About

Hi! My name is Xiang Lu (吕想). I am an Assistant Professor at Institute for Advanced Study in Humanities and Social Sciences (IAS) and the Department of Sociology, Zhejiang University. Before joining ZJU, I received a PhD in Sociology from New York University.

My research interests lie in race, ethnicity, and migration. To learn more about my research interests, download my CV here. Check out my researchgate and ORCiD pages here.

Contact: xiang.lu@zju.edu.cn

Education

• 2015-2021, Ph.D., Sociology, New York University
• 2015-2019, M.Phil., Sociology, New York University
• 2011-2015, LL.B., Sociology, Tsinghua University

Publications

• Faith in Flux: The Diverse Religious Adaptations of Hui Muslim Internal Migrants in a Global Market Town in Southeast China (forthcoming)

  Xiang Lu

  In Journal of Contemporary Religion [Paper]

• Linking Race and Genes: Racial Conceptualization Among Genetic Ancestry Test-Takers

  Olivia Y. Hu, Xiang Lu, and Wendy D. Roth (co-first author)

  In Ethnic and Racial Studies [Paper]

• Official Classification, Affirmative Action, and Self-Identification: Hui-Han Biethnic College Students in China (2022)

  Xiang Lu

  In Identities 29(2): 186-204. [Paper]

• Identity Construction Among Twice-Minority Immigrants: A Comparative Study of Korean-Chinese and Uyghurs in the United States (2021)

  Xiang Lu

  In Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 47(7): 1558-1577 [Paper]

Works under review and in progress

• Lu, Xiang. Between Markets and Minarets: Sino-Muslims Navigating the Crossroads of China-Arab Trade (Book manuscript in preparation).

• Lu, Xiang. “Shifting Tides in the Majority Group’s Attitudes Towards Affirmative Action in Higher Education Admission: an Online Survey Experiment in China.” (Under review)

• Lu, Xiang. “Navigating Ethnic Capital and Ethnic Penalty: Chinese Muslim Internal Migrants in an International Trade Hub.” (Under review)

• Lu, Xiang. “Reimagining Roots and Relations: Perceptions of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) Muslims Among Hui Internal Migrants in a Global Market Town.” (Under review)

• Lu, Xiang. “Teaching Race and Ethnicity in Modern China: A Study of Chinese Geography and History Textbooks, 1903-1984.” (In preparation)

• Lu, Xiang. “Navigating Borders, Bridging Markets: Korean-Chinese Internal Migrants Leveraging Bi-Cultural Identity in Global Commerce.” (In preparation)