Department of Sociology
Studying Sociology is a very enlightening experience because it shows all of the different ways that humans are connected to one another."
Lea Mercado
The Sociology Connection
The Sociology Connection is a series of events designed to bring students, faculty, and the community together to discuss and confront some of the most challenging issues facing society today. We welcome anyone who wants to learn more about social issues and become more fully engaged in efforts to improve society.
- Location:
- Flowers 230
- Cost:
- Free
- Contact:
- Sociology@txstate.edu
- Campus Sponsor:
- Department of Sociology
Xi Chen, PhD, is an associate professor of health policy and economics at Yale University. His research leverages big data in health from multiple continents, integrates causal inference, machine learning and deep learning, and epidemiological approaches to evaluate policies on population aging, life course health, and global health systems. He is an Editor at the Journal of Population Economics, a consultant at the United Nations, a consultant at the World Bank leading a recent global report on aging and long-term care, Research Fellow at IZA Institute of Labor Economics, former President of the China Health Policy and Management Society, U.S. National Institutes of Health’s Butler-Williams Scholar and Claude D. Pepper Scholar, research affiliate of Cornell Institute on Health Economics, fellow and cluster lead at the Global Labor Organization. His research funded by the NIH/NSF/USDA has produced 122 original studies that appear in major science, economics, and medical journals, such as The Lancet, PNAS, JAMA, BMJ, JAERE, JEEM, JoPE, PLoS Medicine, SSM, JGSS, JGMS, AJAE, JoPE and JEoA, recognized through numerous awards such as the Kuznets Prize and George F. Warren Award, and widely covered in global media. He is a commentator at BBC, Bloomberg, CNN, and writes opinion pieces for NYT. He obtained a PhD in Applied Economics from Cornell University.
- Location:
- THH 474
- Cost:
- Free
- Contact:
- Sociology@txstate.edu
- Campus Sponsor:
- Sustainability Studies
Pizza and drinks will be provided. Please join us for conversation and food with your fellow sustainability students!