; Li, Yanshun; Zheng, Yixuan; Li, Jiwei; Guan, Tianjia; Zhu, Tong, 2023. "Stillbirths attributable to open fires and their geographic disparities in non-Western countries". Environmental Pollution, 334:

Zhang, Yongjun, Hao Lin, Yi Wang, and Xinguang Fan. 2023. "Sinophobia Was Popular in Chinese Language Communities on Twitter during the Early COVID-19 Pandemic." Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 10(1):1–12. 2023. 

Fan, Xinguang, and Yongjun Zhang. 2022. "Just a Virus” or Politicized Virus? Global Media Reporting of China on COVID-19." Chinese Sociological Review 55(1):38–65. 

Xue, Tao, Jiajianghui Li, Mingkun Tong, Xinguang Fan, Pengfei Li, Ruohan Wang, Yanshun Li, Yixuan Zheng, Jiwei Li, Tianjia Guan, and Tong Zhu. 2023. "Stillbirths Attributable to Open Fires and Their Geographic Disparities in Non-Western Countries." Environmental Pollution 334:122170.

Zhang, Yongjun, Sienna Thorgusen, and Xinguang Fan*. 2022. "News coverage of social protestsin global society." International Journal of Comparative Sociology 63(3):105–27. 

Fan, Xinguang, and Maria Vignau Loria. 2020. "Intimate partner violence and contraceptive use in developing countries: How does the relationship depend on context?." Demographic Research 42: 293-342.

Fan, Xinguang. 2019. "Discrimination Experience, Family Relations, and Generalized Trust in China." Social Science Research. 77: 115-129.

Fan, Xinguang, Maria Vignau Loria. 2020. "A ‘Paradox’ of Family Planning: Domestic Violence, Legal Regulation, and Contraceptive Use in Developing Countries." Demographic Research. 42: 293-342. DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2020.42.1.

Working paper:

Fan, Xinguang. 2020. "Three Essays on Economic Insecurity in China."

Fan, Xinguang, Sara Curran, Janna Johnson, and Matthew Dunbar. 2020. "Causal Impact of Hurricanes on Population Dynamics, 1970-2017."

Fan, Xinguang. 2017. "Do Children Learn Social Trust from Parents? Intergenerational TransmIssion of Trust Values."