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College / Department

Teaching areas

Introduction to Sociology; Sociology of Religion; Urban Sociology; Globalization; East Asian Societies; Chinese Culture and Society; American Society; International Organization.

Research areas

Muslim minorities in North America and China; Chinese diaspora; Sino-UAE Relations; Public Health Policy in the UAE

Education

PhD, Sociology, University of Notre Dame, United States, 2009

MA, Sociology, Western Illinois University, United States, 2003

BA, English Literature, Renmin University of China, China, 2001

Professional experience

Professor, Department Of International Studies, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2021 - Present

Affiliated Research Fellow, Center On Religion And Chinese Society, Purdue University, IN, United States, 2009 - Present

Associate Professor, Sociology, International Studies, American University of Sharjah (AUS), United Arab Emirates, 2015 - 2021

Summer Research Fellow In Residence, Middle East Center, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom, 2019 - 2019

Visiting Scholar, Department Of Ethnic Studies, University of California-Berkeley, CA, United States, 2016 - 2017

Assistant Professor, Sociology, International Studies, American University of Sharjah (AUS), United Arab Emirates, 2009 - 2015

Visiting Scholar, Center On Religion And Chinese Society, Purdue University, IN, United States, 2011 - 2011

Instructor/pre-doctoral Fellow, Department Of Sociology And Asian-american Studies Program, Northwestern University, IL, United States, 2007 - 2008

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Dr. Yuting Wang

Professor

PhD, University of Notre Dame, United States

Yuting Wang received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Notre Dame in May 2009. She is Non-resident Research Fellow in the Center on Religion and the Global East at Purdue University. She has previously held visiting positions at Northwestern University, University of California-Berkley, and LSE. She has published widely on Muslims in the US and China, overseas Chinese, and Sino-UAE relations. She is the author of Between Islam and the American Dream: An Immigrant Muslim Community in Post-9/11 America (Routledge, 2014) and Chinese in Dubai: Money, Pride, and Soul-Searching ...

Publications

Yuting Wang. Becoming Global in the Arabian Gulf: Identities and Aspirations of Second-Generation Chinese Expatriates in the UAE, Asian Journal Of Middle Eastern And Islamic Studies, December 2022

Yuting Wang. Review of Western Privilege: Work, Intimacy, and Postcolonial Hierarchies in Dubai. By Amélie Le Renard, American Journal Of Sociology

Yuting Wang. Opportunities and Challenges for the UAE’s Chinese Expatriate Community in a New Era, 5 May 2022

Yuting Wang. Review of Becoming Activists in Global China: Social Movements in the Chinese Diaspora by Andrew Junker, China Review International, March 2022

Jana Fedtke, Mohammed Ibahrine, Yuting Wang And Bouziane Zaid. "Zombies for Their Profit": Social Networks in the Age of Surveillance Capitalism, Interactions, 25 February 2022

Jana Fedtke, Mohammed Ibahrine And Yuting Wang. Heroes in Harm’s Way: COVID-19 Narratives of China as a Form of Soft Power, Asian Studies, 19 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2022

Yuting Wang. Community Building and Social Engagement: Overseas Chinese Community in the United Arab Emirates, December 2021

Yuting Wang. Prospects of Covenantal Pluralism in the People’s Republic of China: A Reflection on State Policy and Muslim Minorities, The Review Of Faith & International Affairs, 9 June 2021

Yuting Wang And Lena Khalifa. Arab Perceptions of China During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Insights from the UAE, 19 May 2021

Yuting Wang. Diverse Religious Experiences among Overseas Chinese in the United Arab Emirates, Annual Review Of The Sociology Of Religion, 7 December 2020

Yuting Wang. Mosques in China: Contentious Structures and Competing Identities

Yuting Wang. Chinese in Dubai: Money, Pride, and Soul-Searching, September 2020

Yuting Wang. Being Chinese Muslims in Dubai: Religion and Nationalism in a Transnational Space, 27 May 2020

Yuting Wang. Why it seems hard to understand the Chinese culture?, Trending Events, December 2019

Yuting Wang. Making Chinese Spaces in Dubai: A Spatial Consideration of Chinese Transnational Communities in the Arabian Gulf, Journal Of Arabian Studies, 2019

Yuting Wang. Special Section on China and the Arab Gulf, Journal Of Arabian Studies, 2019

Yuting Wang. Chinese Muslims in Dubai and the ‘Great Rejuvenation of the Chinese Nation, 30 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2019

