Name
CHAI, Sun-Ki
Position and Affiliated Institution
Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Hawaii
Degree
Ph.D.
Education and Academic Employment
BS. Mathematical Sciences, Stanford University, 1983
M.S. Computer Science, Stanford University, 1984
Ph.D. Political Science, Stanford Unviersity, 1994
University of Arizona, 1994-2001
University of Hawaii, 2001-present
Research Topic
Content Analysis of Song Lyrics
Social Media Analysis
Culture and Identity
Fields of Research Interests
Social Simulation
Social Media Analysis
Social (Computer-Mediated) Experiments
Culture and Identity
Academic Publications
- Sun-Ki Chai, Choosing an Identity: A General Model of Preference and Belief Formation (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2001).
- Sun-Ki Chai, Advances in Social Computing (Sun-Ki Chai, John Salerno, and Patricia Mabry, eds.). (New York: Springer, 2010).
- Sun-Ki Chai and Brendon Swedlow (eds.), Culture and Social Theory, (New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 1998).
- Sun-Ki Chai, Dolgorsuren Dorj, and Katerina Sherstyuk, “Cultural Values and Behavior in Dictator, Ultimatum and Trust Games: An Experimental Study”, Research in Experimental Economics, Fall 2018.
- Sun-Ki Chai, Dolgorsuren Dorj, Kyle Hampton, and Ming Liu, “The Role of Culture in Public Goods and Other Experiments”, PS: Political Science & Politics 44:4 (American Political Science Association, 2011), 740-744.
Affiliated Academic Organizations
American Sociological Association
American Political Science Association
American Economic Association
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Association for Computing Machinery
American Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
Awards
- University of Hawaii Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2005
- Coherence-Based Modeling of Cultural Change and Political Violence (CCPV). Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Broad Agency Announcement 2005-1, Contract FA9550-07-1-0253. Principal Investigator, February 1, 2007-November 30, 2010. $1,611,416.
- Online Social Behaviors and Prediction of their Implications for the Physical World. Office of Naval Research Broad Agency Announcement 09-001 (Human Social Culture Behavior Modeling Program). Contract N00014-09-1-0805. Principal Investigator, June 1, 2009-September 30, 2011. $353,754.
- Developing Cultural Analysis and Sociological Network Theory for Understanding Virtual Communities and Their Intrinsic Relationships on the Web. Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Broad Agency Announcement 2008-3 (Discovery Challenge Thrusts). Contract FA9550-09-1-0261. Principal Investigator, April 15, 2009-December 31, 2011. $507,168
Other Interests
Ethnic Cooking and Culture
Emergent Popular Culture
