Publications

My research agenda focuses on sociology of higher education and school to work transition. Specifically, my work examines research questions in curriculum (Han et al. 2023 PNAS), skills (Han and Cheng forthcoming AJS, Han 2025 APJE, Han 2020 Sociological Perspectives, Fan and Han 2020 ESR), and college fields of study (Han 2016 SSR, Han and Buchmann 2016 RSF, among others). Works broadly related to social stratification appeared in major sociological outlets such as RSSM, JMF, Demographic Research, and Socius. Below, I list them in chronological order.

Han, Siqi and Siwei Cheng (forthcoming) Skill Diversification Beyond High-Paying Jobs. In American Journal of Sociology. (Equal Authorship) journals.uchicago

Han, Siqi (forthcoming) Demonstrating Deservingness in College Tuition Crowdfunding Campaigns. In Journal of Student Financial Aid.

Han, Siqi, Jack LaViolette, Chad Borkenhagen, William McAllister, and Peter Bearman. (forthcoming) Conceptual Recombination as a Distinctive Feature of Liberal Arts Curriculum. In The Liberal Arts Advantage: Measuring the Deeper Value. Arum, Courant,and Flaster (eds). University of Chicago Press.

Han, Siqi, and Siman Cai. 2025. “Perceived Gender Egalitarian Progress in the Labor Market and Overeducation in China, Japan, and Taiwan.” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 100: 101108. sciencedirect

• Chinese essay featured on Ms Muses

Han, Siqi. 2025. “‘Bright, Busy, but Doesn’t Go Extra Mile’: How Conscientiousness and Agreeableness Get Translated into Smaller Academic Gains for Asian High School Students.” Asian Pacific Journal of Education 45 (1): 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/02188791.2025.2473361. tandfonline

Yao, Man, and Siqi Han. 2024. “Who Earns the Iron Rice Bowl? Major Marketability and State Sector Jobs among College-Educated Workers in Urban China.” Chinese Journal of Sociology 10 (2): 189–220. https://doi.org/10.1177/2057150X241237629. journals.sagepub

• Interview by Faculti

Han, Siqi, Jack LaViolette, Chad Borkenhagen, William McAllister, and Peter Bearman. 2023. “Interdisciplinary College Curriculum and Its Labor Market Implications.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120 (43): e2221915120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2221915120. pnas

• Media Coverage on Times Higher Education
• Our Virtual Colloquium at U Michigan in 2021

Han, Siqi, and Yue Qian. 2022. “Assortative Mating Among College Graduates: Heterogeneity Across Fields of Study.” Marriage & Family Review 58 (7): 647–673. https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2021.2006597. journals.uchicago (Equal Authorship)

Han, Siqi, and Yue Qian. 2021. “Concentration and Dispersion: School-to-Work Linkages and Their Impact on Occupational Assortative Mating.” The Social Science Journal. https://doi.org/10.1080/03623319.2020.1851560. semanticscholar (Equal Authorship)

Han, Siqi. 2021. “Reproducing the Working Class? Incongruence between the Valuation of Social-Emotional Skills in School and in the Labor Market.” Sociological Perspectives 64 (3): 467–487. https://doi.org/10.1177/0731121420956378. journals.sagepub

Fan, Wen, and Siqi Han. 2020. “Explaining Cross-National Variation in the Health Benefits of Tertiary Education: What Are the Roles of the Skills Gap and the Earnings Gap?” European Sociological Review 36 (6): 957–975. https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaa033. academic.oup

Melamed, David, Will Kalkhoff, Siqi Han, and Xiangrui Li. 2017. “The Neural Bases of Status-Based Influence.” Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World 3. https://doi.org/10.1177/2378023117709695. journals.sagepub

Casterline, John B., and Siqi Han. 2017. “Unrealized Fertility: Fertility Desires at the End of the Reproductive Career.” Demographic Research 36 (14): 427–454. https://doi.org/10.4054/DemRes.2017.36.14. demographic-research

• John’s Presidential Address at PAA, at around 20 min he discussed this paper.

Han, Siqi, Dmitry Tumin, and Zhenchao Qian. 2016. “Gendered Transitions to Adulthood by College Field of Study in the United States.” Demographic Research 35 (31): 929–962. https://doi.org/10.4054/DemRes.2016.35.31. demographic-research

Han, Siqi, and Claudia Buchmann. 2016. “Aligning Science Achievement and STEM Expectations for College Success: A Comparative Study of Curricular Standardization.” RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 2 (1): 192–211. https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2016.2.1.09. jstor

Han, Siqi. 2016. “Staying in STEM or Changing Course: Do Natives and Immigrants Pursue the Path of Least Resistance?” Social Science Research 58: 165–183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2016.04.007. sciencedirect

Tumin, Dmitry, Siqi Han, and Zhenchao Qian. 2015. “Estimates and Meanings of Marital Separation.” Journal of Marriage and Family 77 (1): 312–322. https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12149. ouci.dntb.gov