Yuting Wang. Special Section on China and the Arab Gulf: Developing a Multidisciplinary Approach, Journal Of Arabian Studies, June 2019

Yuting Wang. Chinese Muslims in the Era of Belt and Road, Middle East Center Blog, 3 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2019

Yuting Wang. Reimagining Chinese Islam and Muslims in Transregional Spaces, Review Of Religion And Chinese Society, December 2018

Yuting Wang. The Construction of Chinese Muslim Identities in Transnational Spaces, Review Of Religion And Chinese Society, December 2018

Yuting Wang. Reimagining Chinese Islam and Muslims in Transregional Spaces, Review Of Religion And Chinese Society, December 2018

Yuting Wang. The Making of China’s "Good Muslims": From Middleman Minority to Cultural Entrepreneurs., The China Review, November 2018

Yuting Wang. Muslim Women's Evolving Leadership Roles: A Case Study of Women Leaders in an Immigrant Muslim Community in Post-9/11 America, Social Compass: International Review Of Sociology Of Religion, 1 September 2017

Yuting Wang And Meenaz Kassam. Indicators of Social Change in the UAE: College Students' Attitudes towards Love, Marriage and Family, Journal Of Arabian Studies: Arabia, Gulf And The Red Sea [issn:2153-4764 (print), 2153-4780 (online)], 1 June 2016

Yuting Wang, Haiyun Ma, Shaojin Chai, Chow Ngeow, Haiyun Ma, Shaojin Chai And Chow Ngeow. Chinese, or Muslim, or Both? Modes of Adaptation among Chinese Muslims in the United Arab Emirates, May 2016

Yuting Wang. Book Review: Islam and China's Hong Kong: Ethnic Identity, Muslim Networks, and the New Silk Road by Wai-Yip Ho, March 2016

Yuting Wang. 'Global Citizen' and the Dislocated Generation in the United Arab Emirates, May 2015

Yuting Wang, Adam Possamai, James Richardson, Bryan Turner, Adam Possamai, James Richardson And Bryan Turner. Between the Sacred and Secular: Living Islam in China, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2015

Yuting Wang. Between Islam and the American Dream: An Immigrant Muslim Community in Post-9/11 America, December 2013

Yuting Wang, Xiaojian Zhao And Edward Park. Asian American Muslims, November 2013

Yuting Wang. The 'Good' and 'Bad' Muslims of China, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2013

Yuting Wang, Fenggang Yang, Barry Robin And Barry Robin. Muslim Attitudes toward Business in the Emerging Market Economy of China, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2013

Yuting Wang And Fenggang Yang. Muslim Attitudes toward Business in the Emerging Market Economy of China, Social Compass: International Review Of Sociology Of Religion, 1 December 2011

Yuting Wang, Fenggang Yang, Shining Gao, Fenggang Yang, Shining Gao And Fenggang Yang. Xinzhu Haishi Xinren?: Chutan Chengshi Musilin Shangren de Xinren Wenti (Whom to Trust, Allah or Man?: Social Trust Muslim Businesspeople in Urban China), January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2010

Karen Cerulo, Aaron Fichtelberg, John Hall, Cihan Tugal, Yuting Wang, Mark Levine, Jeffrey Dowd, Zakia Salime And Val Moghadam. From the Forum Mailbox, Sociological Forum, 1 June 2008

Yuting Wang And Fenggang Yang. More Than Evangelical and Ethnic: The Ecological Factor in Chinese Conversion to Christianity in the United States, Sociology Of Religion: A Quarterly Review, 1 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2006

Conference Presentations

Becoming Global in the Arabian Gulf: Identities and Aspirations of Second-Generation Chinese Expatriates in Dubai, The 2022 Gulf Research Meeting, 14 July 2022

Chinese Expatriate Community in the UAE: Opportunities and Challenges in a New Era, Suad-cefrepa Diwan (monthly Lecture Series), 24 May 2022

Comments on China-GCC relations, China, The Middle East, And A Post-american Regional Order, 7 April 2022

Chinese Communities in the UAE, China And The Gcc: A Discussion Of The ‘routledge Handbook On China-middle East Relations, 8 March 2022

Chinese Muslims Medical Practitioners in Dubai: Religion, Healing and Medical Entrepreneurship, The 12th International Convention Of Asia Scholars (icas), 24 August 2021

Between the Sacred and the Secular: Living Islam in China, The 36th Conference Of The International Society For The Sociology Of Religion (issr), 12 July 2021

