---Ph.D. in Anthropology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2003, Dissertation: “Schooling in the Yao Mountains: An Ethnographic Study of Education among Tu Yao,Guangxi,China

---M.A. in Ethnography,Institute of Ethnology,N.W.Universityfor Nationalities, 1996.

---Supplementary education in English, Educational Institute of Urmuqi Railway Bureau, 1988.

---09/2011—today: Professor, Department of Sociology, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.

---11/2010—08/2011: Fulbright Visiting Research Scholar at Asian/Pacific Studies Institute, Duke University, USA.(See:http://www.cies.org/grantee/tongkai-yuan)

---10/2008—10/2010: Professor, Department of Sociology, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.

---09/2007—09/2008: Assistant to the Director of Department of Civil Affairs in Gansu Province.

---10/2006—08/2007: Associate professor, Department of Sociology, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.

---12/2005—09/2006: Visiting Researcher at the Institute for Cultural Research, Ministry of Information & Culture, Laos PDR.

---02/2003—11/2005: Associate professor, Department of Sociology, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.

---1996-1999: Lecturer, Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Guangxi University for Nationalities, Nanning, Guangxi, China.

Fieldwork Experience

---2011.3-7: Durham, NC, U.S.A., investigating the problem of  community education.

---2007.8-2008.9: Lanzhou, Gansu, China, investigating the problem of rural subsistence allowances.

---2006.3-9: Loungnamtha, Lao PDR, doing field work among Lanten people in the north of Lao.

---2005.7-9: Hunchen, Jilin Province, China, conducting field work among the Korean people. 

---2004.6-8: Guangxi, China, investigating the rural schooling among ethnic minoroities.

---2001.6-2002.2: Hezhou, Guangxi, China, doing field work among Tu Yao people about their schooling. 

---1999.7-8: Loungnamtha, Lao PDR, investigating Yao and Mhong in north part of Lao. 

---1998.3-9: Luochen, Guangxi, China, conducting field work among Mu Lao people, about their traditional life style. 

---1995.6-10: Yily, Xinjiang Urgur Autonomous Region, doing field word among Kazak herdsmen.

Ethnic Groups and Ethnic Relations; Muslim Foodways; Popular Religions in China; Schooling among Minorities in China; Ethnographic Field Techniques

For Undergraduates

1.Cultural Anthropology

2.Anthropological Research Methods

3.Educational Anthropology

For Graduates

1.Anthropoogical Theories

2.Educational Anthropology

3.Special Lectures for Theories and Methods of Sociology(for Ph.d students) 

4.Special Lectures for Theories and Methods of Anthropology(for Ph.d students)

Monograph：

 ---A Brief Introduction to Cultural Anthropology. Tianjin: Nankai University Press,2017.

 ---Protection and Development of the Traditional Cultures in the Process of Urbanization: The Chinese Experiences. Tianjin: Nankai University 

     Press,2017.

---The Lanten and Their Schooling: An Ethnographic Account of An Ethnic Group in North Laos. Beijing: China Social Sciences Press, 

    2014. 

--- A Brief Introduction to Educational Anthropology. Tianjin: Nankai University Press, 2013.

--- Environmentalism and Cultural Theory: Exploring the Role of Anthropology in Environmental Discourse (Translated from English into 

     Chinese), pp.1-47; 133-369. Beijing: The Ethnic Publishing House,2007. 

--- Anthropological Locations: Boundaries and Grounds of A Field  Science(Translated from English into Chinese), pp.1-65. Beijing: 

     Huaxia Press,2005.  

--- Blackboards In The Bamboo-Fences: An Ethnographic Study of Schooling   Among The Tu Yao. Tianjin: Tianjin People’s Publishing 

     House,2004. 

 Theses

 --- “Duality Representation: The Intimacy of Nuosu Youth Female-expression of Family Affection, Friendship and Love”, Hebei Academic 

     Journal,   2023(2):180-185.

 --- “Development in Geo-herbalism and Livelihood in Localization—An Anthropological Study of Fuzi Industry in Liangshan 

      Area”,Northwestern Journal of  Ethnology,2023(2): 114-126.

 ---“A brief Analysis of Schooling and the Construction of National Identity Consciousness in Ethnic Minority Areas”, Journal of Nankai  

      University,2023(1):159-165.

 --- “Marxist Aesthetic Anthropology——The Origin, connotation and trend”，Journal of Northwest Min University,2023(1):159-165.

 ---  “Multi-Medical Actors’ Network---Taking Butuo County, Liangshan Yi Perfecture in Sichuan as An Example”,Journal of Minzu University 

      of China,2023(1):90-100.

 ---  “Cultural Choice: An Analysis of the Motivation of the Development of Traditiona...

---The local practice of national identity education(2021.1--2022.12): 200,000RMB

--- Research on Ethnic Identity and National Identity in School Education in Ethnic Areas from the Perspective of Multi-integration 

     (19AMZ012):350,000RMB

---Research on the vocational education and employment of minority floating population in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region (2019-GMB-  

    031):30,000RMB

---Research on Chinese National Culture and National Identity (2018YB114):90,000RMB

---Anthropological Research on Public Welfare and Charity Education:300,000RMB

---Research on the Integration Strategy of Basic Education and Online Education for Ethnic Minorities in Ministries and Regions 

    (2016YB114): 20,000RMB

---Research on Education Development and Social Harmony and Stability in Western Minority Regions (13BMZ064):180,000RMB

---A Study on the Cultural Adaptation of Minority Students in School Education (RDND13041):30,000RMB

---Study on the occupational status of employees in Binhai New Area: 20,000RMB

---Cultural development and cultural protection in the context of urbanization:40,000RMB

---Ethnic Minority Education in the United States---A Chinese Perspective:290,000US$

---Lanten people and their school education: an ethnographic study of a mountainous ethnic group in northern Laos:40,000

     RMB

---Research on Education Equity and Ethnic Minority Education Development (08JA840018):50,000RMB

---The 19th ""mentor"" award of Nankai University, 2021

---The second prize of the sixth ""Dedication"" award in Teaching, 2014