1982 - Bachelor's Degree: Shandong University, Department of English and American Language and Literature
1987 - Certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language: Brigham Young University
1988 - Master's Degree: Brigham Young University, Department of Linguistics
1992 - Ph.D.: Brigham Young University, Department of Sociology
1982-1986 - Beijing University of Chemical Technology - Assistant Professor
1987-1991 - Brigham Young University - Part-time Lecturer
1991 - Utah Valley State College - Part-time Lecturer
1991-1993 - Weber State University - Visiting Assistant Professor
1993-1997 - Georgia Southern University - Assistant Professor
1997-1999 - State University of New York at Buffalo - Assistant Professor
1999-2004 - State University of New York at Buffalo - Tenured Associate Professor
2004-present - State University of New York at Buffalo - Tenured Professor
2006-2016 - Central University of Finance and Economics - Dean of the School of Social Development
2006-present - Central University of Finance and Economics - Distinguished Professor
Research
Sociological Theory Social Psychology Social Medicine Mental Health
Familial and religious influences on suicidal ideation, Jie Zhang and Darwin L. Thomas, 1991
Modernization theory revisited: A cross-cultural study of adolescent conformity to significant others in Mainland China, Taiwan, and the USA, Jie Zhang and Darwin L. Thomas, 1994
Suicides in Beijing, China, 1992-1993, Jie Zhang, 1996
Patterns of physical preference among races: A preliminary study with college students, Jie Zhang, 1996
Determinants of suicide ideation: A comparison of Chinese and American college students, Jie Zhang and Shenghua Jin, 1996
Interpersonal relations and suicide ideation in China, Jie Zhang and Shenghua Jin, 1998
The effects of physical and psychological well-being on suicidal ideation, Shenghua Jin and Jie Zhang, 1998
Suicide in the world: Toward a population increase theory of suicide, Jie Zhang, 1998
Reading efficiency: A comparative study of English and Chinese orthographies, Xuehong Lü and Jie Zhang, 1999
Gender differences in athletic performance and their implications in gender ratios of suicide: A comparison between the USA and China, Jie Zhang, 2000
Understanding Chinese suicide with a comparison of national data, Jie Zhang, 2000
Collectivism or individualism: An analysis of Chinese interactive culture, Jie Zhang, 2000
Measuring gender orientation with the Bem Sex Role Inventory in Chinese culture, Jie Zhang, Jill M. Norvilitis, and Shenghua Jin, 2001
Measuring Chinese psychological well-being with Western developed instruments, Jie Zhang and Jill M. Norvilitis, 2002
An overview of suicide research in China, Jie Zhang, Shuhua Jia, William F. Wieczorek, and Chao Jiang, 2002
Studying suicide with psychological autopsy: Social and cultural feasibilities of the methodology in China, Jie Zhang, William F. Wieczorek, Chao Jiang, Li Zhou, Shuhua Jia, Yueji Sun, Shenghua Jin, and Yeates Conwell, 2002
Studying Chinese suicide with proxy-based data: Reliability and validity of the methodology and instruments in China, Jie Zhang, Yeates Conwell, William F. Wieczorek, Chao Jiang, Shuhua Jia, and Li Zhou, 2003
Cultural, Risk Factors and Suicide in Rural China: A Psychological Autopsy Case Control Study, Jie Zhang, Yeates Conwell, Li Zhou, and Chao Jiang, 2004
The Effect of Bereavement due to Suicide on Survivors’ Depression: A Study of Chinese Samples, Jie Zhang, Huiqi Tong, and Li Zhou, 2005
Characteristics of Chinese Suicide Attempters: An Emergency Room Study, Jie Zhang, Shuhua Jia, Chao Jiang, and Jie Sun, 2006
Psychometric Properties of the Scale for Suicide Ideation in China, Jie Zhang and Gregory K. Brown, 2007
Idiocentrism, Allocentrism, Psychological Well-Being and Suicidal Ideation: A Cross Cultural Study, Jie Zhang, Jill M. Norvilitis, and Travis Sky Ingersoll, 2007
Degree of Suicide Intent and the Lethality of Means Employed: A Study of Chinese Attempters, Jie Zhang and Huilan Xu, 2007
Validating a short version of the suicide intent scale in China, Jie Zhang and Cun Xian Jia, 2007
The effects of religion, superstition, and perceived gender inequality on the degree of suicide intent: A study of serious attempters in China, Jie Zhang and Huilan Xu, 2007
Psychological Tensions Found in Suicide Notes: A Test for the Strain Theory of Suicide, Jie Zhang and David Lester, 2008
Self-Reported Symptoms of ADHD Among College Students in China and the United States, Jill M. Norvilitis, Travis Ingersoll, Jie Zhang, and Shuhua Jia, 2008
Reliability and Validity of the Fear of Intimacy Scale in China, Travis S. Ingersoll, Jill M. Norvilitis, Jie Zhang, Shuhua Jia, and Sheldon Tetewsky, 2008
Psychological Strains Found from in-Depth Interviews with 105 Chinese Rural Youth Suicides, Jie Zhang, Nini Dong, Robert Delprino, and Li Zhou, 2009
A Case Control Study of Suicides in China with and Without Mental Disorder, Jie Zhang and Liang Zhou, 2009
Are Women in China Sexist Toward Other Women? A Study of Chinese College Students, Jie Zhang, Dwight Hennessy, Jing Luo, Yaping Song, Kailin Ren, Qian Zhang, Zhifang Han, and Ping Yao, 2009
The effect of perceived class mean on the evaluation of instruction, Jill M. Norvilitis and Jie Zhang, 2009
Characteristics of young rural Chinese suicides: a psychological autopsy study, Jie Zhang, William F. Wieczorek, Yeates Conwell, Xin Ming Tu, Bill Yow Wu Wu, Shuiyuan Xiao, and Cun Xian Jia, 2010
Prison Inmates’ Suicidal Ideation in China: A Study of Gender Differences and Their Impact, Jie Zhang, Bin Liang, Yong Zhou, and Wendy Brame, 2010
Economic growth and suicide rate changes: A case in China from 1982 to 2005, Jie Zhang, Jixiang Ma, Chongqi Jia, Jiandong Sun, Xiaolei Guo, A. Xu, and Weika Li, 2010
ADHD Symptomatology and Adjustment to College in China and the United States, Jill M. Norvilitis, Ling Sun, and Jie Zhang, 2010
Influencing factors for depression among Chinese suicide survivors, Ning Li and Jie Zhang, 2010
Marriage and Suicide among Chinese Rural Young Women, Jie Zhang, 2010
Attitudes toward Suicide: The Effect of Suicide Death in the Family, Jie Zhang and Cun Xian Jia, 2010
Access to Farming Pesticides and Risk for Suicide in Chinese Rural Young People, Yuanyuan Kong and Jie Zhang, 2010
Mental Disorders and Suicide among Young Rural Chinese: A Case-Control Psychological Autopsy Study, Jie Zhang, Shuiyuan Xiao, and Liang Zhou, 2010
Area of Focus
Social Cognition | Self-Concept | Group Identity | Mental Health | Social Adaptation | Consumption Behavior | Global Identity | Local Identity | Intervention Strategies | Chinese Society