Religion and Ethnicity in the Chinese Diaspora: The Case of Chinese Muslims, Online International Scientific Conference, 15 May 2021

Chinese in Dubai: Community Building and Social Engagement, The 2nd International Forum On China-gulf Relations, 27 April 2021

Chinese Islamic Architecture: Heritage and Innovation, Forum On The Belt And Road Of Knowledge, 23 April 2021

Culture and History: The Cultural and Historical Ties between the Islamic World and China, The 2nd China-gulf Forum At Nyu-ad, 9 April 2021

The Biden Administration, China, and the Gulf, Webinar Co-hosted By The Us-uae Business Council And Middle East Institute, 7 April 2021

Chinese in Dubai: Money, Pride and Soul-Searching, Zayed University Evening Forum, 21 March 2021

Islam and Muslims in China: Religion, Ethnicity, and the State in the Belt and Road Era, Irp Perspective Seminar Series, 4 March 2021

Alternative Healing Methods and China’s Health Silk Road: The Case of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Dubai, The 4th Jiangnan Conference On China Studies, 30 October 2020

Sino-Gulf Relations in Post-pandemic World, Invited Lecture At Emirates Diplomatic Academy, 28 September 2020

Alternative Healing Methods and China’s Health Silk Road: The Case of Chinese Muslim Medicine Practitioners in Dubai, Brinfaith Workshop, 17 September 2020

Making Chinese Spaces in Dubai: New Chinese Transnational Communities in a New Global Econom, 10th International Conference Of International Society For The Study Of Chinese Overseas, 9 November 2019

Perception of China in the United Arab Emirates: BRI and its Implications in the Arabian Gulf, 7 November 2019

The Making of Chinese Religious Spaces in Dubai: Policies and Practices toward Religious Diversity in a Muslim-Majority Society, International Confucian Forum, 16 October 2019

China’s Image Building Projects and Soft Power in the United Arab Emirates, Gulf Research Meeting, July 2019

Negotiating Permanency and Transiency: Making Transnational Chinese Muslims in Dubai, 15 July 2019

"Hala China”: UAE’s Eastward Turn and the Making of Chinese Transnational Spaces in Dubai, 20 May 2019

Perception of China’s Soft Power in the United Arab Emirates: Preliminary Findings from a Cross-Sectional Study, The 5th China-mena Conference, 17 May 2019

Making Chinese Spaces in Dubai: New Chinese Transnational Community in the New Global Economy, Workshop On China And The Arabian Gulf: Bridging The Macro And Micro Approaches, 17 November 2018

The Remaking of Chinese Islam in a Transnational Space, International Conference On Islam In China Seas, 23 March 2018

Grants and sponsorships

Grant, Comprehensive Study on an Emerging Global Threat: Chemical, Environmental, Social and Heath Assessment of Midwakh, Office of Research, American University of Sharjah, 29 April 2019 - 30 May 2024

Grant, Mapping the Chinese Religioscapes in the Arabian Gulf, Hong Kong Research Grants Council, 1 March 2019 - 30 May 2023

Grant, Making Chinese Islamic Art in Transnational Spaces: Innovation, Gender, and the Discourse of Authenticity, Office of Research, American University of Sharjah, 29 April 2019 - 30 May 2022

Grant, Bridging the Micro-Macro Divide in Approaches to the Middle East, Middle East Center, London School of Economics and Political Science, 1 June 2018 - 30 May 2020

Grant, Perceptions of China's 'Soft Power' in the United Arab Emirates: A Cross-Sectional Study, Office of Research, American University of Sharjah, 1 June 2018 - 1 December 2019

Fellowship, Summer Research Fellow in Residence, Middle East Center, London School of Economics and Political Science, July 2019 - August 2019

Grant, Faculty Sabbatical Leave Award, American University of Sharjah, August 2016 - August 2017

Grant, Islam and Trust in Trade Diasporas: A Comparative Study of Muslim Merchants in Coastal China and the UAE, Office of Research, American University of Sharjah, 1 June 2013 - 30 May 2015

Grant, Valuescapes of the U.A.E.: A National Survey of Worldviews among Undergraduate Students, Office of Research, American University of Sharjah, 1 June 2010 - 30 May 2012

Fellowship, Pre-doctoral Fellowship, The Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning & College of Arts and Letters, University of Notre Dame, IN, 1 September 2007 - 30 June 2008

Awards and Honors

Award for Excellence in Research, College of Arts and Sciences, American University of Sharjah, Humanities and Social Sciences, 10 April 2019