Service
To the Department of Sociology
| 2024-25 | Member, Graduate Program Committee |
| 2024-25 | Member, Tenure Review Committee |
| 2023-24 | Member, Undergraduate Program Committee |
| 2021-22 | Member, Website, Publicity, Speakers, and Nominations Committee |
| 2021 | Member, Tenure Review Committee |
| 2019-21 | Director of Graduate Studies, Chair of the Graduate Program Committee |
| 2018 | Member, Expertise Survey Committee |
| 2017-22 | Member, Junior Faculty Mentoring Committee |
| 2016-19 | Member, Faculty Search Committee |
| 2016-17 | Member, Nominations, Awards, and Publicity Committee |
| 2016 | Contact for academic collaboration with Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China |
| 2015-16 | Co-chair, Speakers Committee |
| 2015 | Member, Strategic Plan Committee on Cross-Teaching Initiatives |
| 2013-15 | Member, Graduate Program Committee |
| 2013 | Guest Lecturer on medical sociology for Introduction to Sociology |
| 2011-12 | Member, RWJF Assistant Professor Search Committee |
| 2010-11 | Member, Undergraduate Program Committee |
| 2009- | Faculty major/minor advisor |
| 2009-10 | Faculty mentor for first-year graduate student |
To the Department of Medicine, Health, and Society
| 2021-22 | Member, Junior Faculty Mentoring Committee |
| 2018-19 | Member, Colloquium Committee |
| 2016-17 | Member, Faculty Search Committee |
| 2015- | Contact for academic collaboration with Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China |
| 2009-10 | Member, Director Search Committee |
| 2009-12 | Faculty major advisor |
To the College and University
| 2023-26 | Member, Internal Awards Review Committee, the Office of the Vice Provost for Research |
| 2021-22 | Member, Junior Advisory Review Committee, College of Arts and Science |
| 2021-22 | Member, Curriculum Committee, College of Arts and Science |
| 2021 | Member, the Provost’s Graduate Fellowship Committee, the Graduate School |
| 2020 | Expert speaker, the 2020 Game Plan for Your Health video, “Connectedness: Some Assembly Required” (Watch it on YouTube), Health and Wellness |
| 2019- | Member, Subcommittee for International Research and Engagement, Vanderbilt University Research Council |
| 2019 | Faculty Senate Representative (Social Sciences) |
| 2019 | Member, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, Faculty Senate |
| 2019 | Faculty expert, “Talk about It: A Dinner on Mental Health,” Asian American Student Association |
| 2019 | Faculty visitor, Sutherland House, the Commons |
| 2019 | Panelist, Meeting on Teaching, Difference, and Power, Center for Teaching |
| 2019 | Co-host, Finalist Visit, Academic Pathways Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, Office of Postdoctoral Affairs |
| 2018-19 | Member, the Search Committee for Dean of The Ingram Commons, the Office of Provost |
| 2018-19 | Member, the Committee on Educational Program, College of Arts and Science |
| 2018 | Moderator, Vanderbilt China Forum, Global China Connection |
| 2017-19 | Member, Faculty Council, College of Arts and Science |
| 2017- | Data Science Champion for Sociology, “Data Science Vision,” TIPS |
| 2017 | Co-host, Finalist Visit, Academic Pathways Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, Office of Postdoctoral Affairs |
| 2017 | Host, teaching visit, Center for Teaching |
| 2016-17 | Member, Program in Career Development (PCD) Advisory Board, College of Arts and Science |
| 2016 | Symposium on “Academia,” the STEAM Factory at the Ohio State University |
| 2016-17 | Co-faculty adviser, Gift of Life at VU |
| 2015-18 | Member, Admissions Committee, College of Arts and Science |
| 2014 | Discussion Leader, International Lens film series |
| 2013- | Junior Faculty Teaching Fellows Meeting, Center for Teaching |
| 2011 | “Social Models for Accomplishing Our Mission” DesignShop, Vanderbilt Center for Better Health |
| 2010 | Guest lecturer on social capital for Social Network Analysis (Professor Kimberly D. Bess), Peabody College of Education and Human Development |
| 2009 | Consultation session with the job candidate for the assistant director position, Center for Teaching |
| 2009 | Research study design studio consultation (Dr. Sabina Gesell), Medical Center |
To the Discipline and Academia
| Elected Leadership and Service Positions | |
| 2025-26 | Member, Awards Committee, Section on Sociology of Mental Health, ASA |
| 2025-26 | Member, Reeder Award Committee, Section on Medical Sociology, ASA |
| 2024-25 | Chair, Reeder Award Committee, Section on Medical Sociology, ASA |
| 2024-27 | Chair-Elect, Chair, and Past Chair, Section on Medical Sociology, ASA |
| 2023-24 | Member, Awards Committee, Section on Sociology of Mental Health, ASA |
| 2023-26 | Chair-Elect, Chair, and Past Chair, Mentor, Section on Sociology of Mental Health, ASA |
| 2021-23 | Council Member, Section on Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity, ASA |
| 2018-20 | Nominations Committee Chair, Section on Sociology of Mental Health, ASA |
| 2018-24 | Board Member, Treasurer/Co-Treasurer, and Conference Organizer, ICSA. |
| 2017-18 | Board Member, Treasurer, Conference Organizer, Election Committee, and Session Presider, NACSA. |
| Committee Service | |
| 2020-21 | Member, Future Conferences Committee, IARR |
| 2015 | Member, Graduate Student Paper Award Committee, Society and Mental Health Division, SSSP |
| Editorial and Publication Service | |
| 2024-29 | Editorial Board Member, Society and Mental Health, ASA |
