Sociology Faculty Directory
Xiaorui Huang
Assistant Professor
Xiaorui Huang
Ph.D.
Contact
McGuinn Hall 412
Email: xiaorui.huang@bc.edu
Education
- B.S., University of Oregon
- M.A., Boston College
- Ph.D., Boston College
Research Interests
Environmental Sociology, Climate Change, Global and Transnational Sociology, Political Economy, Sociology of Development, Social Inequality, Quantitative and Computational Methods, Sustainability Science
Department
Biography
Xiaorui Huang is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies at Boston College. His research focuses on environmental sociology, climate change, global political economy, and advanced quantitative methods. His main published work examines the impacts of social driving forces, such as economic development, international trade, and income inequality, on climate change and global climate justice. His work appears in venues including American Sociological Review, Social Forces, Social Science Research, Sociological Methodology, and Energy Research & Social Science.
Selected Publications
Huang, Xiaorui. 2024. 鈥� Social Forces 103(2): 403-428.
Huang, Xiaorui. 2024. 鈥溾�� Socius 10. doi.org/10.1177/23780231241238962.
Huang, Xiaorui. 2024. 鈥溾�� npj Climate Action 3:107.
Jorgenson, Andrew K., Brett Clark, Ryan P. Thombs, Jeffrey Kentor, Jennifer E. Givens, Xiaorui Huang, Hassan El Tinay, Daniel Auerbach, and Matthew C. Mahutga. 2023. 鈥�.鈥� American Sociological Review 88(3): 418-453.
Thombs, Ryan, Xiaorui Huang, and Jared Fitzgerald. 2022. 鈥�.鈥� Sociological Methodology 52(1):1-29.
Gareau, Brian, J., Xiaorui Huang, Tara Pisani Gareau, and Sandra DiDonato. 2022. 鈥�.鈥� Journal of Rural Studies 85: 505-520.
Thombs, Ryan P., Xiaorui Huang, Andrew K. Jorgenson. 2021. 鈥�.鈥� Energy Research & Social Science 72:101882.
Huang, Xiaorui. 2018. 鈥溾�� Social Science Research 73:1-12.
Huang, Xiaorui, and Andrew K. Jorgenson. 2018. 鈥溾�� Socius 4:1-10.