Journey of Discovering Sociology

Long Chen is the Boya Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Sociology at Peking University where he obtained his doctoral degree in 2019. His research interests are focused on labor process, industrial relationship, youth employment, platform economy as well as Internet technology, etc. In 2016-2017, Chen was invited to Harvard Sociology Department as a Visiting Fellow with the support of Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC). During that period, Chen launched this interview project which aims at bringing American sociology as well as American sociologists’ viewpoints, stories and experiences to Chinese young sociology students, young scholars as well as the public.

• Preface.- Introduction.- Christopher Winship, Harvard University.- Peter V. Marsden, Harvard University.- Mary C. Waters, Harvard University.- John L. Campbell, Dartmouth College.- Ezra F. Vogel, Harvard University.- Frank Dobbin, Harvard University.- Mario L. Small, Harvard University.- Jeffery C. Alexander, Yale University.- James A. Evans, University of Chicago.- Andrew D. Abbott, University of Chicago.- Dingxin Zhao, University of Chicago.- Arlie R. Hochschild, University of California, Berkeley.- Peter S. Bearman, Columbia University.- Michele Lamont, Harvard University.- Viviana A. Zelizer, Princeton University.- Annette P. Lareau, University of Pennsylvania.- Philip S. Gorski, Yale University.- Randall Collins, University of Pennsylvania.- Michael Burawoy, University of California, Berkeley.- Andrew G. Walder, Stanford University.- Postscript.