Curriculum Vitae Lei (Frank) Zhang Contact Information Office address: 909 Social Sciences Building, 267 19th Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55455 Work phone: +1 (612)-624-9882 Email: [email protected] Education July 2015 (expected) 2007 2005 2002

Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Minnesota Committee: Yanjie Bian (advisor), David Knoke (chair), Phyllis Moen, Andrew Van de Ven (Carlson School of Management) Dissertation: Business Performance of Chinese Enterprises in a Relational Perspective M.Phil. in Social Science, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology M.A. in Sociology, Peking University (China) B.A. in Sociology and B.S. in Economics, Peking University (China)

Honors and Awards 2015 Outstanding Graduate Instructor Award, presented at the 25th Annual Sociology Research Institute (SRI) April 17, University of Minnesota 2013 Professional Development Travel Grant Award, University of Minnesota 2006 Summer School Scholarship, University of Michigan – Peking University Joint Institute (Quantitative Analysis Laboratory, June 19-August 10) 2005-2007 Graduate Scholarship, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology 2002-2003 May-4th Honor and Scholarship, Peking University Software and Programming Languages • Stata, R, SPSS, SAS, MPlus, LISREL, EQS, UCINET, and EpiData • VBA in Excel and Access, SQL and IML in SAS, and C/C++ On-line Teaching Showcase @ https://www.youtube.com/c/LeiZhangFrank/playlists?sort=da • SPSS Training Video Episodes for Basic Social Statistics • Stata Training Video Episodes for Intermediate and Advanced Social Statistics • Introduction to R for Advanced Social Statistics Teaching Interests Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced Statistics for Social Sciences Social Science Research Methods Social Network Analysis Organization Theory and Entrepreneurship Introduction to Sociology Social Inequality and Social Mobility Chinese and East Asian Societies

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Teaching Experiences Basic Social Statistics (Spring and Summer 2014, University of Minnesota) • In-classroom lecturing to 40 undergraduate students • Course materials prepared by: R, SPSS, and • Course package link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/sn1ok3782xqc6pv/All%20Lecture%20Notes.zip?dl=0 • Official teaching evaluation report attached Introduction to R (Fall 2014, University of Minnesota) • In-classroom lecturing to 20 graduate and undergraduate students • Course materials prepared by: R and • Course package link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/fpfve2c6xgusafp/Intro%20to%20R.zip?dl=0 Regression Diagnostics (Summer 2012, Xi’an Jiaotong University) • In-classroom lecturing to 110 undergraduate/graduate students and faculty members • Teaching software: Stata and R • Course package link (in Chinese): https://www.dropbox.com/s/cph9757nqius2wz/All%20Lecture%20Notes.zip?dl=0 Analyzing Social Networks Data (Summer 2011, Xi’an Jiaotong University) • In-classroom lecturing to 120 undergraduate/graduate students and faculty members • Teaching software: UCINET/Pajek/NetDraw, Stata, and R Introduction to Stata (Summer 2009, Xi’an Jiaotong University) • In-classroom lecturing to 20 graduate students • Teaching software: Stata and SPSS Lab session instructor, Summer School of Empirical Social Research, Xi’an Jiaotong University: Teaching lab sessions for: • Social Network Analysis (Prof. Ronald Burt at the University of Chicago; Prof. Joseph Galaskiewicz at the Arizona University) • Exponential Random Graph Models (Prof. Garry Robins at the University of Melbourne) • Propensity and Causal Analysis (Prof. Weihua An at Indiana University) • Hierarchical Linear Models (Prof. Yucheng Liang at Sun Yat-Sen University) • Structural Equation Models (Prof. Weidong Wang at Renmin University) • Event History/Survival Models (Prof. Lu Zheng at Texas A&M University; Prof. Yu Li at Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences) • Categorical Data Analysis (Prof. Zhenchao Qian at the Ohio State University; Prof. Yuxiao Wu at Shandong University) • Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced Linear Regression Models (Prof. Jieming Chen at Texas A&M University at Kingsville; Prof. Xiaowei Zang at the University of Sheffield) Teaching software: UCINET/Pajek/NetDraw, P/BP/MPNet, Stata, R, SPSS, MPlus, LISREL Lab session instructor, Dept. of Sociology, University of Minnesota • Intermediate Social Statistics (SOC 5811), Fall 2014, Fall 2013, using Stata and R • Basic Social Statistics (SOC 3811), Fall 2014-Spring 2015, Fall 2013, Spring 2010, Spring 2008-Fall 2009, using SPSS and Stata • Introduction to Sociology (SOC 1001), Fall 2009 • Introduction to the Criminal Justice System (SOC 3101), Fall 2007 Lei Zhang

