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Cary Wu
department-of-sociology
Associate Professor
York Research Chair in Political Sociology of Health
Office: Vari Hall, 2148
Phone: 416-736-2100 Ext: 22825
Email: carywu@yorku.ca
Primary website: Cary Wu
Secondary website: Google Scholar
Discover York Academics Link:
https://discover.academics.yorku.ca/Cary.Wu
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Degrees
Ph.D., University of British ColumbiaAppointments
Faculty of Graduate StudiesCommunity Contributions
International Editorial Board Member-Ethnic and Racial Studies
COVID-19 Social Impacts Network Expert Advisory Committee
Research Interests
Sociology
, Health, Trust, Political Sociology of Health, Inequality,
Research Methods
- York Research Leader Award - 2021-2022
- Canadian Sociological Association Early Investigator Award - 2022-2023
- Dean's Award for Distinction in Research - 2022-2023
- York Research Leader Award - 2023-2024
Book Chapters
Publication
Year
Cary Wu. 2022. "Categorical inequality in trust." Reading Sociology (4th edition) Unsettling a Settler Colonial Project & Re/writing Sociological Narratives. Oxford University Press.
2021
Terry Clark and Cary Wu. 2021. "Urbanization theorizing." Abrutyn, Seth and Omar Lizardo, eds. Handbook of Classical Sociological Theory. New York: Springer.
2020
Journal Articles
Publication
Year
Wu, Cary. 2025. Is democracy good for your health?. QJM: An International Journal of Medicine: hcaf034.
2025
Wu, Cary, and Ichiro Kawachi. 2024. A triple trust penalty? The majority-minority gap in subjective wellbeing. Social Science & Medicine: 117371.
2024
Wu, Cary, and Andrew Dawson. 2024. The Trump Effect? Right-Wing Populism and Distrust in Voting by Mail in Canada. Public Opinion Quarterly 88: 781-813.
2024
Wu, Cary, Patricia Louie, Alex Bierman, and Scott Schieman. 2023. Assessment of sociodemographics and inflation-related stress in the US. JAMA Network Open 6 (5): e2313431-e2313431.
2023
2022
Wu, Cary, Rima Wilkes, and David C. Wilson. 2022. Race & Political Trust: Justice as a Unifying Influence on Political Trust. Daedalus: Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 151(4), 177-199.
2022
Wu, Cary. 2022. Racial concentration and dynamics of COVID-19 vaccination in the United States. Social Science & Medicine-Population Health, 19, 101198.
2022
Wu, Cary, Alex Bierman, and Scott Schieman. 2022. Socioeconomic stratification and trajectories of social trust during COVID-19. Social Science Research, 102750.
2022
Wu, Cary, and Andrew Dawson. 2022. Why is trust lower in Quebec? A cultural explanation. Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie, 59(3), 309-329.
2022
Wu, Cary. 2021. How stable is generalized trust? Internal migration and the stability of trust among Canadians. Social Indicators Research, 153:129-147.
2021
Sher, Chloe, and Cary Wu. 2021. Who Stays Physically Active during COVID-19? Inequality and Exercise Patterns in the United States. Socius 7: 2378023120987710.
2021
Wu, Cary, Yue Qian, and Rima Wilkes. 2020. Anti-Asian discrimination and the Asian-white mental health gap during COVID-19. Ethnic and Racial Studies: 1-17.
2020
Wu, Cary. 2020. Does migration affect trust? Internal migration and the stability of trust among Americans. The Sociological Quarterly.
2020
Wu, Cary, and Zhilei Shi. 2020. Education and social trust in transitional China. Chinese Sociological Review 52(2): 115-143.
2020
Wu, Cary. 2020. How does gun violence affect Americans’ trust in each other? Social Science Research, 91, 1-15.
2020
Wu, Cary. 2020. Social capital and COVID-19: a multidimensional and multilevel approach. Chinese Sociological Review: 1-28.
2020
Wu, Cary, Rima Wilkes, Malcolm Fairbrother, and Giuseppe Giordano. 2020. Social capital, trust, and state coronavirus testing. Contexts.
