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Esther Chan

  • Assistant Professor, Sociology

Education

  • PhD, Sociology, Yale University, 2020

Office Hours

  • Bolton Hall, Office #758
  • By appointment

Courses Taught

  • SOCIOL 224: Race and Ethnicity in the United States
  • SOCIOL 361 Research Methods in Sociology 
  • SOCIOL 920: Sociology of Race & Ethnicity
  • SOCIOL 979: Qualitative Research Methods

Research Interests

  • Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration
  • Religion
  • Science and Medicine
  • Gender and Sexuality
  • Mixed Methods

Selected Publications

Chan, E., & Di Di., Howard Ecklund, E. (2023). Scientists explain the underrpresentation of women in physics compared to biology in four national contexts. Gender, Work & Organization, 31(2), 399-419.
Chan, E., Isaac, V. (2023). Racialized fear, fatigue, pessimism, and colorblindness: hindrances to racial dialogue on fifteen Christian colleges in the US. Ethnic & Racial Studies, 47(6), 1109-1131.
Chan, E., Jeong, I., Jeong, E., (2023). Racial and Religious Convergences and Divergences among Christian Students’ Approaches to Color-Blindness, Color-Cognizance, and Race in Christian Organizations. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 62(1), 164-183.

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