Hexuan Liu Phone: (513)556-5827 E-mail: hexuan.liu@uc.edu Address: 650E Dyer Hall, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0389 EMPLOYMENT 2016- Assistant Professor, School of Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati EDUCATION 2016 Ph.D., Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2011 M.S., Statistics, Iowa State University 2006 B.S., Computer Science and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University RESEARCH INTERESTS Delinquency and Crime, Health Disparity, Social Stratification and Mobility, Sociogenomics, Quantitative Methodology, Big Data PUBLICATIONS Liu, Hexuan and Carl Roberts. 2017. Quantitative Evaluation Based on Program Participants Qualitative Feedback: A Quantitative Analysis of NSF s I/UCRC Program, 1993-2009. Bulletin of Sociological Methodology. Domingue, Benjamin, Hexuan Liu, Aysu Okbay, and Daniel Belsky. 2017. Genetic Heterogeneity in Depressive Symptoms Following the Death of a Spouse: Polygenic Score Analysis of the US Health and Retirement Study. American Journal of Psychiatry. Liu, Hexuan and Guang Guo. 2016. Association of a Genetic Risk Score With Body Mass Index. Journal of American Medical Association 316(17):1825-1827. Liu, Hexuan and Guang Guo. 2016. Opportunities and Challenges for the Social Sciences in the Era of Big Data: The Case of Genomic Data. Social Science Research 59:13-22. Guo, Guang, Hexuan Liu, Ling Wang, Haipeng Shen, and Wen Hu. 2015. The Genome-wide Influence on Human BMI by Physical Activity, Life Course, and Historical Period. Demography 52(5):1651-1670. Liu, Hexuan and Guang Guo. 2015. Lifetime Socioeconomic Status, Historical Context, and Genetic Inheritance in Shaping Body Mass in Middle and Late Adulthood. American Sociological Review 80(4):705-737. Li, Yi, Hexuan Liu, and Guang Guo. 2015. Does Marriage Moderate Genetic Effects on Delinquency and Violence? Journal of Marriage and Family 77(5):1217-1233. Liu, Hexuan, Yi Li, and Guang Guo. 2015. Gene by Social-Environment Interaction for Youth Delinquency and Violence: Thirty-Nine Aggression-related Genes. Social Forces 93(3): 881-903.
Wang, Ling, Haipeng Shen, Hexuan Liu, and Guang Guo. 2015. Mixture SNPs Effect on Phenotype in Genome-Wide Association Studies. BMC Genomics doi:10.1186/1471-2164-16-3. Guo, Guang, Lin Wang, Hexuan Liu, and Thomas Randall. 2014. Genomic Assortative Mating in Human Marriages. PLoS One DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112322. Roberts, Carl and Hexuan Liu. 2014. On the Cultural Foundations for Universal Healthcare: Implications from US and Canadian Health-Related Discourse, 1965-1999. Journal of Communication 64(4): 764-784. Wagner, Brandon, Jiang Li, Hexuan Liu, and Guang Guo. 2013. Gene-Environment Correlation: Difficulties and a Strategy Based on a Natural Experiment. American Journal of Public Health1:S167-73. Bain, Carmen, Anastasia Prokos, and Hexuan Liu. 2012. Community Support of Ethanol Plants: Does Local Ownership Matter? Rural Sociology 77(2): 143-170. MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION OR UNDER REVIEW Interplay of Social-Environment and the Whole Genome for Delinquency and Violence. Genomic Structure of Socioeconomic Achievement Over the Life Course. Social and Genomic Contributions to Multigenerational Stability and Mobility in Educational Attainment. Why are women more religious than men?: Do Risk Preferences and Genetic Risk Predispositions Explain the Difference? Genetic Obesity and Mortality among Middle-aged African American Females in the United States. AWARDS, GRANTS, AND FELLOWSHIPS 2017 Faculty Development Grant ($2000) University of Cincinnati 2015 Dissertation Completion Fellowship 2015 Best Graduate Student Paper. Evolution, Biology, and Society Section. American Sociological Association. 2015 Howard W. Odum Award for Excellence 2014 Summer Research Fellowship 2012-2016 Carolina Population Center (CPC) Predoctoral Traineeship 2012-2016 Travel Grant (Department of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) 2012-2016 Travel Grant (Carolina Population Center) INVITED PRESENTATIONS Liu, Hexuan. 2016. Integrating Genomic Data into Social Science. Methodology Invited Session. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Seattle, WA.
