{"id":14423,"date":"2022-07-22T06:00:36","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T06:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/?page_id=14423"},"modified":"2025-12-01T16:05:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T16:05:34","slug":"humans-of-cfpr","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/humans-of-cfpr\/","title":{"rendered":"Humans of CFPR"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h1><strong>Humans of CFPR<\/strong><\/h1>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/humans-of-cfpr\/hoc10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"lnx01\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/bb-plugin\/cache\/lnx01-scaled-portrait-ed087ecabb5ec6d29d5e44834fdcd960-.jpg\" alt=\"lnx01\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" \/> <\/a><\/p>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/humans-of-cfpr\/hoc10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Believe in Your Efforts &#8211; They Will Bloom<\/a><\/h4>\r\n<p>Dr. Li Nanxun, Former CFPR Research Scholar<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/humans-of-cfpr\/hoc10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Read Story <\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/humans-of-cfpr\/hoc8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Picture1\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Picture1-768x1024-portrait-92cb73e731c157f6a3c561a9c5281a75-.jpg\" alt=\"Picture1\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/> <\/a><\/p>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/humans-of-cfpr\/hoc8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;From Xi&#8217;an to Academia: A Journey of Curiosity&#8221;<\/a><\/h4>\r\n<p>A\/P Gao Jie, CFPR Steering Committee Member<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/humans-of-cfpr\/hoc8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Read Story <\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/humans-of-cfpr\/hoc9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Photo 1\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Photo-1-portrait-97c4ae6627780e182161ec9c5d2bc9ca-.jpg\" alt=\"Photo 1\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" \/> <\/a><\/p>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/humans-of-cfpr\/hoc9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Learning\u00a0to Be an Academic Through Unexpected Turns.&#8221;<\/a><\/h4>\r\n<p>Dr Dahye Kim, Former Postdoctoral Fellow<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/humans-of-cfpr\/hoc9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Read Story <\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/humans-of-cfpr\/hoc7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_1431\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/bb-plugin\/cache\/IMG_1431-portrait-0ff4f1fa92f627b44ccc3f977b0a8a06-.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1431\" width=\"1290\" height=\"1723\" \/> <\/a><\/p>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/humans-of-cfpr\/hoc7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;I fell in love with how sociology offered a lens to understand the world comprehensively&#8221;<\/a><\/h4>\r\n<p>Hong Ning, CFPR NSWS Research Assistant<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/humans-of-cfpr\/hoc7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Read Story <\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/humans-of-cfpr\/hoc6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"James Raymo\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/bb-plugin\/cache\/James-Raymo-scaled-portrait-9e1d3b3dbd39536dc96af9b255849813-.jpg\" alt=\"James Raymo\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" \/> <\/a><\/p>\r\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/humans-of-cfpr\/hoc6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">An Inadvertent Scholar: Professor James Raymo&#8217;s Journey from Osaka to Demography<\/a><\/h4>\r\n<p>Professor James Raymo, Sociology, Henry Wendt III &#8217;55 Professor of East Asian Studies, Princeton University<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/humans-of-cfpr\/hoc6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Read Story <\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"rabia\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/bb-plugin\/cache\/rabia-landscape-8396ffa0d5b89fa363a0996f660e2b45-.jpeg\" alt=\"rabia\" width=\"1200\" height=\"809\" \/><\/p>\r\n<h4>&#8220;A pivotal momentthat shaped my perspective was the premature birth of my daughter. Her early arrival not only showcased her resilience but also unveiled the depth of my own.&#8221;<\/h4>\r\n<p>Ms Syed Rabia, Senior Executive of CFPR<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/humans-of-cfpr\/hoc5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Read Story <\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"2022FamilyHolidays\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/bb-plugin\/cache\/2022FamilyHolidays-landscape-17e785ddfa30b05320193a0772715c03-.jpeg\" alt=\"2022FamilyHolidays\" width=\"1170\" height=\"1020\" \/><\/p>\r\n<h4>&#8220;The world is so vast, and when you travel, you would realize that there isn&#8217;t just one type of system or a singular way of thinking, anything is possible&#8221;<\/h4>\r\n<p>Associate Professor Thang Leng Leng, Head of Department of Japanese Studies, Co-Director of Next Age Institute, Former Deputy Director of CFPR and current CFPR Research Associate<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/humans-of-cfpr\/hoc4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Read Story <\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"grandparents\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/bb-plugin\/cache\/grandparents-landscape-32c73b35bbf4b701435362d72a5f520b-.jpg\" alt=\"grandparents\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" \/><\/p>\r\n<h4>&#8220;I was mainly raised by my grandparents and have always felt that people looked at me differently whenever I mentioned that I was a single-parent child:<\/h4>\r\n<p>Dr Ko Pei-Chun, Lecturer in Sociology, Monash University, CFPR Alumni<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/humans-of-cfpr\/hoc3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Read Story <\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Hu Shu pic\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Hu-Shu-pic-landscape-55e288c4513aabe5e9932c41b6e18597-.jpg\" alt=\"Hu Shu pic\" width=\"1379\" height=\"1030\" \/><\/p>\r\n<h4>&#8220;Another generation later, I would become the first in my generation on both sides of my very large extended family to go to university and graduate school&#8221;<\/h4>\r\n<p>Dr Hu Shu, Head of Sociology Programme, Singapore University of Social Sciences, CFPR Alumni<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/humans-of-cfpr\/hoc2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Read Story <\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Tan ES\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Tan-ES-835x1024-square-8e3cd1c419d97d8b53b64d2f55c5b11d-.jpg\" alt=\"Tan ES\" width=\"835\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\r\n<h4>&#8220;While my work has been be enjoyable and rewarding, I did face challenges in balancing it with family life and community involvement&#8221;<\/h4>\r\n<p>Associate Professor Tan Ern Ser, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, CFPR Steering Committee Member<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/cfpr\/about-us\/hoc1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Read Story <\/a><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Humans of CFPR Believe in Your Efforts &#8211; 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