Research Interests
Social Stratification, Methods and Statistics, Demography, Sociology of Science, Chinese Studies
Sociology 310
Sociology 710
Statistics 617
Statistics 817
Assistant Professor (1989-1994), Associate Professor (1994-1996), and Professor (1996-present), Department of Sociology, University of Michigan.
Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Michigan (2000-present).
Faculty Associate (1989-2001) and Senior Research Scientist (2001-present), Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan.
Faculty Associate (1994-1996) and Senior Research Scientist (1996-present), Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan.
Director, Quantitative Methodology Program, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan (1999- present).
John Stephenson Perrin Professorship, University of Michigan (1996-1999).
Frederick G.L. Huetwell Professorship, University of Michigan (1999-2004).
Faculty Associate, Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan (2003-present).
Otis Dudley Duncan Professorship, University of Michigan (2004-present).
Associate Director, Population Studies Center, University of Michigan (1997-2001).
Associate Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Michigan (2000-2002).
Fellowship Invitation, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (1990).
Spencer Fellowship, National Academy of Education (1991-1992).
Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation (1992-1997).
Faculty Scholar Award, William T. Grant Foundation (1994-1999).
Member, Sociological Research Association (1997).
Chair, Section on Sociological Methodology, the American Sociological Association (2001-2003).
Guggenheim Fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2002-2003).
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Science (2004).
Academician, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (2004).
B.S. Metallurgical Engineering, Shanghai University of Technology, 1982
M.S. Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1984
M.A. The History of Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1984
Ph.D. Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
1989
Doctoral Dissertation: "The Process of Becoming a Scientist."
Powers, Daniel A. and Yu Xie. 2000. Statistical Methods for Categorical Data Analysis. New York: Academic Press.
Xie, Yu. 1992. "The Log-Multiplicative Layer Effect Model for Comparing Mobility Tables." American Sociological Review 57: 380-395.
Xie, Yu and Ellen Efron Pimentel. 1992. "Age Patterns of Marital Fertility: Revising the Coale-Trussell Method." Journal of the American Statistical Association 87: 977-984.
Xie, Yu. 2000. "Demography: Past, Present, and Future." Journal of the American Statistical Association 95: 670-673.
Zeng, Zhen and Yu Xie. 2004. "Asian Americans’ Earnings Disadvantage Reexamined: The Role of Place of Education." American Journal of Sociology 109: 1075-1108.
Hauser, Seth and Yu Xie. 2005. "Temporal and Regional Variation in Earnings Inequality: Urban China in Transition between 1988 and 1995." Social Science Research: 34: 44-79.
Xie, Yu and Xiaogang Wu. 2005. "Market Premium, Social Process, and Statisticism." American Sociological Review. 70: 865-870.
Xie, Yu. Forthcoming. "Otis Dudley Duncan's Legacy: the Demographic Approach to Quantitative Reasoning in Social Science." Research in Social Stratification and Mobility.
Chu, C. Y. Cyrus, Yu Xie, and Ruoh-rong Yu. Forthcoming. "Effects of Sibship Structure Revisited: Evidence from Intra-Family Resource Transfer in Taiwan." Sociology of Education.
Brand, Jennie and Yu Xie. Forthcoming. "Identification and Estimation of Causal Effects with Time-Varying Treatments and Time-Varying Outcomes." Sociological Methodology.
Awards
Teaching Development Award, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, University of Michigan (1990-1991).
Excellence in Education Award, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Michigan (1992).