Hongwei Xu
Ph.D., Brown University, 2012
M.A., Brown University, 2007
B.A., Peking University, 2003
Dr. Hongwei Xu is an associate professor of sociology at Queens College-CUNY. He has employed the developmental idealism framework to examine the impact of body weight and shape on marriage entry in post-reform China. His current project seeks to develop a new behavioral measure of culture and apply the new measure to examine cultural influences on demographic and health outcomes. His other research interests include population health disparities and spatial demography.