Kevin (Ze) HongZJU100 Young Professor (Category II)· Cultural Evolution· Evolutionary and Cognitive Psychology· Evolutionary and Cognitive Anthropology· The Cognitive Science of Technology· Theoretical and Simulation Models of Information Transmission Biases· Magic and Divination in Small-scale Societies· Quantitative Analysis of Historical DataKevin (Ze) HongKevin (Ze) Hong is a behavioral scientist who studies human behavior and culture from evolutionary and cognitive perspectives. He obtained a bachelor's degree in Biology from Grinnell College, a master's degree in Evolutionary Biology from the University of Pennsylvania, and a PhD in Human Evolutionary Biology from Harvard University. He is Currently an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at Zhejiang University and a research associate in the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. Kevin Hong has extensive experience in evolutionary theory, evolutionary psychology, evolutionary anthropology/gene-culture coevolution, and cognitive science. Research-wise, He uses methodologically diverse approaches (e.g., theoretical modeling, quantitative analysis of historical data, ethnographic fieldwork) to study human behavior and culture, with special attention paid to information processing at the individual level and information transmission at the population level. His publication appears in diverse journal venues such as Current Anthropology, Behavior and Brain Sciences, Human Nature, Human Ecology, Religion, Brain & Behavior, Journal of Theoretical Biology, and Cognitive Science. His current field sites include the Yi in southwest China and the Wa in China-Burma border where he focuses on the psychological and social factors that sustain divination and magic practices.Education BackgroundPh.D., Human Evolutionary Biology,Harvard university, 03/2022M.A., Human evolutionary Biology, Harvard university, 05/2018M.A., Evolutionary Biology, University of Pennsylvania, 08/2016B.A. (with honors), Biology , Grinnell college , 05/2014PublicationsHong, Z., Slingerland, E., & Henrich, J. Magic and Empiricism in Early Chinese Rainmaking – a Cultural Evolutionary analysis. Current Anthropology, forthcoming.Hong, Z. & Zinin, S. The Psychology and Social Dynamics of Fetal Sex Prognostication in China: Evidence from Historical Data. American Anthropologist, forthcoming.Hong, Z. The Value of Sociogenomics in Understanding Genetic Evolution in Contemporary Human Populations. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, forthcoming. (Commentary)Hong, Z. The Ritual Stance does not Apply to Magic in General. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, forthcoming. (Commentary)Hong, Z. A Need to Better Understand the Evolutionary Process of Beliefs about Gods’ Concerns. Religion, Brain & Behavior, forthcoming. (Commentary)Hong, Z. Ghost, Divination, and Magic among the Nuosu: An Ethnographic Examination from Cognitive and Cultural Evolutionary Perspectives. Human Nature, forthcoming. Hong, Z. Combining Conformist and Payoff Bias in Cultural Evolution: an Integrated Model for Human Decision Making. Human Nature, forthcoming.Hong, Z. The Cultural Evolution of Medical Technologies: a Model of Sequential Treatments in the Medical Setting. Human Nature, forthcoming. Hong, Z. (2022). A Cognitive Account of Manipulative Sympathetic Magic. Religion, Brain & Behavior, DOI: 10.1080/2153599X.2021.2006294Hong, Z. (2022). Dream Interpretation from a Cognitive and Cultural Evolutionary Perspective: The Case of Oneiromancy in Traditional China. Cognitive Science, 46: e13088. https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.13088Xiao, E., Jin, J., Hong, Z., & Zhang, J. (2022). The Relationship Between Children and Their Maternal Uncles: A Unique Parenting Mode in Mosuo Culture. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 873137-873137.Henrich, J., Blasi, D., Curtin, C., Davis, H., Hong, Z., Kelly, D., & Kroupin, I. A Cultural Species and its Cognitive Phenotypes (2022). Review of Philosophy and Psychology. Hong, Z. & Henrich, J. (2021). The Cultural Evolution of Epistemic Practices – the Case of Divination. Human Nature 32(3), 2021, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12110-021-09408-6Hong, Z. (2021). The Population Dynamics of the Placebo Effect and Its Role in the Evolution of Medical Technology. Human Ecology, 1-12.Hong, Z. (2020). Modelling the On-going Natural Selection of Educational Attainment in Contemporary Societies. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 493, 110210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2020.110210Personal Websitehttps://kevinhong.home.blog/https://person.zju.edu.cn/en/kevinhong
Zhixiang JianProfessor / Doctoral supervisor· Ethnic sociology· Historical sociologyZhixiang JianProfessor, Department of Sociology, Zhejiang University Education BackgroundPh.D. in Anthropology, China Minzu University, 2008Juris Master in Sociology, Peking University, 2002Legum Baccalaureus in Ethnology, China Minzu University, 1990 Website: https://person.zju.edu.cn/en/0816245
Shan JiangZJU100 Young Professor (Category II)· Social work· Social policy· Child welfare· Mental healthShan JiangZJU100 Young Professor (Category II), Department of Sociology, Zhejiang UniversityEducation BackgroundPh.D. in Social welfare, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2018-2021Master’s Degree in Social work, Nanjing University, 2016-2018Bachelor’s Degree in Social work, Yunnan University, 2012-2016Courses TaughtSocial work theory, Social Policy Research
Lingli LenAssociate Researcher· Mental health of vulnerable groups· Culture and psychosocial and mental health· Psychological intervention and clinical social servicesLingli LenAssociate Researcher, Department of Sociology, Zhejiang UniversityEducation BackgroundPh.D. in Social work,, The University of Hong Kong, 2017-2021Master’s Degree in Mental Health and Psychological Counseling, University of Pennsylvania, 2010-2011Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Psychology, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, 2006-2010Courses TaughtSocial work for children and adolescents
Fen LiAssociate Professor· DemographyFen LiAssociate Professor, Department of Sociology, Zhejiang UniversityCourses TaughtHistory of Population Theories，Big Data and Population ResearchWebsite: https://person.zju.edu.cn/en/0098291
Haoyue LiZJU100 Young Professor (Category II)· Cultural sociology· Environmental sociology· Globalization researchHaoyue LiZJU100 Young Professor(Category II), Department of Sociology, Zhejiang UniversityEducation BackgroundPh.D. in Sociology, University at Albany, State University of New York, 2012-2020Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology and Economics, Peking University, 2008-2012Courses TaughtCultural sociology, Sociology topics - Research on environment and media reporting
