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Song Yang EDUCATION Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Ph.D. August 2002. Dissertation: “Four Contingent Models of Company Job Training in US Organizations” Department of Electric and Computer Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Master in Computer Engineering. Expected Summer 2003 Nankai University, Tianjin, P.R.China Master in Economics. August 1997 Thesis: “On Development of Human Capital In Modern Firms” HONORS AND ACTIVITIES Dan Martindale Award for excellent scholarship in the Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota First prize winner for graduate paper competition 2000 awarded Sociologists of Minnesota (SOM) Research Excellence 2000 awarded by Department of Sociology, UMN Honorable Mention 2000 awarded by General Social Survey (GSS) for graduate paper competition Ph.D. Qualify Test Excellent Pass 2000 awarded by Department of Sociology, UMN Excellent Master Paper 1997 awarded by Institute of Population Economics, Nankai University, Tianjin, China Scholarship awarded by NanKai University in 1996 based on excellent scores in economic courses PUBLICATIONS Yang, Song. 2003. “A Contextual Analysis of Organizational Commitment.” Sociological Focus Feb: 49-64 Yang, Song. 2003. “The Contextual Analysis of Company Job Training.” Research in the Sociology of Work (Vol:12), edited by Bills, David. JAI Press. Knoke, David. and Song Yang. 2003. “Fattenin’ Frogs for Snakes? Company Investments in Job Skills Training.” Research in the Sociology of Work (Vol:12), edited by Bills, David. JAI Press. Yang, Song and David Knoke. 2001. "Optimal Connections: Strength and Distance in Valued Graphs." Social Networks 23/4: 285-295 Yang, Song. 1996. “On Collective Behavior” Encyclopedia 1996/4:21. (in Chinese) PRESENTATIONS Yang, Song. 2002. “The Contingent Impact of Occupation on Company Job Training.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting in Chicago August 16-19th 2002 Yang, Song. 2002. “The Determinants of Company Job Training: Evidence from the 1996 National Organizations Survey.” The 28th Annual Meeting for Mid-south Sociological Association in Memphis Tennessee Oct. 16th to 19th. Knoke, David and Song Yang. 2002 “General, Social, and Technical Skills in Company Training Programs.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting in Chicago August 16-19th 2002 Knoke, David, Song Yang, and Francisco J. Granados 2002 “Dynamics of Strategic Alliance Networks in the Global Information Sector, 1989-2000” European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) 2002 Annual Conference at Barcelona, Spain. Feldman-Savelsberg, Flavien T. Ndonko, and Song Yang. 2002. “Managing the Repertoire of Memory: Reproduction, Generation, and Social Networks in Cameroon.” The 101st Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association from November 20th to 24th at New Orleans, Louisiana. Yang, Song. 2000. “Workplace Transformation and Work Attitude” Presented at Sociologist of Minnesota 2000 Annual Meeting Yang, Song. 2000. “Which Organization Gets More Employee Loyalty?” Presented at Sociology Research Institute (SRI) University of Minnesota Yang, Song. 2000. “A Multi-Level Analysis of Organizational Commitment.” Presented at American Sociological Association Methodology Section Winter Meeting in Los Angeles Knoke, David and Song Yang. 2000. “Implications of Network Structures for Managing Strategic Alliances in the Global Information Sector.” Presented at EGOS Colloquium in Helsinki, Finland EMPLOYMENT Assistant Professor on tenure track, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. Starting from August 2002 Instructor for “Soc. 1001: Introduction to Sociology” for Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota in Summer 2001 Research Assistant (RA) in Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota, from Feb 1999 to June 2002 Teaching Assistant (TA) in Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota, from September 1997 to February 1999. COURSES TAUGHT SOCI 5013 Advanced Research Methods, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Arkansas, Spring 2003. SOCI 3303 Introduction To Social Statistics, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Arkansas, Spring 2003. SOCI 5113 Applied Social Statistics, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Arkansas, Fall 2002. SOCI 3303 Introduction To Social Statistics, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Arkansas, Fall 2002. SOC 1001 Introduction to Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota, Summer 2001. SOC 3811 Social Statistics, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota, winter 1999. FUNDINGS Summer Stipend award by Fulbright College of Arts and Science at University of Arkansas in the amount of $5000.00 for summer research in 2003 Travel funds awarded by the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Arkansas in the amount of $400.00 for conference attendance in 2002 Travel funds awarded by the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Arkansas in the amount of $800.00 for conference presentation GRPP (Graduate Research Partnership Program) award by College of Liberal Arts at University of Minnesota in the amount of $7000.00 during summer session 2002 Faculty start-up funds by Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Arkansas at Fayeteville. Starting from August 2002 in the amount of $5000.00 Travel Funding award jointly by the Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota and life course center, University of Minnesota in the amount of $1000.00. CITIZENSHIP: Citizen of China, People’s Republic of. H1-B visa.