Ke Li Ballantine Hall 744, 1020 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, IN 47405 (e) like2@indiana.edu, (p) 812-272-0660, (w) www.kelisoc.com Education 2015 Joint Ph.D. in Sociology and Criminal Justice (expected in May 2015) Indiana University, Bloomington Dissertation: Divorce Litigation in Rural China: Legal Mobilization, Gender Inequality, and State Power. Committee: Ethan Michelson, Brian Steensland, Sara Friedman, Brian Powell, Philip Parnell, and Harold Pepinsky 2007 M.A., Criminal Justice, Indiana University, Bloomington 2000 B.A., Law, Nanjing University, China Teaching and Research Interests Crime and Violence; Law and Society; Inequality and Power; Family and Marriage; Gender; Ethnography; Mixed Research Methods; Contemporary China Awards, Fellowships, and Grants National Awards and Fellowships 2014 Graduate Student Paper Award American Sociological Association (Sociology of Law Section) 2014 Honorable Mention for Lindesmith Graduate Student Paper Award The Society for the Study of Social Problems (Law and Society Division) 2012 Young Scholar Award China Times Cultural Foundation 2011-12 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange 2010-11 International Dissertation Research Fellowship Social Science Research Council 2010-11 Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant National Science Foundation (Law and Social Sciences Program) 1
2010-11 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (declined) Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange 2008 China and Inner Asia Council Small Grant The Association for Asian Studies Departmental Fellowships 2014 Atherton Bean Research Fellowship 2013 Lindesmith-Mullins Fellowship for Excellence in Research 2009 Advanced Departmental Fellowship 2006, 07 Summer Departmental Fellowship Travel Grants 2014,12,11 Travel Grant, 2014,12,10 Travel Grant, East Asian Studies Center, Indiana University 2013 Travel Grant, the Center for China Studies, the Chinese University of Hong Kong 2013 Travel Grant, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University 2012 Travel Grant, the Law and Society Association 2012 Lee Student Travel Award, the Society for the Study of Social Problems 2006 Pre-Dissertation Travel Grant, Office of the Vice President for International Affairs, Indiana University Publications 2015 Ke Li and Sara Friedman. " Wedding Marriage to the Nation-State in Modern China: Legal Consequences for Divorce, Property, and Women s Rights, In Domestic Tensions, National Anxieties: Global Perspectives on Modern Marriage Crises, edited by Kristin Celello and Hanan Kholoussy, Oxford University Press. 2010 Ke Li. Motherhood in Kansas, In Encyclopedia of Motherhood, edited by Andrea O'Reilly and J. Geoffrey Golson, SAGE Publication. 2
2010 Ke Li. Motherhood in Wisconsin, In Encyclopedia of Motherhood, edited by Andrea O'Reilly and J. Geoffrey Golson, SAGE Publication. Ke Li. What He Did Was Lawful: Divorce Litigation and Gender Inequality in Rural China. Prepared for the Law and Society Review. 2014 Graduate Student Paper Award American Sociological Association (Sociology of Law Section) 2014 Honorable Mention for Lindesmith Graduate Student Paper The Society for the Study of Social Problems (Law and Society Division) Ke Li. Guanxi in Legal Services, and Legal Services in Guanxi: Relational Embeddedness and Social Obligations in Everyday Practice of Law in Rural China. Article in preparation. Ethan Michelson and Ke Li. Judicial Performance without Independence: the Delivery of Justice and Political Legitimacy in Rural China. Article in preparation. Teaching Training 2009 Attended the annual conference of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Bloomington, Indiana 2007-09 Participated in campus-wide Preparing Future Faculty Conference, Indiana University 2006-08 Completed three courses and obtained a Certificate in College Pedagogy through Preparing Future Faculty Program, Course 1: The Teaching of Undergraduate Sociology Course 2: Issues in College Pedagogy Course 3: Social Research in Higher Education Teaching Experience 2012-14 Instructor, S325 Criminology 2009 Instructor, S100 Introduction to Sociology 2008-09 Lab Instructor, S371 Statistics for Sociology 2006 Instructor, P202 Alternative Social Control 3
