Professor Tian, Xiaoli
Professor Tian, Xiaoli
Xiaoli Tian is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Hong Kong. She received her Ph.D. from Department of Sociology, The University of Chicago. Her research interests include how preexisting knowledge paradigms and cultural norms influence the way people respond to unexpected transformations of their everyday routines. This interest is reflected in her two main lines of research: medical knowledge as situated practices and social interaction. She has written extensively on various forms of online interactions, including emails, blogs, online literature websites in China, social media, etc. Her writings have been published in American Journal of Sociology; Modern China; Information, Communication and Society; Journal of Contemporary Ethnography; Media, Culture and Society; Studies in Media and Communications; Chinese Sociological Review, Symbolic Interaction, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, among others.
Continuing these two lines of research, her current research focuses on various forms of online interaction, as well as Traditional Chinese medicine in contemporary China.
Year | Awarding Institution | Qualification |
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The University of Chicago | Ph.D. in Sociology | |
The Chinese University of Hong Kong | M.Phil. | |
Peking University | B.A. |
Awardees | Award Date | Honours / Awards / Prizes | Category |
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2008-08-01 | Honorable Mention for the Graduate Student Paper Award competition: American Sociological Association Social Psychology Section | Research Achievement | |
2009-08-01 | Student Paper Award: Communication and Information Technologies Section of the American Sociological Association | Research Achievement | |
2023-02-15 | Top Cited Article 2021-2022, Wiley Publishing Company | Research Achievement | |
2023-05-09 | Top Cited Article 2021-2022, Wiley Publishing Company | Research Achievement | |
2022-04-13 | Top Cited Article 2020-2021, Wiley Publishing Company | Research Achievement | |
2021-02-16 | Top Downloaded Article 2019-2020, Wiley Publishing Company | Research Achievement | |
LIN, Tony Zhiyang | 2019-06-01 | Top Downloaded Article: Wiley Publishing Company | Research Achievement |
2019-06-01 | Top Downloaded Article: Wiley Publishing Company | Research Achievement | |
2016-08-01 | Outstanding Author Contribution in the 2017 Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence: Emerald Publishing | Research Achievement | |
2018-07-01 | Early-in-Career Award: Society for the Studies of Symbolic Interaction | Research Achievement | |
2018-07-01 | Wiley Top Downloaded Publications 2018-2019: John Wiley & Sons Pte Ltd | Research Achievement |
Term Period | Position | Professional Societies |
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06/2012 | Invited Conference Auditor | Conference on “Inter-Asian Connections III: Hong Kong” |
10/2012 | Manuscript reviewer | Chinese Sociological Review |
10/2012 | Manuscript reviewer | Studies in Sociology of Science |
09/2007-08/2009 | Associate editor of Book Review Board | American Journal of Sociology |
09/2007-now | Manuscript reviewer | American Journal of Sociology |
2018-2020 | International editorial advisory board | Book series Interpretive Lenses in Sociology |
since 2022 | Associate editor | Symbolic Interaction |
since 2021 | Editorial Board | Interpretive Lenses in Sociology series |
since 2023 | Editorial Board | Humanities & Social Sciences Communications |
05/2015 | Manuscript reviewer | American Journal of Cultural Sociology |
2017 | Manuscript reviewer | Routledge |
2016-17 | The Publication Committee (elected) | Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction |
2017 | Manuscript reviewer | Social Problems |
2017 | Manuscript reviewer | Sociological Forum |
2017 | Manuscript reviewer | China Perspectives |
2017 | Proposal reviewer | General Research Funding, Research Grant Councils, Hong Kong SAR |
2017 | Manuscript reviewer | Pearson |
2016 | Manuscript reviewer | Journal of Chinese Political Science |
Area of Expertise (EN) | Area of Expertise (ZH) |
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Social interaction | |
Social history of medicine | |
New media | |
Medical sociology | |
Cultural sociology | |
Communication and information technology |
Spoken Language(s) (EN) | Spoken Language(s) (ZH) |
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English, Putonghua | 英語、普通話 |
Written Language(s) (EN) | Written Language(s) (ZH) |
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English, Chinese | 英文、中文 |
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