| 2024-28 | Editorial Board Member, The Sociological Quarterly, Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) |
| 2021-23 | Editorial Board Member, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, ASA |
| 2021-22 | Guest Co-Editor, Special Issue, Work and Occupations |
| 2017-19 | Editorial Board Member, Social Psychology Quarterly, ASA |
| 2016- | Editorial Board Member, Work and Occupations |
| 2016- | Editorial Board Member, Chinese Sociological Review |
| Conference Organization | |
| 2025-26 | Section Session Organizer, Section on Medical Sociology, ASA |
| 2024-25 | Conference Session Organizer, INSNA and ISA |
| 2024-25 | Section Session Organizer, Section on Sociology of Mental Health, ASA |
| 2024 | Conference Session Presider, ASA |
| 2023 | Conference Session Organizer, Section on Sociology of Mental Health, ASA |
| 2022 | Conference Session Organizer and Presider, INSNA |
| 2020 | Conference Session Organizer and Presider, INSNA |
| 2020 | Conference Session Organizer, Section on Sociology of Mental Health, ASA |
| 2019 | Conference Table Presider, ASA |
| 2019 | Conference Table Host and Session Presider, SSS |
| 2017 | Conference Session Organizer and Presider, INSNA |
| 2015 | Conference Session Presider, ASA |
| 2008/2014 | Conference Roundtable Presider, ASA |
| Mentorship and Training | |
| 2025 | Mentor, Section on Sociology of Mental Health, ASA |
| 2022 | Mentor, Section on Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility, ASA |
| 2019 | Mentor, Sections: Sociology of Mental Health and Social Psychology, ASA |
| 2018-19 | Mentor, Section on Asia and Asian America, ASA |
| Grant, Institutional, and Publisher Reviewing | |
| Funding Agencies | |
| Gateway Exposome Coordinating Center (GECC), NIA-funded Pilot Project Program | |
| National Endowment for the Humanities | |
| National Science Foundation | |
| Research Grant Council of Hong Kong | |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada | |
| Swiss National Science Foundation | |
| Universities | |
| Boston College | |
| Boston University | |
| Florida Atlantic University | |
| Hong Kong Baptist University | |
| Saint Francis University | |
| University of British Columbia | |
| University of Colorado-Colorado Springs | |
| University of Colorado-Denver | |
| University of Kentucky | |
| University of Macau | |
| University of Massachusetts Boston | |
| Vanderbilt School of Medicine | |
| York University | |
| Journals | |
| American Sociological Review | |
| American Journal of Sociology | |
| British Journal of Sociology | |
| Chinese Sociological Review | |
| Comparative Sociology | |
| Current Sociology | |
| Demographic Research | |
| Demography | |
| European Sociological Review | |
| Gender & Society | |
| International Journal of Comparative Sociology | |
| International Sociology | |
| Journal of Comparative Family Studies | |
| Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences | |
| Journal of Family Issues | |
| Journal of Health and Social Behavior | |
| Journal of Marriage and Family | |
| Journal of Sport and Health Science | |
| Journal of Sociological Studies | |
| Network Science | |
| Population Research and Policy Review | |
| Population, Space, and Place | |
| Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | |
| Research in Social Stratification and Mobility | |
| Research in the Sociology of Work | |
| Research on Aging | |
| Social Currents | |
| Social Forces | |
| Social Forum | |
| Social Networks (Award: Certificate of Reviewing) | |
| Social Problems | |
| Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | |
| Social Psychology Quarterly | |
| Social Science & Medicine (Awards: Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing; Certificate of Reviewing) | |
| Social Science & Medicine-Population Health (Award: Certificate of Reviewing) | |
| Social Science Quarterly | |
| Social Science Research (Award: Certificate of Reviewing) | |
| Society and Mental Health | |
| Sociological Methodology | |
| Sociological Perspectives | |
| Sociology of Health and Illness | |
| Socius | |
| The Sociological Quarterly | |
| Theory and Society | |
| Work and Occupations | |
| Publishers | De Gruyter |
| Palgrave Macmillan | |
| Polity | |
| Early Career Service | |
| Editorial Assistant, Economic Sociology Section Newsletter (Accounts), ASA | |
To the Community and Society
| 2022 | Moderator, Film and Discussion, Kaili Blues, Chinese Arts Alliance of Nashville |
| 2020 | Moderator, Film and Discussion, Asian Americans, Chinese Arts Alliance of Nashville |
| 2019 | Consultation on social networks and health in the workplace, Reel (an App) |
| 2016 | Interpreter, Asian Fusion, Chinese Arts Alliance of Nashville |
| 2013-14 | Consultation on social networks and health lifestyle, Spire (a web-based social networking service) |
| 2009 | Consultation on social capital, the Pacific Foundation |
Professional Memberships
American Sociological Association (ASA)
International Association for Relationship Research (IARR)
International Sociological Association (ISA)
International Chinese Sociological Association (ICSA)
International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA)
International Singles Studies Association (ISSA)
North American Chinese Sociological Association
Population Association of America (PAA)
Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP)
Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS)
Southern Sociological Society (SSS)