Additional Teaching Experience 2012, 07-08 Teaching Assistant, S100 Introduction to Sociology, with Rob Robinson 2011 Teaching Assistant, S346 Cross-Cultural Study, with Patricia McManus 2007 Teaching Assistant, P200 Criminological Theories, with Kip Schlegel 2006-07 Teaching Assistant, K300 Techniques of Data Analysis, with Helen Levesque 2006 Teaching Assistant, P200 Criminology, with William Pridemore 2005 Teaching Assistant, P202 Alternative Social Control, with Philip Parnell Research Assistantship 2008-09 Research Assistant Conducted research on parenting in graduate school with Bernice Pescosolido, Brian Powell, and J.D. Wolfe 2008-09 Research Assistant Department of Anthropology, Indiana University Worked with Sara Friedman on transnational marriages and politics of citizenship in Greater China Region 2006 Research Assistant for Social Research Practicum Worked with Clem Brooks and conducted telephone interviews on public opinions regarding welfare state and public services Selected Conference Presentations 2014 What He Did Is Lawful : Divorce Litigation and Gender Inequality in Rural China, American Sociological Association, San Francisco, August 18. 2014 What He Did Is Lawful : Divorce Litigation and Gender Inequality in Rural China, Law and Society Association, Minneapolis, May 28. 2013 Rural Women s Struggles with the Legal and Social Consequences of Marital Dissolution in Contemporary China, the 9th Graduate Seminar on China at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, January 12. 4
2012 Judicial Performance without Independence: The Delivery of Justice and Political Legitimacy in Rural China, American Sociological Association, Denver, August 18. 2012 Understanding Control over Work: Extraprofessional Pressures and Coping Strategies in a Legal Workers Office in Rural China, Society for the Study of Social Problems, Denver, August 17. 2012 The Wedding of Marriage, Nation and State in Modern China: Legal Consequences for Divorce, Property, and Women s Rights, Law and Society Association, Honolulu, June 8. 2012 Swimming against the Tide: Rural Women s Disputing Experiences and Strategies in Divorce Litigation in Contemporary China, Association for Asian Studies, Toronto, March 16. 2011 Resistance to Unhappy Marriages: A Comparative Study of Marital Disputes and Gendered Politics in Rural China, Gender, Race, and Class Seminar at Indiana University, Bloomington, November 8. 2011 Access-Enhancing or Access-Depriving: Everyday Law Talk in Legal Workers Offices in Rural China, American Sociological Association, Las Vegas, August 23. 2010 Tactics and Rhetoric: Law Talk in a Legal Workers Office in Rural Southwest China, Overseas Young Chinese Forum, Chicago, May 29. 2009 Divorce, the Chinese Style, Association for Asian Studies, Chicago, March 26. 2008 Symbolism in Anti-Crime Campaigns in Contemporary China, East Asian Studies Center, Indiana University, Bloomington, January 25. 2007 Public Sentencing Rallies, Symbolism, and Photojournalism in Contemporary China, Law and Society Association, Baltimore, July 6-9. Professional Membership American Sociological Association Society for the Study of Social Problems Law and Society Association Association for Asian Studies North American Chinese Sociologists Association 5
References Ethan Michelson, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology Ballantine Hall, Room 744, 1020 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405 (812) 856-1521, emichels@indiana.edu Brian Steensland, Professor, Department of Sociology Cavanaugh Hall 303, 425 University Blvd. Indianapolis University-Purdue University Indianapolis, IN 46202 (317) 274-2418, bsteens@iupui.edu; bsteens@indiana.edu Sara Friedman, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology Student Building, Room 130,701 E. Kirkwood Avenue Bloomington, IN 47405 (812) 856-4595, slfriedm@indiana.edu Brian Powell, Professor, Department of Sociology Ballantine Hall, Room 744, 1020 E. Kirkwood Avenue Bloomington, IN 47405 (812) 855-7624, powell@indiana.edu