2020
Wu, Cary, Sylvia Fuller, Zhilei Shi, and Rima Wilkes. 2020. The gender gap in commenting: Women are less likely than men to comment on (men’s) published research. PloS One 15(4): e0230043.
2020
Wu, Cary, Rima Wilkes, Daniel Silver, and Terry Nichols Clark. "Current debates in urban theory from a scale perspective: Introducing a scenes approach." Urban Studies 56, no. 8 (2019): 1487-1497.
2019
Wilkes, Rima, and Cary Wu. "Immigration, Discrimination and Trust: A Simply Complex Relationship." Frontiers in Sociology 4 (2019): 32.
2019
Wu, Cary, Qiang Fu, Jiaxin Gu, and Zhilei Shi. "Does migration pay off? Returnees, family background, and self-employment in rural China." China Review 18, no. 1 (2018): 59-78.
2018
Wilkes, Rima, and Cary Wu. "Ethnicity, democracy, trust: A majority-minority approach." Social Forces 97, no. 1 (2018): 465-494
2018
Wu, Cary, and Rima Wilkes. "Finding critical trusters: A response pattern model of political trust." International Journal of Comparative Sociology 59, no. 2 (2018): 110-138.
2018
Sher, Chloe, and Cary Wu. "Fracking in China: Community impacts and public support of shale gas development." Journal of Contemporary China 27, no. 112 (2018): 626-641.
2018
Fu, Qiang, Cary Wu, Heqing Liu, Zhilei Shi, and Jiaxin Gu. "Live like mosquitoes: Hukou, rural–urban disparity, and depression." Chinese Journal of Sociology 4, no. 1 (2018): 56-78.
2018
Wu, Cary, and Rima Wilkes. "Local–national political trust patterns: Why China is an exception." International Political Science Review 39, no. 4 (2018): 436-454.
2018
Wu, Cary, and Rima Wilkes. "International students’ post-graduation migration plans and the search for home." Geoforum 80 (2017): 123-132.
2017
Current Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter 2025 | AP/SOCI3030 3.0 | M | Social Statistics I | LECT |
| Fall/Winter 2024 | GS/SOCI6112 6.0 | A | Quantitative Analysis | SEMR |
Degrees
Ph.D., University of British ColumbiaAppointments
Faculty of Graduate StudiesCommunity Contributions
International Editorial Board Member-Ethnic and Racial Studies
COVID-19 Social Impacts Network Expert Advisory Committee
Research Interests
Sociology
, Health, Trust, Political Sociology of Health, Inequality,
Research Methods
Awards
- York Research Leader Award - 2021-2022
- Canadian Sociological Association Early Investigator Award - 2022-2023
- Dean's Award for Distinction in Research - 2022-2023
- York Research Leader Award - 2023-2024
All Publications
Book Chapters
Publication
Year
Cary Wu. 2022. "Categorical inequality in trust." Reading Sociology (4th edition) Unsettling a Settler Colonial Project & Re/writing Sociological Narratives. Oxford University Press.
2021
Terry Clark and Cary Wu. 2021. "Urbanization theorizing." Abrutyn, Seth and Omar Lizardo, eds. Handbook of Classical Sociological Theory. New York: Springer.
2020
Journal Articles
Publication
Year
Wu, Cary. 2025. Is democracy good for your health?. QJM: An International Journal of Medicine: hcaf034.
2025
Wu, Cary, and Ichiro Kawachi. 2024. A triple trust penalty? The majority-minority gap in subjective wellbeing. Social Science & Medicine: 117371.
2024
Wu, Cary, and Andrew Dawson. 2024. The Trump Effect? Right-Wing Populism and Distrust in Voting by Mail in Canada. Public Opinion Quarterly 88: 781-813.
2024
Wu, Cary, Patricia Louie, Alex Bierman, and Scott Schieman. 2023. Assessment of sociodemographics and inflation-related stress in the US. JAMA Network Open 6 (5): e2313431-e2313431.
2023
2022
Wu, Cary, Rima Wilkes, and David C. Wilson. 2022. Race & Political Trust: Justice as a Unifying Influence on Political Trust. Daedalus: Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 151(4), 177-199.
