Chenyang Xiao is one of the newest members of sociology department, joining the department in fall 2008 as an assistant professor.  Prior to this appointment, he was an assistant professor of sociology at Albright College, PA.  He will be teaching research methodology courses to both undergraduate and graduate students in this fall.  His main research interests focus on environmental sociology, more specifically, environmental concerns of general public.  He is currently conducting researches comparing levels and structure of public environmental concern between USA and China.  Besides this main research interest, he is also interested in quantitative research methodology and social statistics.