Jinpu Wang

Education Background

• B.A., Shandong University (China)
• M.A., University of Maryland, College Park
• Ph.D., Syracuse University
  

Research and Teaching Interests

International Migration, Globalization, Political Economy, Social Stratification, State-Society Relations, Digital Authoritarianism, China, Ghana, Africa, Family, Ethnography, Computational Text Analysis

Recent Courses Taught

• SOCI 100: Introduction to Sociology
• SOCI 211: Classical Sociological Theory

Recent Awards

• Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG), American Sociological Association, 2021-2023.
• Research Excellence Doctoral Fellowship, Syracuse University, 2021.

Selected Publications

Peer Reviewed

Wang, Jinpu. 2024. “‘Hurdles’ or ‘Lubricants’: Petty Corruption and New Chinese Migrants in Ghana.” Sociological Forum. 39(1):66-78. DOI: doi.org/10.1111/socf.12979

Wang, Jinpu. 2023. “Climbing Up a New Ladder- Drivers and Aspirations of Chinese New Migrants in Ghana.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 49 (7): 1667-1685. DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2021.2021868

Xiang, Yu. & Wang, Jinpu. 2022. "Nationalism and Heroism with Chinese Characteristics: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Wolf Warrior II." Continuum (Mount Lawley, W.A.) 36 (5): 751-762. DOI:10.1080/10304312.2022.2110567

Wang, Jinpu. 2022. “Circulating fashion: a global production networks analysis of Chinese wig business in Africa.” Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship, 34(4), 397-418. DOI:10.1080/08276331.2021.1965809.

Wang, Jinpu. & Zhan, Ning. 2019. Nationalism, Overseas Chinese State and the Construction of 'Chineseness' among Chinese Migrant Entrepreneurs in Ghana. Asian Ethnicity, 20(1), 8-29. DOI: 10.1080/14631369.2018.1547875

Silverstein, Merrell., Zuo, Dongmei., Wang, Jinpu., & Bengtson, Vern. L. 2019. Intergenerational Religious Participation in Adolescence and Provision of Assistance to Older Mothers. Journal of Marriage and Family, 81(5), 1206-1220. DOI: 10.1111/jomf.12592

Other Media

Xiang, Yu and Wang, Jinpu. Wolf Warrior II: what the blockbuster movie tells us about China’s views on Africa. The Conversation. September 1^st, 2022.

Wang, Jinpu. What drives Chinese migrants to Ghana: it’s not just an economic decision. The Conversation. April 7^th, 2022.