Education

PhD 2008 (Sociology), University of Maryland;

MA 1997 (Sociology), Peking University;

BA 1994 (Sociology),  Sociology University.

Work Experience

Peking University:

    Lecturer, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology

Pennsylvania State University:

    Postdoctoral Fellow 2006-2008

Research Interests

Gender research

Community development

Social organization

Courses Taught 

Undergraduate courses:

    Methods of Social Survey and Social Research (2010 to present)

Graduate courses:

    Inequality and development (2009)

    Feminism and social work (2008 to present)

    Social research methods (2010 to present)

    Social work theory (2010-present).

Selected Publications (since 2017)

Wang, Yuanyuan; Wilson, Amanda; Hu, Zhishan; Lu, Li; Li, Wengao; Peng, Ke; Wu, Lijuan; Xin, Ying; Drescher, Jack; Ou, Jianjun; Chen, Runsen. 2021. "Counselling and psychotherapy service use in Chinese sexual minority populations: a nationwide survey." BMC Psychiatry. 21(1)

Wang, Yuanyuan; Hu, Zhishan; Peng, Ke; Rechdan, Joanne; Yang, Yuan; Wu, Lijuan; Xin, Ying; Lin, Jiahui; Duan, Zhizhou; Zhu, Xuequan; Feng, Yi; Chen, Shitao; Ou, Jianjun; Chen, Runsen. 2020. "Mapping out a spectrum of the Chinese public's discrimination toward the LGBT community: results from a national survey." BMC Public Health. 20(2)

Wu, Lijuan. 2017. "The Production of Gender Norms in the Diversified Gender Attitudes: The Discourse Analysis of ‘Good Job’ and ‘Good Marriage’ for Women." Journal of China Women's University. 2017,29(01):69-76.(in Chinese)

Wu, Lijuan. 2017."Are men and women equal in Chinese society？Differences in Perception of Gender Inequality and Its Social Construction." Academic Research. 2017(01):64-73.(in Chinese)

Wu, Lijuan. 2017."Differences in Perception of Gender Inequality and Its Social Construction Gender: An Important Perspective of Social Work Interventions." China Social Work Research. 2017(01):1-18+208.(in Chinese)