Faculty of Arts Asia Institute

Curriculum Vitae

Dr Gao Jia

Chinese Studies



Professional Address

Asia Institute
University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010, Australia

Tel: +61 3 8344 8894
Fax: +61 3 9349 4870
E-mail: jia@unimelb.edu.au

Degrees, Qualifications

2001 Ph.D.
The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
1982 B.A.(Honours)
The People's University of China, Beijing, China

Career, Principal Offices, Principal Positions Held

2002- Lecturer, Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne
1998-2001 Senior tutor, Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne
1997-1998 Senior tutor, Department of Japanese and Chinese, The University of Melbourne
1993-1996 Tutor (sessional), Department of Japanese and Chinese, The University of Melbourne
1986-1989 Executive member, Council of Beijing Association of Social Psychology, Beijing, China
1985-1989 Lecturer, Department of Sociology, The People's University of China, Beijing, China
Director, Comprehensive Research Section, Institute of Sociology, The People's University of China, Beijing, China
1984-1985 Research and teaching assistant, Institute of Sociology, The People's University of China, Beijing, China

Research Interests


Major Grants, Honours, Awards, Prizes


Principal Publications

Sole-authored book

  1. Advertising Psychology, Beijing Institute of Economic Research, Beijing, 1986 (reprinted in 1988), 212 pp..

Co-authored books

  1. (With Sun Guanhua, Kong Lingzhi, Huang Yufu) Introduction to Social Psychology - Vol. 1, Chinese Correspondence University of Sociology, Beijing, 1986 (reprinted in 1988), 194 pp..
  2. (With Sun Guanhua, Kong Lingzhi, Huang Yufu) Introduction to Social Psychology - Vol. 2, Chinese Correspondence University of Sociology, Beijing, 1986 (reprinted in 1988), 306 pp..
  3. (With Li Zhongshang, Pei Yuanxiu, Chen Zhiliang and Li Qiang) Introduction to the New Subjects, Chinese Politics and Law University Press, Beijing, 1988, 281 pp..
  4. (With Jiao Peimin) Advertising Psychology, People's University of China Press, Beijing, 1990 (reprinted in 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997), 218 pp..

Sole-authored chapter in books

  1. "Socialisation" in Introduction to Sociology, Zheng Hangsheng, Li Qiang and Yuan Yuli (eds.). Foreign Culture Publishing House Press, Beijing, 1988, pp. 43-62.
  2. "Social Problems and Social Control" in Introduction to Sociology, Zheng Hangsheng, Li Qiang and Yuan Yuli (eds.), Foreign Culture Publishing House Press, Beijing, 1988, pp. 239-259.
  3. "Socialisation" in Sociology, Zheng Hangsheng, Li Qiang and Li Kelei (eds.), Academic Journal Press, Beijing, 1989 (reprinted in 1994), pp. 44-65.
  4. "Social Problems and Social Control" in Sociology, Zheng Hangsheng, Li Qiang and Lin (eds.), Academic Journal Press, Beijing, 1989 (reprinted in 1994), pp. 257-278.
  5. "On Social Conflict Theory" in The History of Foreign Sociology, Jia Chunzeng (ed.), People's University of China Press, Beijing, 1990 (reprinted in 1992, 1994, 1996), pp. 224-261.
  6. "Social Conflict Theory" in The History of Foreign Sociology - Revised Edition, Jia Chunzeng (ed.), People's University of China Press, Beijing, 2000, pp. 247-284.

Sole-authored papers

  1. "Clues of understanding American social psychology". Journal of New Developments in Social Sciences, No. 3, 1983, Heilongjiang Academy of Social Sciences Press, Harbin, pp. 39-42.
  2. "Social Psychology in China". Social Sciences Forum, McGill University, Vol. 1, No.2, 1983, pp. 11-12.
  3. "The Social psychological thought of G. V. Plekhanov". Sichuan University Journal, No. 3, 1985, pp. 21-26.
  4. "Sociological explanations of the material civilisation and the spiritual civilisation", Sociology and Sciences Survey, No. 4, 1986, pp. 10-13.
  5. "On the policies of social psychological control during the reform". Beijing Association of Social Sciences Bulletin, No. 3, 1986, pp. 27-30.
  6. "Structure of social psychological systems and policies during the reform", Sociology Studies, No. 4, 1986, pp. 52-57.
  7. "Atherosclerosis of the two biggest arteries in our country - the ecological environment crises faced by the Yangtse and Yellow Valleys". Knowledge & Life, No. 2, Ji'nan, 1987, pp. 6-9.
  8. "Contemporary Chinese social problems and the reform". New Edition of Introduction to Sociology, Zheng Hangsheng, Jia Chunzeng, and Sha Lianxiang (eds.), People's University of China Press, Beijing, 1987 (reprinted in 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991), pp. 359-407.
  9. "Socialisation of human being". New Edition of Introduction to Sociology, Zheng Hangsheng, and Sha Lianxiang (eds.), People's University of China Press, 1987 (reprinted in 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991), pp. 99-125.
  10. "The patterns and processes of family wealth accumulation among mainland Chinese migrants in Australia". Population and Economics, No. 2, 1999, pp. 47-51.
  11. "Virtual reality Chinese - an application of project-based multimedia teaching in overseas Chinese language education", A full paper included on Proceedings CD-ROM of the International Conference on Technology in Language Education, Language Centre, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2002, pp. 177-185.
  12. "The role of primary social groups in migration decision-making: a case study of Chinese students", Asian and Pacific migration Journal, 11(3), 2002, pp. 375-398.

