Expertise
Health; race and ethnicity; quantitative research methods; deviance; religion
Education
- Ph.D.: in Sociology, 2017, Purdue University.
- M.S.: in Sociology, 2013, Purdue University.
- B.A.: in English, 2011, Jiangsu Normal University.
Biosketch
Fanhao Nie, Ph.D., uses quantitative methods to study health at the intersection of race and religion, with a particular focus on the US Asian population. Another line of his work takes a multilevel approach to studying the social impacts of religious geographic contexts. Nie's articles have appeared in peer-reviewed journals, such as the "Journal of Religion and Health," "Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion," "Health and Place," and "Ethnicity and Health." His research has been featured in the "Washington Post," "HuffPost" and "PsyPost."
Nie was born and raised in China. After receiving his B.A. in China, he studied at Purdue University, where he earned a Ph.D. in sociology.
Selected Publications
- Nie, Fanhao. 2024. “Is Asian Hate Just About Race? Religious Discrimination and Smoking Among Asian and Asian American Adults in the USA.” Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.
- Nie, Fanhao. 2024. “Ruled by the Demons? Exploring the Relationship between Beliefs in Demons and Public Attitudes Toward Donald Trump and Joe Biden.” Social Currents.
- Nie, Fanhao. 2024. “Asian Hate, Religion, and Perceived Changes in Physical Health: Exploring the Flip Side of Minority Stress During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Ethnicity and Health 29(3): 279-294.
- Nie, Fanhao. 2024. “In God We Distrust: Christian Nationalism and Anti-Atheist Attitude.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 63(1): 103-116.
- Nie, Fanhao. 2023. “Asian Hate, Minority Stress, and Religious Coping: A Study of Asian and Asian American Adults in the USA During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Journal of Religion and Health 62: 681-701.
- Nie, Fanhao. 2022. “To Protect and Serve? Race and Police Use of Force Across Religious Contexts.” Review of Religious Research 64: 961-980.
- Nie, Fanhao. 2021. “Adolescent Porn Viewing and Religious Context: Is the Eye still the Light of the Body?” Deviant Behavior 42(11): 1382-1395.
- Nie, Fanhao. 2019. “Religion and Self-Efficacy: A Multilevel Approach.” Mental Health, Religion, and Culture 22(3): 279-292.
- Nie, Fanhao and Xiaozhao Yang. 2019. “The Moral Community Divide: Underage Marijuana Use across Religious Contexts.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 58(1): 153-173.
- Nie, Fanhao and Daniel V. A. Olson. 2016. “Demonic Influence: The Negative Mental Health Effects of Belief in Demons.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 55(3): 498-515.
Selected Contracts, Fellowships, Grants and Sponsored Research
- Researchers and Scholars Investment Fund, 2023, University of Massachusetts Lowell
- PRRI Microgrant, 2023, Public Religion Research Institute
- Jack Shand Research Grant, 2021, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion