Current & Forthcoming:
2026/10: Song is invited by two aging centers, @CAPS and @CAF, to speak at a webinar, titled “Understanding Aging Families by Sexual Orientation: A Data Primer.” (Oct 22, 2pm CST, 3pm EST). Congrats!
2026/7: Song is honored to receive grant support for his @Freedman Fellowship project, “Seeing Structural Stigma: An Open-Source and AI-Assisted Mapping of Policy and Cultural Climates Toward Sexual Minority Populations.” Congrats!
Past (since 2021):
2026/7: Song plans to present at the Annual Meeting of the Research on East Asian Demography and Inequality (@READI) in Hong Kong, with generous support from the Baker-Nord Institute. Congrats!
2026/6: Song will attend a RSF conference (NYC, USA) for a @RSF journal issue on “Gender Inequality Beyond Categories”. Congrats!
2026/6: Song will present a paper and attend a writing workshop @WFRN (Montreal, Canada). Congrats!
2026/5: Song is invited to give a talk @Centre for Demographic Studies (CED) (Barcelona, Spain). Congrats!
2026/5: Song’s paper is accepted for presentation @RC28 (Seville, Spain). Congrats!
2026/5: Song has three papers accepted for presentation @PAA2026 (St. Louis, USA), where he will also serve as a discussant. Congrats!
2026/4: Song joined the Center on Aging and Population Sciences (CAPS) Network on Aging Sexual Minority Populations as a network faculty affiliate, housed @UT-Austin. Congrats!
2026/4: Song attended the annual conference @Center on Aging Families (Bowling Green, OH, USA) as an invited regional faculty in-person. Congrats!
2026/3: Song’s solo-authored article on gender and attitudes toward same-sex parenting in East Asia is published @Sexuality Research and Social Policy. Congrats!
2026/3: Song’s first-authored article on social isolation typologies among older adults is published @Research on Aging, the second team product with a graduate student. Congrats!
2025/12: Song is invited to give a talk at Renmin University of China (Beijing). Congrats!
2025/11: Song’s solo article on same-sex marriage market and racial intermarriage will be published @Journal of Marriage and Family. Congrats!
2025/11: Song’s solo article on assortative mating among different-sex and same-sex couples will be published @Socius. Congrats!
2025/10: Song’s solo article on marriage and health among partnered lesbian and gay adults is published @LGBT Health. Congrats!
2025/9: Song’s article on marriage and loneliness among older LGB adults is published @Research on Aging, marking his first paper with a graduate student mentee. Congrats!
2025/9: Song is invited to present an ongoing project at the LGBTQ* Seminar to a group of early career scholars. Congrats!
2025/5: Song’s solo article on state structural stigma and LGB mental health was published @Social Science & Medicine. Congrats!
2024-26: Song is delighted to serve a 2-year term for the @ASA Sex and Gender section membership committee, which develops mentorship program. Congrats!
2025/8: Song became an external affiliate of the Institute for Population Research (IPR) @Ohio State University (OSU), participating in weekly seminars and occasional events. Congrats!
2025-26: Song is awarded the Glennan Fellowship @UCITE for developing a career that combines both teaching and scholarship. Congrats!
2025-26: Song is granted a research leave for the 2025 fall semester and will be back to teaching in Jan. 2026. Congrats!
2025/8: Song presented work at an oral session @RC28 2025 (UCLA). Congrats!
2025/8: Song presented work at a regular session and a roundtable @ASA 2025 (Chicago). Congrats!
2025/7: Song was selected to attend an ICPSR workshop on “Applied Methods for Studying Structural Racism, Sexism, and Other Systems of Oppression” @UMichigan. Congrats!
2025/5: Song served on the committee for selecting the Best Graduate Student Paper Award @ASA Family Section. Congrats!
2025/4: Song organized a session entitled “Queer Family Demography” @PAA2025 (Washington, DC). Congrats!
2025/3: Song’s solo article was published @Social Science & Medicine. Congrats!
2024/8: Song organized a Family Section session entitled “Queer Dating, Relationships, and Families in the Global Context” @ASA 2024 (Montreal, Quebec). Congrats!
2024/7: Song presented a paper at the conference of Research on East Asian Demography and Inequality (READI) (Beijing, China). Congrats!
2024/6: Song was selected for the Work and Family Researchers Network (WFRN)’s Early Career Work and Family Fellowship Program and attended the WFRN biennial conference (Montreal, Canada). Congrats! [news story here]
2024/4: Song presented 2 posters, chair a session on Mate Selection, and discuss a session on LGBTQ+ Health @PAA 2024 (Columbus, OH). Congrats!
2024/4: Song gives a talk at the CWRU Sociology Department’s professional development seminar, titled “Building a Pipeline Toward Publication: Hidden Curriculums on Journal Submission, R&R, and Collaborations“. Congrats. Access the slides here.
2023/12: Song’s collaborative work is published online first @Journal of Marriage and Family. Congrats!
2023/10: Song was invited to an author meet-up event with @China Marriage & Family Reading Group (CMFRead) (online) to discuss his recent three papers.
2023/08: Song attended and served as discussant @ASA 2023 (Philadelphia, PA).
2023/06: Song attended the prestigious Annual Formal Demography Workshop (Berkeley, CA) hosted by the Berkeley Population Center. Congrats!
2023/6: Song successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation. Congrats, Dr. Song!
2023/05: Song attended a pre-conference on Demography and Inequality in China and presented his independent work at the premium Social Stratification meeting @RC28 (Paris, France). Congrats!
2023/04: Song presented his independent work at the “Queer Family Demography” oral session @PAA2023 (New Orleans, US). Congrats!
2023/02: Song was invited to present at the Family Working Group hosted by the Department of Sociology, UCLA.
2022/10: Song was invited to attend the workshop on “Queer Parenting in China – Synthesizing Research and Advocacy”, hosted by the Yale Law School Paul Tsai China Center.
2022/08: Song is honored to receive the Professional Development Grant Award for Emerging Scholars, Marriage Strengthening Research & Dissemination Center (MAST). Congrats!
2022/08 Song was invited to write an Op-ed (English translation) for new media @Serious Gossip on Demographic Issues (严肃的人口学八卦). Congrats!
2022/08 Song received the American Sociological Association (ASA) Student Forum Travel Award and Family Section Linda Burton Award (inaugural) to attend @ASA2022 (Los Angeles, US). Congrats!
2022/07: Song received full-tuition waiver to attend the “Computational Social Science” Summer School (Advanced) organized by NYU Shanghai. Congrats!
2022/07: Song is selected to participate in the National Couples’ Health and Time Study Training (NCHAT) workshop at Minneapolis on July, 18-19. Congrats!
2022/05: Song’s co-authored paper was published online @Demography. Congrats!
2022/04: Song has two papers orally presented @PAA2022 (Atlanta, US), where he also chaired the oral session on “Divergent Family Forms” session. Congrats!
2022/03: Song was awarded the Brown University Graduate School’s Interdisciplinary Opportunity Fellowship for 2022-2023 to support his dissertation writing. Congrats!
2022/02: Song was invited to write an Op-ed (English translation) for new media @Marriage and Family Section (家殷堂). Congrats!
2021/12: Song was invited to write an Op-ed (English translation) for new media @Ms. Muses (缪斯夫人). Congrats!
2021/11: Song presented a paper @ICSA2021 (Shanghai, China). Congrats!
2021/10: Song’s co-authored paper was published online @Social Science Research. Congrats!
2021/08: Song’s sole-authored paper was published online @Population Research and Policy Review. Congrats!
2021/08: Song presented a co-authored paper @ASA2021 (online), where he also presided over a roundtable in Family section. Congrats!
2021/07: Song’s sole-authored paper was published @Social Science Research. Congrats!
2021/05: Song’s collaborative project was presented by Dr. Daniel Lichter @PAA2021 (online). Congrats!
2021/03: Song successfully defended his dissertation proposal and advanced to Ph.D. candidacy. Congrats!
