Curriculum Vitae

Senior Researcher

Polarization & Extremism Research & Innovation Lab (PERIL), American University

Post-Doctoral Research Associate

Department of Sociology, Purdue University

Research Associate

The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA), Penn State University

Ph.D., Sociology

Baylor University

Dissertation: State vs. Society: Divergent Images of Christian America

🏆 Outstanding Dissertation Award (Social Sciences), Baylor Graduate School

M.A., Sociology

Baylor University

M.A., Political Science

Boston College

M.A., Politics

Claremont Graduate University

LL.B.

China University of Political Science and Law

Paul Froese, Isaiah King and Ruiqian Li. "The Magic of Secularization." Social Forces.

Ruiqian Li and Paul Froese. "For the Power or the Glory? The Religiosity of America's Religious Nationalists." Socius. Link

Paul Froese, Ruiqian Li, and F. Carson Mencken. "The Sacred Gun: The Religious and Magical Elements of America's Gun Culture." Politics and Religion. DOI

Ruiqian Li and Paul Froese. "The Duality of American Christian Nationalism: Religious Traditionalism versus Christian Statism." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 62(4): 770–801. Open Access

🏆 Honorable Mention, ASA Religion Section Distinguished Article Award 2025

Ruiqian Li. "Revisiting Localization of Islam: From the Case of Islamic Centers in the United States." Beijing Cultural Review (in Chinese).

Ruiqian Li. "American Islam in the Shadow of the Muslim Ban." Beijing Cultural Review (in Chinese).

Ruiqian Li. "Religion in the Age of Artificial Intelligence." In The Nightmare of Mr. Science. The People's Oriental Press (in Chinese).

Zining Yang and Ruiqian Li. "Exploring Political Factors in Clean Energy Transition Using Machine Learning Technique." Advances in Human Factors and Systems Interaction. Springer.

Zining Yang and Ruiqian Li. "Quantitative Approach of Policy Drivers in Clean Energy Transition: Unveiling the Interconnected Pathway." Advances in Human Factors and Systems Interaction. Springer.

Zining Yang and Ruiqian Li. "Feature Selection Modeling on Predicting EV Charging Station Coverage Rate in Southern California." Advances in Human Factors and Systems Interaction. Springer.

Honorable Mention, Distinguished Article Award

American Sociological Association, Section on Sociology of Religion

Outstanding Dissertation Award (Social Sciences)

Graduate School, Baylor University

First Place, ICPSR Research Paper Competition (Master's Category)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Graduate School Scholarship (Enhanced)

Baylor University

Chair, Membership Committee

ASA Section on Sociology of Religion

Ad Hoc Reviewer

American Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology, Social Forces, Sociology of Religion,Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Socius, Politics and Religion, Sociological Forum, The Sociological Quarterly, Review of Religious Research, Religions

Survey Design Consultant

Researcher @ Baylor Religion Survey 2025

R, Stata, Mplus, SPSS, SAS, Qualtrics, LaTeX, Microsoft Office

English (Fluent), Mandarin Chinese (Native)