Ma, Josef Kuo-Hsun

Josef Ma is Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology, National Taipei University, Taiwan. Much of his scholarship centers on how macro-structural forces like human capital investment and income inequality influence the role of digital technology and the life chances of adolescents. Using a life-course perspective, he is also interested in examining a wide range of youth outcomes in the transition to adulthood, such as online behaviors, fertility intentions, and sexual relationships. Ma’s research on related topics has appeared in Social Indicators Research, International Journal of Comparative Sociology, and International Sociology.  Simon Cheng is Professor of Sociology at the University of Connecticut, USA, where he has been teaching since 2004. His teaching and research interests are: the sociology of education, family, race/ethnicity, sexuality, and quantitative methods. Cheng’s publications in these areas include articles in American Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review, Social Forces, Social Science Research, Sociological Methods & Research, and other journals.