Z. George Hong
Dr. Z. George Hong is a Professor of History in the Graduate School of Education. He earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in History from the University of Maryland, College Park. Dr. Hong has authored a dozen research books and more than 100 peer-reviewed articles in the areas of history of education, multicultural studies, digital and spatial studies, economic history, and educational leadership. As a Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-PI, he has secured over $12 million in external funding to support his interdisciplinary research projects.
Dr. Hong has developed and taught a wide range of courses, including Philosophical and Historical Foundations of Religious Education, Pedagogical and Multicultural Evolution of Religious Education, Grant Writing and Management, Digital and Spatial Methodology, Research Methodology and Literature Review, History of Christian Spirituality, and History of Economic Thought.
Currently, Dr. Hong serves as Chief Research Officer and Associate Provost for Research at Fordham University. Previously, he served as Chief Research Officer and Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Professional Development at Purdue University Northwest and as Associate Vice President for Sponsored Research and Faculty Development at West Chester University of Pennsylvania.
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M.A. in History, University of Maryland, College Park
Ph.D. in History, University of Maryland, College Park
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Dr. Hong’s research interests include the history of education, multicultural studies, digital and spatial studies, economic history, and educational leadership.
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Selected Books
Hong and Cunfa Dong, Mei Lanfang’s American Journey: Reimaging Transpacific Cultural Exchanges (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2025). Book Information.
Exploring China's Religious Sites: Digital and Spatial Insights (New York: Routledge) (2024). Book Information.
Introduction to Propriety Economics (Hong Kong: City University of Hong Kong Press, 2024). Book Information.
The Price of China's Economic Development: Power, Capital, and the Poverty of Rights (Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 2015). Book Information.
Selected Research Articles and Book Chapters
“The Theory of Moral Sentiments and Whole Person Education,” in Whole Person Education in East Asian Universities—Perspectives from Philosophy and Beyond, edited by Benedict Chan and Victor Chan (New York: Routledge, 2022), pp. 127-142. Paper Sample
Hong and Yi Sun, “Power, Capital, and the Poverty of Farmers’ Land Rights in China,” Land Use Policy 92 (2020): 1-8. Impact Factor: 7.1. Paper
“Shared Governance in Higher Education under the Influence of Commercialization and Corporatization: An American Case Study,” International Journal of Education and Social Science Research, 1 (1) (2018): 71-90. Impact Factor: 5.561. Paper Sample
Hong and J. Jin, “The Digital and Spatial Study of Catholic Market,” in Urbanization and Party Survival in China: People vs. Power, edited by X. Li and X. Tian (New York: Lexington Books, 2017), pp. 119-131. Chapter Sample.
Hong and J. Jin, “Spatial Study of Mosques,” Review of Religion and Chinese Society, 3 (2016): 223-260. Paper Sample.
Hong and J. Yan, "Mapping Accessibility and Shortage of the Protestant Church: Applying Two Spatial Research Methods," Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Management Studies,2 (1) (2015):1-16. Paper Sample.
Hong, L. Cao and J. Yan, “The Protestant Church Shortage and Religious Market: Spatial and Statistical Perspectives,” in Xiaobing Li and Patrick Shan, eds., Ethnic China—Identity, Assimilation, and Resistance. (New York: Lexington Books, 2014), pp. 139-150. Chapter Sample.
"The Protestant House Church and its Poverty of Rights,” Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion, 2 (Summer 2011), pp. 160-171. (It was ranked #109 among 584 academic journals in the field of religious studies with 81st percentile). Paper Sample
“The Poverty of Social Rights and Dilemmas of Urban Poverty,” Journal of Contemporary China, 14 (45) (November 2005): 721-39. Impact Factor: 2.6. Paper Sample
Contact Information
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