Beiyi Hu

(she/her/hers)

  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology

Areas of Study

Education

  • LLB, Minzu University of China, 2014
  • MA, The University of Chicago, 2016
  • PhD, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 2024

Biography

Beiyi’s research primarily centers on ethnoracial inequalities, color-blind racism, international migration, and geographical sociology, with a particular focus on Sweden. Her recent research examines how race is perceived and operates in ostensibly color-blind contexts. Beiyi’s work has been published in journals such as Contexts, Metropolitics, Social Sciences, Contemporary Sociology, and New Genetics and Society.

Race and Ethnicity / International Migration / Urban Sociology / Ethnography / Geographical Sociology / Mixed Methods

Hu, Beiyi. 2024. “Talking about Race in a Race-Taboo Land: The Case of Sweden.” Contexts (Forthcoming, Summer 2024)

Hu, Beiyi. 2021. “Covid‑19 in China: A Civil Society in the Making.” Metropolitics May 18.

Hu, Beiyi. 2018. “The Weight of Categories: Geographically Inscribed Otherness in Botkyrka Municipality, Sweden.” Social Sciences 7(3): 43.

Fall 2024

Introduction to Sociology: Thinking Sociologically — SOCI 128
Global Perspectives on Race & Racism — SOCI 228

Spring 2025

Introduction to Sociology: Thinking Sociologically — SOCI 128
Race and Racism in the U.S. — SOCI 219

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