معرفی
Christopher Han-Fai Seto is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Purdue University, having joined the Department of Sociology in 2023. His research sits at the intersection of criminology, public health, and the sociology of religion, with a strong computational and spatial-methods orientation.
Education:
- Ph.D. in Criminology, Pennsylvania State University
Research Interests:
Dr. Seto’s substantive work revolves around hate crime, violence, health, and religion/morality, approached through ecological lenses. He leverages spatial data, large-scale network analysis, and big social & digital data to understand how community contexts shape deviance and well-being.
Publication Profile:
Between 2020 and 2025 he has published extensively in leading journals—including Justice Quarterly, Health & Place, Social Science & Medicine, British Journal of Criminology, Sociology of Religion, and Journal of Adolescent Health. The body of work reveals a consistent focus on anti-Asian hate incidents, Christian nationalism and gun policy, religious ecology of crime, and COVID-19 spillover effects.
Contact & Web Presence:
Office: BRNG 1156, Purdue University
Email: setoc@purdue.edu
Personal website: chseto.com
