Introducing Juan(Jamie) Du
A Lifetime of Adventure
Research Interests: Climate Change; Environmental Justice; Social Stratification; Social Movements; Mixed-method Research
Over the years, I’ve had the opportunity to work on a number of incredible research projects that have allowed me to grow and establish myself within sociology. Go ahead and explore, and don’t hesitate to reach out if you’d like to learn more.
Professional Resume
Education
Aug 2015 - July 2021
Stillwater, OK
P.hD in Sociology
Oklahoma State University
Dissertation: Understanding Climate Change Discourse in China (Chair: Tamara Mix; Advisor: Riley Dunlap; Michael A. Long, Jacqueline M. Vadjunec)
Sep 2008 - July 2011
Beijing, China
Master of Law: Sociology of Ethnicity
Minzu University of China
Sep 2004 - July 2008
Beijing, China
Bachelor of Law: Social Work
Beijing Normal University
Publication and Ongoing Reasearch
2011
Guoying Ren and Juan Du. “Ecology and Livelihood: A Study of Food Fights between Animals and Humans at the Tujia Ethnic Township of Xiaguping, Shennongjia National Nature Reserve.” Ethno-National Studies, (5):49-55.
2010
Juan Du. “Local Wisdom and Environmental Protection.” Journal of Yangtze University (Social Sciences Edition), (3): 408-409.
2009
Juan Du. “From the Politics of Recognition to Multiculturalism.” Hei Long Jiang Shi Zhi, (21): 112-113
2019-2021
Juan Du, Chung-En Liu, Tamara Mix. “China deserves its hamburger: The Controversy over WildAid’s ‘Shu Shi’ Campaign in China.” Submitted for review.
2020-2021
Juan Du, and Tamara Mix. “Public's risk perception of COVID-19 in Hubei province”. Full draft underway.
Participated Research Rrojects
2018-2020
Project: Ordinal Data Analysis Methods
Researcher: Andrew Fullerton; Michael A. Long
2016-2017
Project: Climate change deniers
Researcher: Riley Dunlap
2010
Project: A study of food controversies caused by inappropriate environmental protection policies
Researcher: Juan Du; Guoying Ren
2008
Project: Environmental immigrants in Inner Mongolia
Researcher: Guoying Ren
Conference Presentations
2020
“China deserves its hamburger: The Controversy over WildAid’s ‘ShuShi’ Campaign in China”
American Sociological Association Annual Meeting (Online)
2019
“Understanding Climate Change Discourse in China”
Society for the Study of Social Problems, New York City
2019
“Environmental Justice Studies in the U.S and China”
Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta
2018
Anti-Black Racism in China
Southern Sociological Society,
New Orleans
2017
The Media Frame of Environmental Protests in China
Southwestern
Social Science Association, Austin
“Give people a fish and you feed them for a day. Teach them how to fish and you feed them for a lifetime”
Lao Tzu
Teaching Experience
2017-2021
Graduate Teaching Associate
Department of Sociology, Oklahoma State University
Introduction to Sociology
Introduction to Sociology (Online)
Social Problems
Quantitative Methods in Sociology
2015-2017
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Department of Sociology, Oklahoma State University
Introduction to Sociology
Social Stratification
Research Methods
Comparative Perspectives of Criminal Justice Systems