Kenneth J. Guest

Ken Guest is Professor of Anthropology at Baruch College, CUNY and author of Cultural Anthropology: A Toolkit for a Global Age; Essentials of Cultural Anthropology: A Toolkit for a Global Age; Cultural Anthropology Fieldwork Journal; Cultural Anthropology: A Reader for a Global Age; and God in Chinatown: Religion and Survival in New York's Evolving Religious Community, along with many other articles and chapters in scholarly and popular publications. His research focuses on immigration, religion, globalization, ethnicity, entrepreneurship, China and New York's Chinatown and has been featured in The New York Times, National Public Radio, the BBC and other media venues. Professor Guest's research in China and the United States traces the immigrant journeys of recent Chinese immigrants from Fuzhou, southeast China, who, drawn by jobs in restaurant, construction and garment trades and facilitated by a vast human smuggling network, have revitalized New York's Chinatown. His writing explores the role of Fuzhounese religious communities in China and the United States; the religious revival sweeping China's coastal regions; the Fuzhounese role in the rapidly expanding U.S. network of all you can eat buffets and take-out restaurants; and the higher education experiences of the Fuzhounese second generation. A native of Florida, Professor Guest studied Chinese at Beijing University and Middlebury College. He received his B.A. from Columbia University (East Asian Languages and Cultures), an M.A. from Union Theological Seminary (Religious Studies) and the M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. from the City University of New York Graduate Center (Anthropology) To learn more, visit his faculty homepage: http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/wsas/academics/anthropology/kguest.htm Follow him on Twitter @kenguestanthro