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Bai Gao, Professor, Sociology

Contact Info:

Office Location:	341 Soc-Psych
Office Phone:	(919) 660-5620
Email Address:
Web Page:	http://www.soc.duke.edu/dept/faculty/bagao.html

Teaching (Fall 2021):

• SOCIOL 341.01, US AND ASIAN PACIFIC Synopsis

  Reuben-Coo 329, W 05:15 PM-07:45 PM

• SOCIOL 344.01, TECH AND ORG ENVIRONMENTS Synopsis

  Social Sciences 119, MW 01:45 PM-03:00 PM

• SOCIOL 541.01, US AND ASIAN PACIFIC Synopsis

  Reuben-Coo 329, W 05:15 PM-07:45 PM

Education:

Ph.D.	Princeton University	1994
Sociology	Princeton University	1994
Sociology	Princeton University	1990
Comparative Higher Education	Beijing University	1986
Japanese Language & Literature	Beijing University	1983

Specialties:

Intellectual Interests

Research Interests:

I received my B.A. in Japanese Language and Literature in 1983, and M.A. in Comparative Higher Education in 1986 from Beijing University. I received an M.A. in 1990 and a Ph.D in Sociology in January 1994 from Princeton University. Before entering the United States, I worked as a research fellow at Beijing University. I have worked as visiting scholar at the University of Tokyo, Hitotsubashi University, and the Yokohama National University. My major areas of research interest are economic sociology, organizational analysis, comparative historical sociology, political economy, Japanese society, Chinese society, and East Asian capitalism. I teach Comparative Sociology (SOC 110), Organizations and Their Environments (SOC 144), and The Digital Economy (First Year Seminar).

Areas of Interest:

Economic Sociology,
Comparative/Historical Sociology,
Comparative Political Economy

Keywords:

Asia • Japan • china • Economics • Sociology

Current Ph.D. Students  

• Qiushi Feng  
• Li-Hsuan Cheng  

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Gao, B, INTRODUCTION The Social Construction of Competitive Advantage, China: an International Journal, vol. 14 no. 1 (February, 2016), pp. 3-18, NUS PRESS PTE LTD
2. Gao, B, “The United States is Leading the Third Industrial Revolution” (in Chinese), The Phoenix Weekly, vol. 437 (June, 2012), pp. 76-78
3. Gao, B, “The benefits of Non-separation of State-Corporate Governance.”, The Phoenix Weekly, vol. 430 (March, 2012), pp. p. 84-p. 84
4. Gao, B, “International Monetary Regimes and Domestic Political Economies: The Origins of the Global Glut of Liquidity.”, in The Handbook of the Sociology of Finance., edited by Cetina, KK; Preda, A (2012), Oxford University Press
5. al, BGE, High-Speed Rail and China’s Grand Strategy in the 21 Century (in Chinese) (2012), Social Science Literature Press, Beijing, China