Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 5065
ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5652-2508

Expertise

Migration processes
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
Migration governance
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
Disciplines
Methods
Geographies

Roles

  • Villanova University

    University, Villanova, United States
    Assistant Professor

  • Hong Kong Baptist University

    University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong

Research

Confronting linked immobility: how Chinese migrants managed family crisis during a global catastrophe

Authors Ken Chih-Yan Sun, Lijun Lin
Year 2025
Journal Name Social Forces
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1 Journal Article

“Who Should Care for Our Parents?” How the Perceived Achievement Hierarchy Complicates Transnational Family Relations in China?

Authors Ken Chih-Yan Sun, Baiyu Su
Year 2023
Journal Name International Migration Review
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2 Journal Article

Transnational Social Protection: Social Welfare across National Borders

Authors Peggy Levitt, Erica Dobb, Ken Chih-Yan Sun, ...
Year 2023
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3 Book

Intimacies Compared: The Emotional Responses of Family Caregivers to Internal and International Migration

Authors Ken Chih-Yan Sun, Xuemei Cao
Year 2022
Citations (WoS) 3
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4 Journal Article

Seeking transnational social protection during a global pandemic: The case of Chinese immigrants in the United States

Authors Xuemei Cao, Ken Chih-Yan Sun
Year 2021
Journal Name SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
Citations (WoS) 6
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5 Journal Article

The Micro-politics of Recognition and Care: How Adult Children in Urban China Negotiate Relationships with Emigrant Siblings

Authors Ken Chih-Yan Sun, Nazli Kibria
Year 2021
Journal Name Social Problems
6 Journal Article

Immigrants as settler colonists: boundary work between Dakota Indians and white immigrant settlers

Authors Karen V. Hansen, Debra Osnowitz, Ken Chih-Yan Sun
Year 2016
Journal Name Ethnic and Racial Studies
Citations (WoS) 1
8 Journal Article

Professional remittances: how ageing returnees seek to contribute to the homeland

Authors Ken Chih-Yan Sun
Year 2016
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
9 Journal Article

How Do Organizations Respond to New Immigrants? Comparing Two New England Cities

Authors Ken Chih-Yan Sun, Wendy Cadge
Year 2013
Journal Name Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies
10 Journal Article

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