2022
Wu, Cary. 2022. Racial concentration and dynamics of COVID-19 vaccination in the United States. Social Science & Medicine-Population Health, 19, 101198.
2022
Wu, Cary, Alex Bierman, and Scott Schieman. 2022. Socioeconomic stratification and trajectories of social trust during COVID-19. Social Science Research, 102750.
2022
Wu, Cary, and Andrew Dawson. 2022. Why is trust lower in Quebec? A cultural explanation. Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie, 59(3), 309-329.
2022
Wu, Cary. 2021. How stable is generalized trust? Internal migration and the stability of trust among Canadians. Social Indicators Research, 153:129-147.
2021
Sher, Chloe, and Cary Wu. 2021. Who Stays Physically Active during COVID-19? Inequality and Exercise Patterns in the United States. Socius 7: 2378023120987710.
2021
Wu, Cary, Yue Qian, and Rima Wilkes. 2020. Anti-Asian discrimination and the Asian-white mental health gap during COVID-19. Ethnic and Racial Studies: 1-17.
2020
Wu, Cary. 2020. Does migration affect trust? Internal migration and the stability of trust among Americans. The Sociological Quarterly.
2020
Wu, Cary, and Zhilei Shi. 2020. Education and social trust in transitional China. Chinese Sociological Review 52(2): 115-143.
2020
Wu, Cary. 2020. How does gun violence affect Americans’ trust in each other? Social Science Research, 91, 1-15.
2020
Wu, Cary. 2020. Social capital and COVID-19: a multidimensional and multilevel approach. Chinese Sociological Review: 1-28.
2020
Wu, Cary, Rima Wilkes, Malcolm Fairbrother, and Giuseppe Giordano. 2020. Social capital, trust, and state coronavirus testing. Contexts.
2020
Wu, Cary, Sylvia Fuller, Zhilei Shi, and Rima Wilkes. 2020. The gender gap in commenting: Women are less likely than men to comment on (men’s) published research. PloS One 15(4): e0230043.
2020
Wu, Cary, Rima Wilkes, Daniel Silver, and Terry Nichols Clark. "Current debates in urban theory from a scale perspective: Introducing a scenes approach." Urban Studies 56, no. 8 (2019): 1487-1497.
2019
Wilkes, Rima, and Cary Wu. "Immigration, Discrimination and Trust: A Simply Complex Relationship." Frontiers in Sociology 4 (2019): 32.
2019
Wu, Cary, Qiang Fu, Jiaxin Gu, and Zhilei Shi. "Does migration pay off? Returnees, family background, and self-employment in rural China." China Review 18, no. 1 (2018): 59-78.
2018
Wilkes, Rima, and Cary Wu. "Ethnicity, democracy, trust: A majority-minority approach." Social Forces 97, no. 1 (2018): 465-494
2018
Wu, Cary, and Rima Wilkes. "Finding critical trusters: A response pattern model of political trust." International Journal of Comparative Sociology 59, no. 2 (2018): 110-138.
2018
Sher, Chloe, and Cary Wu. "Fracking in China: Community impacts and public support of shale gas development." Journal of Contemporary China 27, no. 112 (2018): 626-641.
2018
Fu, Qiang, Cary Wu, Heqing Liu, Zhilei Shi, and Jiaxin Gu. "Live like mosquitoes: Hukou, rural–urban disparity, and depression." Chinese Journal of Sociology 4, no. 1 (2018): 56-78.
2018
Wu, Cary, and Rima Wilkes. "Local–national political trust patterns: Why China is an exception." International Political Science Review 39, no. 4 (2018): 436-454.
2018
Wu, Cary, and Rima Wilkes. "International students’ post-graduation migration plans and the search for home." Geoforum 80 (2017): 123-132.
2017
Current Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter 2025 | AP/SOCI3030 3.0 | M | Social Statistics I | LECT |
| Fall/Winter 2024 | GS/SOCI6112 6.0 | A | Quantitative Analysis | SEMR |
