Ya-Wen Lei
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Yale University (LLM, JSD)
University of Michigan (MA, PhD)
Ya-Wen Lei | |
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| Born | Taipei, Taiwan |
| Education | National Taiwan University (LLB) Yale University (LLM, JSD) University of Michigan (MA, PhD) |
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| Fields | Sociology |
| Institutions | Harvard University |
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Ya-Wen Lei (Chinese: 雷雅雯; pinyin: Léi Yǎwén; Wade–Giles: Lei² Ya³-wen²) is a Taiwanese sociologist and legal scholar. She is a professor of sociology at Harvard University, where she is also an affiliate of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.
Lei was born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan.[1][2] She graduated first in her class from National Taiwan University with an LL.B. in law and economics in 2004, then earned an LL.M. from Yale Law School in 2006 and an M.A. in sociology from the University of Michigan in 2009. In 2011, she earned her Doctor of Juridical Science (J.S.D.) from Yale Law School.[3] Her doctoral dissertation was titled, "Twin Challenges to Legitimacy: China’s Informal Handset Industry Economy in the Globalized Knowledge and Information Economy".[4]
In 2013, Lei earned a second doctorate, a Ph.D. in sociology, from the University of Michigan. Her doctoral dissertation at Michigan, completed under sociologists Greta Krippner, Mark Mizruchi, and Yu Xie, was titled, "Uncovering the Roots of the Nationwide Counterpublic Sphere in China".[3] The thesis won the 2014 American Sociological Association Dissertation Award.[5]