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Research Interests Quantitative methodologies • Social network analysis • Causal inferences and counterfactual analysis • Advanced modeling for categorical data • Advanced modeling for time series and longitudinal data • Diagnostics of linear and generalized linear models • Latent variable analysis and structural equations • Machine learning and data mining • Multivariate exploration, missing value imputation, and advanced graphing • Non-parametric statistics and generalized additive models (GAM) Individual social networks and social capital Inter-organizational social networks and corporate social capital Labor market and entrepreneurship in emerging economies Mental health and subjective wellbeing Social inequality and social mobility Chinese and East Asian society Research Experience with Large-scale Survey Data Youth Development Study (YDS) (Fall 2010 – Spring 2013, University of Minnesota) • PI: Prof. Jeylan Mortimer • Duties: o Data cleaning and manipulation, generating and evaluating latent constructs; o Operationalize theoretical questions to mathematical models; o Modeling multilevel, panel, and event history data and graphical presentations; o Drafting methodological reports. • Software used: Stata, R, SPSS, Mplus, LISREL, and EQS • Outputs: 2 peer-reviewed publications and 8 conference presentations China Survey of Social Changes (CSSC) (Summer 2010, Xi’an Jiaotong University) • PI: Prof. Yanjie Bian • Duties: o Questionnaire design; o Sampling and weighting; o Programing EpiData for data entry; o Interviewer dispatching and work-load balancing; o Real-time technical supports for CATI/CAPI and GIS; o Real-time survey quality control; o Supervising data cleaning; o Drafting descriptive and graphical presentations; o Assisting the PI to oversee quantitative models in The Western China Report • Outputs: one peer-reviewed publication and one book chapter in The Western China Report (2013, in Chinese, Beijing: China Social Sciences Press, ISBN: 9787516128909)

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Current Research 2014. “The increase of job-search networks in China, 1978-2009.” • Data from “Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS)” 2003, 2008; “Job Search Networks Survey (JSNET)” 1999, 2009; and official yearbook statistics • Targeting at top sociological journals • Contribution: Data cleaning, aggregation, and generating time-series and longitudinal measures; Latent class modeling in R; ARIMAX for time-series data and graphical presentation in Stata; 2-level Mixed-effect Logistic models in R and Stata. Publications • 2015. Zhang, L., “Guanxi-based Corporate Social Capital and Chinese Entrepreneurship.” in Wong, J. (ed.), (forthcoming) Social Capital and Chinese Entrepreneurship. •

2015. Hussemann, J., Mortimer, J., Zhang, L., “Exploring the Correlates of Parental Consent for Child Survey Participation: An Intergenerational Longitudinal Study”, (forthcoming) Public Opinion Quarterly. o Impact factor = 2.033

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2015. Bian, Y., Zhang, L., Yang, J., Guo, X., Lei, M., “Subjective Wellbeing of Chinese People: A Multifaceted View”, Social Indicators Research 121: 75-92. o Impact factor = 1.452

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2014. Bian, Y., Zhang, L., “Corporate Social Capital in Chinese Guanxi Culture”, Research in the Sociology of Organizations 40: 421-443.

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2014. Mortimer, J., Zhang, L., Hussemann, J., Wu, C., “Parental Economic Hardship and Children’s Achievement Orientations”, Longitudinal and Life Course Studies 5(2): 105-128.

