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Jacob Richard Thomas

Assistant Professor
Szociológia Tanszék
Qualifications, scientific degrees
Higher education qualifications
  • 2013 - 2020
    University of California-Los Angeles, Sociology (PhD/DLA képzés)
  • 2011 - 2012
    University of Chicago, Masters of Arts Program in Social Sciences (MSc/MA)
  • 1998 - 2002
    UC Berkeley, Interdisciplinary Studies Field Major (BSc/BA)
Career
Workplaces
  • 2021 - 2024
    The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Conduct and Publish Research and Teach, Research Assistant Professor
  • 2020 - 2021
    Princeton University, Conduct and Publish Research, Postdoctoral Research Associate
  • 2024 -
    Corvinus University of Budapest, Conduct and Publish Research and Teach, Assistant Professor
Language skills
Language
Speaking
Writing
Reading
Media appearance
English
Native
Native
Native
Yes
Spanish
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Chinese
Advanced
Basic
Intermediate
Portuguese
Basic
Intermediate
Intermediate
French
Basic
Basic
Intermediate
Russian
Basic
Basic
Basic
Language skills
  • Language: English
    Speaking: Native
    Writing: Native
    Reading: Native
    Media appearance: Yes
  • Language: Spanish
    Speaking: Advanced
    Writing: Advanced
    Reading: Advanced
    Media appearance:
  • Language: Chinese
    Speaking: Advanced
    Writing: Basic
    Reading: Intermediate
    Media appearance:
  • Language: Portuguese
    Speaking: Basic
    Writing: Intermediate
    Reading: Intermediate
    Media appearance:
  • Language: French
    Speaking: Basic
    Writing: Basic
    Reading: Intermediate
    Media appearance:
  • Language: Russian
    Speaking: Basic
    Writing: Basic
    Reading: Basic
    Media appearance:
Research, professional activity

Advanced Qualitative Research Methods, Introduction to Sociology, Law and Society, Global Change and Inequality

sociology

migration, inequality/stratification, law, political sociology, cultural sociology, economic sociology

migration, inequality/stratification, law, US-China relations, gender, ethnicity and race
Major research projects
  • 2021 - 2024, Why Do Only A Minority of Those Want To Emigrate Do So? Advancing and Confirming a Push-Retain-Pull-Repel Model For International Migration
    Form of participation: leader of the research team
    Moneylender: Research Grants Council
    Further info about research: You can learn more about Jacob Richard Thomas at his personal website: jacobrthomas.me you can find out his recent ongoing Hong Kong Emigration Project at hkemigrationproject.space (academic site) hkep-net (recruitment site)
Membership in scientific or professional bodies/organizations
Publications
  • Thomas, Jacob. Forthcoming. “Visual Art as a Channel and Embodiment of Symbolic Interaction Between Migrants and the Native-born.” Forthcoming in Symbolic Interaction.
  • Thomas, Jacob. Forthcoming. “The Gendered Ways Familial Ties Reduce International Migration and Mobility.” Forthcoming in International Migration Review.
  • Thomas, Jacob. 2023. “Bureaucratic and Organizational Amenability to Racial Diversification: How Points Systems Replaced White-Only Immigration Policies.” International Journal of Sociology 53(2): 103-131.
  • Thomas, Jacob. 2021. “From local control to remote control: an excavation of international mobility constraints.” Theory and Society 50(1): 33-64.
  • Thomas, Jacob. 2020. “When Political Freedom Does Not Offer Travel Freedom: The Varying Determinants of Visa‐Free Travel Opportunities.” International Migration 58(2): 80-97.
  • Thomas, Jacob, Lemeng Liang, Shigeto Sonoda, and Yu Xie. Forthcoming. “The Soft Power Cost of COVID-19: A Lose-Lose Outcome for China and the United States.” Forthcoming in International Political Science Review.
  • Thomas, Jacob. 2019. “Reflecting upon the Impact of the United States' 2016 Election and Travel Ban: Why Might Fewer Foreign Businesspeople, Tourists, Students, and Relatives Be Visiting the United States?” Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal 29: 619-636.
Contacts
Location at the university
  • Building: Building C, Corivnus University
    Room number: 526
    Extension:
    Main line:
    Fax:
    Internal fax:
jrt@uni-corvinus.hu
1093
jacobrthomas.me

13:30 to 14í:30
Other professional profiles
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-thomas-%E5%94%90%E9%BE%99%EF%BC%89-8a5ab314/
https://m2.mtmt.hu/gui2/?type=authors&mode=browse&sel=authors10097319
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=SNEpDAEAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&gmla=ALUCkoXTXIXw-CByOXYJDqYlOxw68vfC9XUEIYNMTSrwX5ZS_qsgxotUtP3JPCcAXFmYrA6u4LAUMEZ1czH0JFlB
https://jacobrthomas.me
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