Inheritance in Shaping Body Mass in Middle and Late Adulthood. Princeton University. Inheritance in Shaping Body Mass in Middle and Late Adulthood. University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Inheritance in Shaping Body Mass in Middle and Late Adulthood. University of Texas at Austin. Liu, Hexuan. 2015. Integration of Sociology with Genomic in Studies of Health and Social Outcomes. University of Oklahoma. Liu, Hexuan. 2014. What Makes Us Obese? The Impact of Genetics, Socioeconomic Status, and Historical Context. Demography Daze. Duke University. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Guo, Guang and Hexuan Liu. 2017. Sharply Increased Mortality Among Black Females at Older Ages Because of Genetic Obesity. 47th Behavior Genetics Annual Meeting, Oslo, Norway. Liu, Hexuan. 2017. Genomic Structure of Socioeconomic Achievement Over the Life Course. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal, QC, Canada. Guo, Guang and Hexuan Liu. 2017. Genetic Obesity and Mortality among Middle-aged African American Females in the United States. Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Chicago, IL. Liu, Hexuan. 2016. Genomic Structure of Socioeconomic Achievement Over the Life Course. Integrating Genetics and the Social Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO. Liu, Hexuan and Guang Guo. 2016. Opportunities and Challenges of Big Data for Social Science: the Case of Genomic Data. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Seattle, WA. Liu, Hexuan and Guang Guo. 2015. Lifetime Socioeconomic Experiences, Historical Context, and Genetic Inheritance in Shaping Body Mass in Middle and Late Adulthood. Integrating Genetics and the Social Sciences Annual Conference, Boulder, CO. Liu, Hexuan and Guang Guo. 2015. Lifetime Socioeconomic Experiences, Historical Context, and Genetic Inheritance in Shaping Body Mass in Middle and Late Adulthood. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL. Guo, Guang, Hexuan Liu, Ling Wang, Haipeng Shen, and Wen Hu. 2015. The Genome-wide Influence on Human BMI by Life-course, Historical Period and Physical Activity. Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, San Diego, CA.
Liu, Hexuan and Guang Guo. 2015. Opportunities and Challenges for the Social Sciences in the Era of Big Data: the Case of Genomic Data. American Sociological Association Methodology Section Mid-Year Meeting, San Diego, CA. Li, Yi, Hexuan Liu, and Guang Guo. 2014. Does Marriage Moderate Genetic Effects on Delinquency and Violence? Integrating Genetics and the Social Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO. Liu, Hexuan, Yi Li, and Guang Guo. 2014. Gene by Social-Environment Interaction for Youth Delinquency and Violence: Thirty-Nine Aggression-related Genes. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Liu, Hexuan, Yi Li, and Guang Guo. 2014. Gene by Social-Environment Interaction for Youth Delinquency and Violence: Thirty-Nine Aggression-related Genes. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA. Guo, Guang and Hexuan Liu. 2014. Social and Genomic Origins of Educational Attainment. Spring Meeting of Research Committee 28, Budapest, Hungary. Liu, Hexuan and Guang Guo. 2014. Socioeconomic Status over the Life Course and Polygenic Risk for Obesity across Four Birth Cohorts in the U.S. Elderly Population. Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Boston, MA. Li, Yi, Hexuan Liu, and Guang Guo. 2014. Does Marriage Moderate Genetic Effects on Delinquency and Violence? Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Boston, MA. Li, Yi and Hexuan Liu. 2013. Data Quality Control in Social Surveys Using Genetic Information. Integrating Genetics and the Social Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO. Guo,Guang, Lin Wang, Hexuan Liu, and Yilan Fu. 2013. Genomic Assortative Mating in Human Marriages. Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. Liu, Hexuan and Carl Roberts. 2010. On US Cultural Impediments to Universal Health Care: Findings from a Study of Health-Related Modal Discourse within US and Canadian Editorials, 1965-1999. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, GA. Liu, Hexuan, C. Bain and A. Prokos. 2010. Community Support of Ethanol Plants: Does Ownership Structure Matter? Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL. Teesdale, Andrew and Hexuan Liu. 2010. The Effect of Religious Belief and Church Attendance on Paranormal Belief. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL. Teesdale, Andrew and Hexuan Liu.2010. The Relationship between Traditional Religious Paranormal Beliefs and Non-Religious Paranormal Beliefs in the United States. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL.
Bain, Carmen and Hexuan Liu and M. Petrehn. 2009. Environmental Sustainability and Rural Communities: What Role for Locally Controlled Ethanol Production? Annual Meeting of the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society, College Park. PA. TEACHING EXPERIENCES Instructor, University of Cincinnati: CJ 8057 Longitudinal Data Analysis (Spring 2017); CJ4023 Criminal Justice Statistics [undergraduate] (Fall 2017); CJ 8041 Criminal Justice Statistics II [graduate] (Spring 2018); Instructor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: SOCI 252 Data Analysis in Sociological Research (Summer 2015) Guest Lecturer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: SOCI 950 Using Add Health to Study Developmental and Health Trajectories Across the Life Course (Spring 2015) Teaching Assistant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: SOCI 711 Categorical Data Analysis (Fall 2016); SOCI 422 Sociology of Health and Mental Illness (Spring 2015); SOCI 252 Data Analysis in Sociological Research (Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014); SOCI 122 Race and Ethnic Relations (Fall 2012) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Ad-hoc reviewer for: American Sociological Review, Journal of Marriage and Family, Social Science and Medicine, Social Currents MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES 05/2010 - present American Sociological Association 05/2012 - present Population Association of America 12/2016 - present American Society of Criminology REFERENCES Available upon request