Yu Xie

{{Short description|Chinese American sociologist (born 1959)}} {{Western name order|Xie Yu}} {{family name hatnote|Xie|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Yu Xie | native_name = 谢宇 | image = Yu Xie 謝宇 Academia Sinica portrait.jpg | image_size = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1959}} | birth_place = Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China | death_date = | death_place = | residence = | citizenship = China (1959–1997)<br />United States (1997–present) | nationality = | fields = Sociology | workplaces = University of Michigan<br>Peking University<br>Princeton University<br>Academia Sinica | alma_mater = | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | notable_students = | known_for = Log-Multiplicative Layer Effect Model, Three Principles of Social Science, Chinese Family Panel Studies | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | awards = | religion = | signature = | footnotes = | website = {{URL|https://sociology.princeton.edu/people/yu-xie}} | education = {{ plainlist | *Shanghai University of Technology (BS) *University of Wisconsin–Madison (MA, MS, PhD) }} }} '''Yu Xie''' ({{zh|s=谢宇|p=Xiè Yǔ}}; born 1959) is a Chinese-born American sociologist and a sociology professor at Princeton University.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Yu Xie |url=https://sociology.princeton.edu/people/yu-xie |access-date=2023-03-07 |website=Princeton University Department of Sociology |language=en}}</ref> He joined the University of Michigan as an assistant professor in 1989 and served as a professor from 1996 to 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CURRICULUM VITA – YU XIE |url=https://yuxie.scholar.princeton.edu/document/298 |access-date=2023-03-07 |website=Princeton University}}</ref>

Xie has made contributions to quantitative methodology, social stratification, demography, Chinese studies, sociology of science, and social science data collection.<ref name="CV">[http://www-personal.umich.edu/~yuxie/PDF/VITA.pdf Yu Xie, Curriculum Vitae]</ref> He was Otis Dudley Duncan Distinguished University Professor of Sociology,<ref>[http://www.lsa.umich.edu/soc/people/faculty/regularfaculty/ci.xieyu_ci.detail Yu Xie, Department of Sociology Faculty Profile]</ref> Statistics,<ref>[http://dept.stat.lsa.umich.edu/faculty/xie_yu.html Yu Xie, Department of Statistics Faculty Profile]</ref> and Public Policy<ref>[http://www.fordschool.umich.edu/faculty/Yu_Xie Yu Xie, School of Public Policy Faculty Profile]</ref> at the University of Michigan. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,<ref>American Sociological Association, [http://www.asanet.org/footnotes/septoct04/fn3.html ''Sociologists Among Inductees of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences''], ''Footnotes'', September–October 2004</ref><ref>American Academy of Arts and Sciences, [http://www.amacad.org/members/alphaList.pdf ''Alphabetical Index of Active Members''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527025239/http://www.amacad.org/members/alphaList.pdf |date=2016-05-27 }}, retrieved on 25 June 2013</ref> Academia Sinica,<ref>[http://www.psc.isr.umich.edu/events/archive/detail/1021 ''Yu Xie Elected to Academia Sinica''], ''PSC Honors Archive'', 08 July 2004</ref> and the National Academy of Sciences.<ref>American Sociological Association, [http://www.asanet.org/footnotes/julyaugust09/nas_0709.html ''Sociologists Elected to the National Academy of Sciences''], ''Footnotes'', July–August 2009</ref>

== Early life and education ==

Xie was born in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China, in 1959, the second of two brothers. His parents were both physicians. Xie's education was delayed by the Cultural Revolution in China, but he was eventually able to enroll in the Shanghai University of Technology, where he received a B.S. in metallurgical engineering in 1982. He then came to the United States to study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he earned an M.A. in the history of science and an M.S. in sociology in 1984 as well as a Ph.D. in sociology in 1989.

== Academic career == After completing his doctorate, Xie came to the University of Michigan as an assistant professor, where he was appointed associate professor in 1994 and full professor in 1996. He became an American citizen in 1997. Xie lived in Ann Arbor with his wife and their two children for 26 years before moving to Princeton.<ref>National Academy of Sciences, [http://www.nasonline.org/news-and-multimedia/podcasts/interviews/yu-xie.html ''NAS Interview with Yu Xie''], ''InterViews'', 2011</ref><ref name="TV">JSTV, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vivuA2i1Uws ''People: Prof. Yu Xie(Part I)''], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMRoy4K5rFE ''People: Prof. Yu Xie(Part II)''], The Vision, broadcast on April 19, 2013</ref><ref name=":0" />

Along with his sociology appointment, Xie has held various positions in other departments at the University of Michigan. He was appointed Professor of Statistics in 2000 and Professor of Public Policy in 2011. Xie is also a research professor at the Population Studies Center<ref>[http://www.psc.isr.umich.edu/people/profile/103/Yu_Xie Yu Xie, Population Studies Center Faculty Profile]</ref> and the [http://www.src.isr.umich.edu/ Survey Research Center]<ref>[http://www.src.isr.umich.edu/content.aspx?id=about_src_people_faculty_profile&uniquename=yuxie Yu Xie, Survey Research Center Faculty Profile]</ref> of the Institute for Social Research, and a Faculty Associate at the [http://www.ii.umich.edu/ccs/ Center for Chinese Studies].<ref>[http://www.ii.umich.edu/ccs/aboutus/people/faculty/ci.xieyu_ci.detail Yu Xie, Center for Chinese Studies Faculty Profile]</ref> Since 1999, he has been directing the [http://www.qmp.isr.umich.edu/ Quantitative Methodology Program]<ref>[http://www.qmp.isr.umich.edu/directory.cfm?ID=1 Yu Xie, Quantitative Methodology Program Faculty Profile]</ref> at the Survey Research Center. During his over twenty years of career at the University of Michigan, Xie held multiple chair professorships.<ref name="CV"/> In 2007, he was appointed Otis Dudley Duncan University Distinguished Professor.<ref>Diane Swanbrow,[http://www.ur.umich.edu/0809/Mar23_09/04.php ''Yu Xie speaks on social changes, inequality in China''], ''The University Record'', March 24, 2009</ref>

