Yan Z. Ciupak 2416 Jamrich Hall, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, 49855 Phone : 906-2271158 Email : [email protected]

EDUCATION

University at Buffalo (SUNY-Buffalo/UB) Buffalo, NY Ph.D. Sociology of Education/ Social Foundations, June 2009, Advisor: Weis, Lois. University-Main Campus, Jinan, July 2001 B.A. English, Minor: International Law; Dean’s List

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI Assistant Professor of Sociology & Sep. 2012- present Faculty Director for International Initiatives Spring 2016-Present Liberal Studies Department, Kettering University, Flint, MI. July 2010 – May 2011 Lecturer, services with international education programs State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY August 2003 – Dec. 2006 Presidential Scholar, Research Associate: International Comparative Higher Education Accessibility Project (Ford Foundation Project)

English Department, Shandong University, Weihai, China, July 2001 – July 2003 Lecturer; Researcher

AWARDS and HONORS

NMU Presidential Recognition of Outstanding Service, 2015 NMU CAS Professional Development Funding 2014, 2015, 2016 Diversity Scholar Citation, National Center for Institutional Diversity 2009, 2010 Best Dissertation Award, Chinese American Educational Research and Development Association, 2009 Award for Outstanding Contribution in Social Practice, Shandong Province 2000

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

American Sociological Association (ASA) North Central Sociological Association (NCSA) American Educational Researchers Association (AERA)

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PUBLICATIONS Ciupak, Y. (Forthcoming) Asian-American Families. In Macmillan Encyclopedia of Intimate and Family Relationships. New York, NY:Macmillan Ciupak, Y. (In Press) Architecture of Capitals: A Rigorous Qualitative Inquiry Framework and Its Application in China. A chapter in Wang , , and Edward St. John (Eds.) Higher education and social justice: U.S. and Chinese perspectives. New York: Routledge. Ciupak, Y. (2016). On the nexus of local and global: Chinese higher education and college students in the era of globalization. New York: AMC Press Ciupak, Y. (2015). Education of immigrants' children: A review of four decades of empirical research in the United States 1965-2011. In Some & Pierre (Eds.) Immigration and schooling: Redefining the 21st Century America. Charlotte: Information Age Publishing. Ciupak, Y. & Stich, A. (2012). The changing educational opportunity structure in China. In L. Weis & N. Dolby (Eds.) Social Class and Education: Global Perspectives. New York: Routledge. Weis, L., Ciupak, Y., et al. (2011). Sociology of Education in the United States. In S.Tozer, B.Gallegos & A.Henry (Eds.) Handbook of Research in the Social Foundations of Education. New York: Routledge. Weis, L., , Y., et al. (2008). Sociology of education: A review of four decades of empirical research in the United States, 1966-2008. Buffalo, NY: GSE Publication, SUNY Press. Zhao,Y. & Johnstone, B.(2007). UNESCO project on student loans in Asia. Comparative and International Education Society Newsletter, 144 summer issue Zhao, Y. (Ed.) (2006). A Collection of Western Educational Research. : Tian Ma Publishing House. Zhao, Y. (2006). Critical theories in Sociology of Education: Dynamics, debates, and directions. In Zhao (Ed.), A Collection of Western Educational Research (pp. 1- 34). Hong Kong: Tian Ma Publishing House

INVITED TALKS

U.S. Higher Education Institution Accreditation. Invited guest speech as American HEI representative at Education USA Office, US Embassy. , China. Sep. 2017

A Survey of American Culture and Society. Guest speech at Xinzhou Teacher’s University, China. October 2016.

The Current State of Social Problems Study in the United States, Presentation at Shandong University at Weihai, Weihai, China. May 2015

Invited Keynote Speaker, The American University Meets the Pacific Century Workshop University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, March 2012

U.S. Foreign Policy Colloquium, National Committee on United States-China relations, June 2005

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CONFERENCES

Chinese Traditional Music and Opera, Presenter, panel moderator at the United Conference, Marquette, MI, 2017.

Doing research for social justice: Reframing actionable critical-empirical policy research, Presentation at the North Central Sociological Association (NCSA) and Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) Joint Conference, March 2016.

A tale of two China—A sociologist and a Chinese student’s perspectives on Chinese society and culture, Presentation (with co-presenter Yufeng Zhuo) at the United Conference, Marquette, MI, Sep. 2015

Concerted Active Learning in Large Classes, Presentation at the North Central Sociological Association (NCSA) Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, April 2015

In(out)sider : On the fluid identify of a field researcher. Paper presented at the North Central Sociological Association (NCSA) Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, April 2014

Education, Stratification, and Mobility in China. Paper presented at the North Central Sociological Association (NCSA) Annual Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, April 014

Social Stratification in China, United Conference, Marquette, MI. Oct.2013

Chinese College Students of Different Class Background in the Age of Global Economic Restructuring. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, Illinois. April 2007

Model Minority Myth and Asian American Nonprofit Organizations in the Bay Area. Paper presented at the Graduate Student Research Symposium, SUNY- Buffalo, Buffalo, NY. April 2006

“Model minority” experience: Chinese American children in a private high school. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, Hawaii. March 2006

Enlightened or enlisted: International students in a Christian mission. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Studies Association, Kansas City, MO. November 2004

WORK IN PROGRESS

Folk Music in North China project, working with Folklore and Popular Literature Research Institute, University, China. Mindfulness and Zen Buddhism in the U.S., China, and Japan.

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OTHER ACTIVITIES & SERVICES

NMU AQUIP Committee Member 2015-2016 NMU Faculty Grant Committtee Winter 2017-present Executive Committee, Marquette-Alger Great Start Collaborative (GSC) 2014 to present Panel Organizer and Moderator at the United Conference, September, 2017 Panel Moderator at NCSA undergraduate conference (two sessions) Apr. 2015

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