Co-authored articles

  1. (With Du Daning) "Social medicine and its methodology". The selections of new disciplines, People's University of China Press, Beijing, 1984, pp. 21-30.
  2. (With Zheng Hangsheng) "Sociology - development and planning during the 7th Five-Years Plan period", Present conditions and development of philosophy and social sciences, The National Education Committee of China (ed.), Beijing University Press, Beijing, 1985, pp. 441-446.
  3. (With Kellehear, A., Heaven, P.)"Community attitudes toward near-death experiences: A Chinese Study". Journal of Near-Death Studies, 8(3), Human Sciences Press, USA, 1987, pp. 163-173.

Encyclopedia, dictionary, reference book entries

  1. (With Lin Chuanding, Chen Shuyong, Zhang Houcan et. al.) Dictionary of psychology, Jiangxi People's Press, Nanchang, 1986, 565 pp..
  2. (With Zheng Ganggang, Zhang Qin, Wang Xiaojin et. al.) Dictionary of public relations, Country Readings Press, Beijing, 1988, 486 pp..
  3. "Social Problems", in Chinese Encyclopaedia-Sociology, Chinese Encyclopaedia Press, Beijing, 1991 (reprinted in 1993, 1995), pp. 327-329.
  4. "Chinese Students in Australia", in The Australian People, edited by J. Jupp, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, 2001, pp. 222-225.

Translations

  1. Social Psychology, transl. Gao Jia, Gao Di, Chen Kewen and Huang Xiaojing (from J. Freedman and others: Social Psychology, Prentice-Hall, 1978), Heilongjiang People's Press, Harbin, 1984 (reprinted in 1997), 632 pp..
  2. Culture and Individual, transl. Gao Jia, He Hong and He Weiling (selected and translated from The Study of Society: An Integrated Anthropology, Rose, P. I. (ed.), Random House, 1967; and Mead, M.: Culture and Commitment, Columbia University Press, 1978). Zhejiang People's Press,, Hangzhou, 1986 (reprinted in 1989, 1991, 1994), 201 pp..
  3. The Psychology of Women, transl. Gao Jia and Gao Di (from The Psychology of Women - Future Directions to Research, Sherman, J. and Demark. F. L. (eds.) A Wes-Den Property, N. Y., 1978). Chinese Women Press, Beijing, 1987 (reprinted in 1990), 372 pp..
  4. Social Psychology in the 80s, transl. Jiao Peimin, Gao Jia and Wu Ke (from Deaux, K. and Wrightsman, L. S.: Social Psychology in the 80s, Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, 1984). Sanlian Books, Beijing, 1988 (reprinted in 1990), 412 pp..
  5. Order, Plurality and Conflict, transl. Jia Chunzeng, Li Qiang and Gao Jia, proof-read by Gao Jia (from Perdue, W. D.: Sociological Theory. Mayfield Publishing Company, 1986), Hebei People's Press, Shijiazhuang, 1992 (reprinted in 1995), 483 pp..

Important publications edited and examined

  1. Revised edition of Dingxian (Ting Hsien) - A Social Survey by Franklin C. H. Lee, People's University of China Press, Beijing, 1987, 841pp..
  2. Military Psychology by Liu Hongsong, People's Liberation Army Press, Beijing, 1987, 390 pp.
  3. Social Control, transl. Qin Zhiyong, Mao Yongzheng (from Ross, E. A.: Social Control, The Macmillan Company, 1920). Huaxia Publishing House, Beijing, 1989 (reprinted in 1991, 1994), 335 pp..
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