Curriculum Vitae Prof. Hua (Sara) Zhong 431 Sino Building, Department of Sociology The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong Tel: 852-3943-6613; Fax: 852-2603-5213 Email:
[email protected] EDUCATION 2001-2005 PhD in Sociology, the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 2000-2001 MA in Sociology, the University of Akron, Akron, OH 1995-1999 BA in Sociology (Minor in law), Peking University, Beijing, China PREVIOUS ACADEMIC POSITION Jan 2006—July 2019 Assistant Professor, Associate Professor & Vice Chair, Department of Sociology, CUHK Jan--June 2013 Visiting Scholar, Institute of Criminology, Cambridge University July-Dec 2016 Visiting Scholar, Department of Sociology, National Australian University Aug 2013--July 2016 Director, Pearl-River Delta Social Research Centre, Sociology, CUHK Aug 2013—July 2017 Director of Master of Arts, Gender Studies Programme, CUHK PRESENT ACADEMIC POSITION Aug 2019--Present, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, CUHK Aug 2018--Present, Director, Gender Studies Programme, CUHK Jan—June 2020, Visiting Scholar, Department of Sociology, University of California, Irvine. RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS Sociology of Crime and Deviance, Criminal Justice, Sociology of Law, Substance Abuse, Development and Social Change, Gender Studies and China Studies AWARDS AND GRANTS 1. The 2019 Outstanding Article Award, American Society of Criminology. 2. The 2018 Outstanding Contribution Award for the Division of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology, American Society of Criminology. 1 3. PI. “Cross-border criminal justice under the framework of the Basic Law: a synthetic analysis of current policies, media-reported cases and interviews with law enforcers”, Chinese Law Programme, HKIAPS, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, HK$114,000 (10/2019-08/2020).