Emily Hannum became Associate Dean for the Social Sciences in the School of Arts and Sciences. Her appointment began July 1. In this role Dr. Hannum will oversee the School’s social sciences departments (anthropology, criminology, economics, history and sociology of science, political science and sociology) and several research centers.

Her research focuses on education, child and youth welfare and social inequality, particularly in China. In China, she has conducted research on gender, ethnic and geographic disparities in education and employment, changes in the impact of education on income and occupational attainment under market reforms, rural teachers and their links to student outcomes and children’s and adolescents’ welfare under market reforms.

Recent publications include “Beyond Cost: Rural Perspectives on Barriers to Education” (with Jennifer Adams, in Creating Wealth and Poverty in China, edited by Deborah Davis and Wang Feng, 2008) and “Gender-Based Employment Differences in Urban China: Considering the Contributions of Marriage and Parenthood” (with Yuping Zhang and Meiyan Wang, Social Forces, 2008). She co-directs the Gansu Survey of Children and Families, a collaborative, longitudinal study of children’s welfare in rural northwest China, with Albert Park. She is a co-editor of the series Research in Sociology of Education and the journal Comparative Education Review, and is also currently affiliated with the department of sociology at the University of Oxford.