Prof. Jiaming Sun Fudan University, China and Texas A&M University, USA

Jiaming Sun is Professor at the School of Social Development and Public Policy at Fudan University, China, and a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Texas A&M University-Commerce, USA. His book "Personal Global Connectivity and Local Transformation" (2008) has examined changing behavior and values... read moreorientation among residents under globalization in Shanghai by applying Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) in its data analysis. Another book is based on a survey research Generation Gaps: the Background of Transition Period 1991-1994 (in Chinese) has been widely cited in the studies of social change and cultural transition in China. He has also published a number of book chapters and papers on globalization, urban residential life, cultural study, and youth problems in China, Taiwan, Singapore, the United States, and the United Kingdom over last two decades. His most recent book, Chinese Globalization: A profile of people-based global connections in China, will be published by Routledge Taylor & Francis Group early 2013.