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2014. Bian, Y., Huang, X., Zhang, L., “Information and Favoritism: The Network Effect on Wage Income in China”, Social Networks 40: 129-138. o Impact factor = 2.138

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2010. Ma, Z., Lin, G., Zhang, L., “Examining Cross-Border Marriage in Hong Kong: 1998-2005” in Lu, C. & Yang, W. (eds.) Asian Cross-border Marriage Migration: Demographic Patterns and Social Issues, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, pp.87-102.

Publications in Chinese* • 2013. Bian, Y., Zhang, L., “Guanxi Culture and Guanxi Social Capital”, The Journal of Humanities No.2013-1, 107-133. o Impact factor=0.749 •

2013. Guo, X., Zhang, L., “Social Networks” in Bian, Y. (ed.) The Western China Report, Beijing: China Social Sciences Press.

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 I am a native speaker of Mandarin Chinese. My listening comprehension of Cantonese is good. I read and write very fluently in both Simplified and Traditional Chinese.   Lei Zhang

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2012. Bian, Y., Wang, W., Zhang, L., Cheng, C., “Sector-Crossing Social Capital and Its Impact on Wage Income”, Chinese Social Sciences No. 2, 110-126. o Impact factor=5.617; o Best Paper Award (first prize), Humanities and Social Sciences Scholarship Competition, Shaanxi Province, China

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2007. Zhang, L., “Assessing the Adequacy of Hierarchical Models” in Guo, Z. (ed.), Chinese Translation of Hierarchical Linear Models: applications and data analysis methods 2nd Edition, Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press.

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2004. Zhang, L., Chapter 11, 19-23, and Appendix in Zhou, H. (ed.) Basic Social Statistics and SPSS 11.0, Beijing: Tsinghua University Press.

Conference Presentation Corporate Social Capital in Chinese Guanxi Culture* • International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA), St. Pete Beach, Florida, 2014. Guanxi as Isotopic Social Capital • International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA), Xi’an, China, 2013. Social Closure and Social Capital • Sociology Workshop, University of Minnesota, 2012. Information vs. Favoritism: The Network Effect on Wage Income in China* • University of Sheffield 2010; • Oxford University, 2010. Interrelations of Adolescent Achievement Orientations, Parental Goals, and Socioeconomic Attainments: A Three Generation Study* • ASA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, 2014; Intergenerational Transmission of Achievement Orientations: New Evidence from the Children of the YDS • Annual Meeting of the Society for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, “Growing Up and Growing Old: Health Transitions Throughout the Lifecourse.” Amsterdam, 2013. Parental Financial Hardship in the Great Recession and Children's Achievement Orientations and Behavior* • Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL, 2013. Linked Lives in the “Great Recession:” Parental Economic Hardship and Children’s Achievement Orientations And Behavior* • ASA Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, 2012; • Annual Meeting of the Society for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, “Childhood and Beyond: Tracing Cohorts across the Life Course.” Paris, 2012.                                                                                                                         *

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The YDS Second Generation Study: Recruitment and Initial Findings • Sociology Workshop, University of Minnesota, 2012. Exploring the Correlates of Parental Consent for Child Survey Participation: An Intergenerational Longitudinal Study* • ASA Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2011. Pathways of Transition to Adulthood and Early Adult Well-being * • Annual Meeting of the Society for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, “Developments and Challenges in Longitudinal Studies from Childhood.” Cambridge, 2010. Reference List Yanjie Bian Professor of Sociology Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota 967 Social Sciences, 267 19th Ave South, Minneapolis, MN 55455 Phone: +1 (612)-624-9554 Email: [email protected] David Knoke Professor of Sociology Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota 939 Social Sciences, 267 19th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55455 Phone: +1 (612)-624-6816 Email: [email protected] Jeylan Mortimer Professor of Sociology Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota 1014B Social Sciences, 267 19th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55455 Phone: +1 (612)-624-4064 Email: [email protected] Phyllis Moen McKnight Presidential Chair Professor of Sociology Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota 1123 Social Sciences, 267 19th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55455 Phone: +1 (612)-625-5483 Email: [email protected] Andrew Van de Ven Vernon H. Heath Chair of Organizational Innovation and Change Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota 3-402, 321 19th Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55455 Phone: +1 (612)-624-1864 Email: [email protected]  

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