Xie has been active in promoting empirical sociology in China.<ref name="sci2">Mara Hvistendahl, [https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.340.6136.1037?sid=59ee8153-7ddd-407e-a8c2-370c665f28a7%27%27The Number Game], ''Science'', 31 May 2013</ref><ref name="TV"/> His primary institutional affiliation in China has been with Peking University,<ref>[http://www.shehui.pku.edu.cn/teacherinfo.jsp?name=%D0%BB%D3%EE Yu Xie, Department of Sociology/Institute of Sociology and Anthropology Faculty Profile]</ref> where he has directed the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS), China's largest national longitudinal social science data collection project <ref name="sci1">Mara Hvistendahl, [https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.328.5978.554?sid=59ee8153-7ddd-407e-a8c2-370c665f28a7 ''Survey to Reveal True Face of Chinese Society''], ''Science'', April 30, 2010</ref> and founded the Social Research Center. Xie has also been active at several other institutions in China, holding honorary adjunct professorships at Renmin University of China,<ref>[http://www.jyb.cn/high/gdjyxw/201001/t20100121_336871.html ''密歇根大学教授谢宇受聘为人大讲座教授''], January 21, 2010</ref> Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,<ref>[http://sosc.ust.hk/cgi-bin/people/people_index.php?action=view&type=F&profile_id=325 Yu Xie, Division of Social Science Faculty Profile]</ref> Chinese University of Hong Kong,<ref>[http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/soc/www/staff_024a.html Yu Xie, Department of Sociology Faculty Profile]</ref> and Shanghai University.<ref>[http://www.sei.shu.edu.cn/EInsPage/ViewNews.asp?vID=189 ''上海大学授聘美国密歇根大学社会学系谢宇教授为名誉教授''], March 25, 2010</ref>

After 26 years at Michigan, Xie moved to Princeton in 2015.<ref name=":0" />

== Professional recognition ==

* Fellowship Invitation, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (1990). * Spencer Fellowship, National Academy of Education (1991-1992). * Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation (1992-1997). * Faculty Scholar Award, William T. Grant Foundation (1994-1999). * Member, Sociological Research Association (1997). * Chair, Section on Sociological Methodology, the American Sociological Association (2001-2003). * Guggenheim Fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2002-2003). * Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Science (2004). * Academician, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (2004). * Distinguished Lecturer Award, the Center for the Study of Women, Science, and Technology (WST), Georgia Institute of Technology (2006). * Clifford C. Clogg Award, Population Association of America (2008). * Zhu Kezhen Distinguished Lecturer, Zhejiang University, China (2008). * Member, National Academy of Sciences (2009). * Wei-Lun Visiting Professorship, Chinese University of Hong Kong (2010). * The Henry and Bryna David Lecture at the National Research Council (April 2013).

== Books ==

* Powers, Daniel A. and Yu Xie. 2000. ''Statistical Methods for Categorical Data Analysis''. New York: Academic Press. * Powers, Daniel A. and Yu Xie. 2008. ''Statistical Methods for Categorical Data Analysis, Second Edition''. Howard House, England: Emerald. ** Chinese translation: 《分类数据分析的统计方法》（第2版）. 北京: Social Sciences Literature Press, 2009. * Xie, Yu and Kimberlee A. Shauman. 2003. ''Women in Science: Career Processes and Outcomes''. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ** Reviewed in ''Science'' (2003), ''Nature'' (2004), ''Choice'' (2004), and ''Contemporary Sociology'' (2005). ** 2005 ''Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Title''. * Xie, Yu and Kimberly Goyette. 2004. ''A Demographic Portrait of Asian Americans''. New York: Russell Sage Foundation and Population Reference Bureau. * Scott, Jacqueline L. and Yu Xie (editors). 2005. ''Quantitative Social Science'', Sage Benchmarks in Social Research Methods. London: Sage. * Xie, Yu. 2006. ''Sociological Methodology and Quantitative Research'' 《社会学方法与定量研究》(in Chinese). Social Sciences Academic Press. Beijing, China. Social Sciences Literature Press. * Thornton, Arland, William Axinn, and Yu Xie. 2007. ''Marriage and Cohabitation''. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ** 2008 Outstanding Publication Award of the Section on Aging and the Life Course of the American Sociological Association. * Xie, Yu (Editor). 2007. ''Sociological Methodology'' Vol. 37. Washington D.C.: American Sociological Association. * Xie, Yu (Editor). 2008. ''Sociological Methodology'' Vol. 38. Washington D.C.: American Sociological Association. * Xie, Yu (Editor). 2009. ''Sociological Methodology'' Vol. 39. Washington D.C.: American Sociological Association. * Xie, Yu. 2010. ''Regression Analysis'' 《回归分析》(in Chinese). Social Sciences Academic Press. Beijing, China. Social Sciences Literature Press. * Xie, Yu and Alexandra A. Killewald. 2012. ''Is American Science in Decline?'' Harvard University Press.

== References ==

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