REN Chunhui received his PhD in Urban Planning from Ohio State University. Before joining the Department in August 2023, he had taught/worked at multiple universities including University of Texas at Austin, Delta State University, and University of Cincinnati. Currently, he is also a Faculty Associate in the Center for Social Development at Washington University in St. Louis. His research features the use of quantitative methods to explore such issues as labor-market discrimination, housing, international migration, and consumer behavior in the contexts of Hong Kong, Mainland China, and the United States.

• Labor-market Dynamics
• Homeownership
• Social Policy
• Behavioral Economics
• International & Domestic Migration
• Quantitative Methodology

B.S. (Urban Science, Beijing Union), M.S. (Geography, Beijing Normal), M.S. (Statistics, OSU), Ph.D. (Urban Planning, OSU)  

Journal Articles 

Ren. Chunhui. (2022) Vulnerability of low-income homeownership in the United States: An analysis based on household liquidity. Journal of Urban Affairs

Ren. Chunhui. (2022) Cohort, signaling, and early-career dynamics: The hidden significance of class in black-white earnings inequality. Social Science Research

Ren. Chunhui. (2021) A dynamic framework for earnings inequality between black and white men. Social Forces

Ren. Chunhui. (2020) A framework for explaining black-white inequality in homeownership sustainability. Demography

Ren. Chunhui. (2019) Fluctuating courses and constant challenges: The two trajectories of black- white earnings inequality 1968-2015. Social Science Research

Ren. Chunhui. (2019) After poverty reduction: Trajectories of U.S. urban neighborhoods that escaped high poverty during the 1990s. Urban Research & Practice

Academic Year:  2023 - 2024

Co Supervisor:   Mr. YUDA Tauchid Komara (PhD student)