Yang Cao
Yang Cao
Associate Professor, Director of Sociology Graduate Studies
Sociology
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
Associate Professor, Public Policy Doctoral Program
Office location: Fretwell 490D
Research Interests: Institutional Change; Social Inequality; Employment Relations; Values and Value Change
Dr. Cao received his Ph.D. in Sociology from Cornell University. His research focuses on social change in contemporary China, and has been awarded funding from the National Science Foundation, the Society for Human Resource Management Foundation, and the East West Center. He has published in leading sociology journals and journals in economics, management, and Asian studies. His current projects examine how economic development, institutional change, and state policy reshape values in China.
Recent Publications:
- Cao, Y. (2020). Economic development, market transition, and work values in post-socialist China. Social Forces, 99(2), 760-796.
- Cao, Y. (2024). The cultural consequences of market transition: An empirical examination of rising materialism in twenty-first-century China. American Sociological Review, 89(3), 449-487.