Cary Wu
Associate Professor
York Research Chair
Office: Vari Hall, 2148
Phone: 416-736-2100 Ext: 22825
Email: carywu@yorku.ca
Primary website: Cary Wu
Secondary website: Google Scholar
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Accepting New Graduate Students
Degrees
PhD, 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
- York Research Leader Award - 2021-2022
- Canadian Sociological Association Early Investigator Award - 2022-2023
- Dean's Award for Distinction in Research - 2022-2023
Cary Wu. 2022. "Categorical inequality in trust." Reading Sociology (4th edition) Unsettling a Settler Colonial Project & Re/writing Sociological Narratives. Oxford University Press.
Terry Clark and Cary Wu. 2021. "Urbanization theorizing." Abrutyn, Seth and Omar Lizardo, eds. Handbook of Classical Sociological Theory. New York: Springer.
Wu, Cary, and Ichiro Kawachi. 2024. A triple trust penalty? The majority-minority gap in subjective wellbeing. Social Science & Medicine: 117371.
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.
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.
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.
Wu, Cary. 2022. Racial concentration and dynamics of COVID-19 vaccination in the United States. Social Science & Medicine-Population Health, 19, 101198.
Wu, Cary, Alex Bierman, and Scott Schieman. 2022. Socioeconomic stratification and trajectories of social trust during COVID-19. Social Science Research, 102750.
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.
Wu, Cary. 2021. How stable is generalized trust? Internal migration and the stability of trust among Canadians. Social Indicators Research, 153:129-147.
Sher, Chloe, and Cary Wu. 2021. Who Stays Physically Active during COVID-19? Inequality and Exercise Patterns in the United States. Socius 7: 2378023120987710.
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.
Wu, Cary. 2020. Does migration affect trust? Internal migration and the stability of trust among Americans. The Sociological Quarterly.
Wu, Cary, and Zhilei Shi. 2020. Education and social trust in transitional China. Chinese Sociological Review 52(2): 115-143.
Wu, Cary. 2020. How does gun violence affect Americans’ trust in each other? Social Science Research, 91, 1-15.
Wu, Cary. 2020. Social capital and COVID-19: a multidimensional and multilevel approach. Chinese Sociological Review: 1-28.
Wu, Cary, Rima Wilkes, Malcolm Fairbrother, and Giuseppe Giordano. 2020. Social capital, trust, and state coronavirus testing. Contexts.
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.
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.
Wilkes, Rima, and Cary Wu. "Immigration, Discrimination and Trust: A Simply Complex Relationship." Frontiers in Sociology 4 (2019): 32.
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.
Wilkes, Rima, and Cary Wu. "Ethnicity, democracy, trust: A majority-minority approach." Social Forces 97, no. 1 (2018): 465-494
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.
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.
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.
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.
Wu, Cary, and Rima Wilkes. "International students’ post-graduation migration plans and the search for home." Geoforum 80 (2017): 123-132.
Current Courses
Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fall 2024 | AP/SOCI3030 3.0 | A | Social Statistics I | LECT |
Fall/Winter 2024 | GS/SOCI6112 6.0 | A | Quantitative Analysis | SEMR |
Upcoming 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
PhD, 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
Awards
- York Research Leader Award - 2021-2022
- Canadian Sociological Association Early Investigator Award - 2022-2023
- Dean's Award for Distinction in Research - 2022-2023
All Publications
Cary Wu. 2022. "Categorical inequality in trust." Reading Sociology (4th edition) Unsettling a Settler Colonial Project & Re/writing Sociological Narratives. Oxford University Press.
Terry Clark and Cary Wu. 2021. "Urbanization theorizing." Abrutyn, Seth and Omar Lizardo, eds. Handbook of Classical Sociological Theory. New York: Springer.
Wu, Cary, and Ichiro Kawachi. 2024. A triple trust penalty? The majority-minority gap in subjective wellbeing. Social Science & Medicine: 117371.
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.
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.
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.
Wu, Cary. 2022. Racial concentration and dynamics of COVID-19 vaccination in the United States. Social Science & Medicine-Population Health, 19, 101198.
Wu, Cary, Alex Bierman, and Scott Schieman. 2022. Socioeconomic stratification and trajectories of social trust during COVID-19. Social Science Research, 102750.
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.
Wu, Cary. 2021. How stable is generalized trust? Internal migration and the stability of trust among Canadians. Social Indicators Research, 153:129-147.
Sher, Chloe, and Cary Wu. 2021. Who Stays Physically Active during COVID-19? Inequality and Exercise Patterns in the United States. Socius 7: 2378023120987710.
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.
Wu, Cary. 2020. Does migration affect trust? Internal migration and the stability of trust among Americans. The Sociological Quarterly.
Wu, Cary, and Zhilei Shi. 2020. Education and social trust in transitional China. Chinese Sociological Review 52(2): 115-143.
Wu, Cary. 2020. How does gun violence affect Americans’ trust in each other? Social Science Research, 91, 1-15.
Wu, Cary. 2020. Social capital and COVID-19: a multidimensional and multilevel approach. Chinese Sociological Review: 1-28.
Wu, Cary, Rima Wilkes, Malcolm Fairbrother, and Giuseppe Giordano. 2020. Social capital, trust, and state coronavirus testing. Contexts.
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.
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.
Wilkes, Rima, and Cary Wu. "Immigration, Discrimination and Trust: A Simply Complex Relationship." Frontiers in Sociology 4 (2019): 32.
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.
Wilkes, Rima, and Cary Wu. "Ethnicity, democracy, trust: A majority-minority approach." Social Forces 97, no. 1 (2018): 465-494
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.
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.
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.
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.
Wu, Cary, and Rima Wilkes. "International students’ post-graduation migration plans and the search for home." Geoforum 80 (2017): 123-132.
Current Courses
Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fall 2024 | AP/SOCI3030 3.0 | A | Social Statistics I | LECT |
Fall/Winter 2024 | GS/SOCI6112 6.0 | A | Quantitative Analysis | SEMR |
Upcoming 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 |