Fang Xu
B.A. Tongji University. Shanghai, China.
M.A. University of British Columbia. Vancouver, BC. Canada.
M.Ph. Graduate Center, City University of New York.
Ph.D. in Sociology. Graduate Center, City University of New York.
Fang Xu is an urban sociologist with expertise in language, cultural identity, and public policies in urban China. Her other research interests lie in urban studies, consumption, sociolinguistics, nationalism, and migration.
Dr. Xu is a Continuing Lecturer teaching in the Interdisciplinary Studies Field major program at University of California Berkeley.
Fang Xu currently works on two San Francisco Bay Area based research projects. One explores place identity and sense of belonging among local residents during the Covid-19 pandemic. The other investigates the notion, “Be American, Speak English” among first generation immigrants.