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Yikang Bai

Yikang Bai, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Sociology & Anthropology

Office: Jenkins BSSC Room 411
Phone: 443-465-2382
Yikang.Bai@morgan.edu

Education:

Ph.D. Sociology, Washington State University, 2020
M.S. Statistics, Washington State University, 2019
M.A. Sociology, Washington State University, 2015
Fulbright Program, Fayetteville State University, 2008-2009
M.A. Translation Studies, Shandong University, 2006
B.A. English Language and Literature, Ningxia University, 2003

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Environmental Sociology, Quantitative Research Methods, Survey Methodology, Global and Comparative Sociology, Sociology of Education

PUBLICATIONS
Referred Journal Articles
Bai, Yikang and Jennifer Givens. 2021. “Ecologically Unequal Exchange of Plastic Waste? A Longitudinal Analysis of International Trade in Plastic Waste.” Journal of World-Systems Research 27(1): 265-287.

Media Coverage
Interviewed for the podcast “This Week in Sociological Perspective” hosted by UC Berkeley Sociology Professor Samuel R. Lucas

Interviewed for and featured in an article about plastics in the Winter 2021 issue Washington State Magazine

Interviewed for and featured in a Washington State University press release titled “Plastic Waste Has Some Economic Benefit for Developing Countries”

Encyclopedia Entries and Book Chapters
Bai, Yikang and Keith Kerr. C. Wright Mills. 2019. SAGE Research Methods.
Bai, Yikang (co-translator). 2015. An Introduction to Islamic Finance: Theory and Practice. Yellow River Publishing Group.
Bai, Yikang (co-editor and contributor). 2011. A Guide to Chinese-English Translation of Public Signs of Tourist Spots and Hotels in Ningxia. Yellow River Publishing Group.