Fenggang (Andy) Yang, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Center For Immigration Research
University of Houston

Postal Address:
Department of Sociology
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204-3474
Email: FYang@uh.edu
Web: http://www.uh.edu/~fyang
Office Phone:713-743-3973

Research Projects

• R.E.N.I.R. (Religion, Ethnicity, and New Immigrants Research), 1997-1998
• N.E.I.C.P. (New Ethnic and Immigrant Congregations Project), 1994-1996
• Ph.D. Dissertation (Ethnographic study of a Chinese church: assimilation, ethnicity, Chinese cultural traditions, Christian conversion, and identity construction), 1996

• Scholarly publications and presentations

Research Interests (writings and www links)

• Sociology of Religion
• Immigration, Ethnicity, & Chinese Americans
• Chinese Religions and Culture

Biographical Information

• Ph.D. in Sociology from The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., 1997
• M.A. in Philosophy from Nankai University, Tianjin, 1987

• B.A. in Politics and Education from Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 1982

• Ocassional Lectures on Chinese Society, Chinese Culture, and Chinese Religions, 1989-1996
• Instructer, Social Statistics, The Catholic University of America, 1996
• Visiting Lecturer, Society, Religion, and The Study of Religion in the United States,
  The People's University of China, Beijing, 1994
• Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, The People's University of China, 1987-1989
• Lecturer, Social Sciences and Humanities, Cangzhou Education College, 1982-1984

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