Dr. Ziwei Qi
Assistant Professor
Fort Hays State University
Rarick Hall 131 E
785-628-4767
z_qi5@fhsu.edu
Degrees:
Ph.D., Criminal Justice, University of North Dakota 2018
M.S., Criminal Justice, Saint Cloud State University 2011
B.A., Law (Applied Law), Nankai University 2009
Courses Taught:
- Introduction to Criminal Justice
- Criminology
- Community and Crime
- Community Corrections
- Comparative Justice Systems
- Crime and Society
- Ethics in Criminal Justice
- Justice in Modern Cinema
- Women and Crime
Dr. Ziwei Qi's Bio:
Dr. Ziwei Qi is an assistant professor in Criminal Justice Programs at Fort Hays State University. She earned her Ph.D. in Criminal Justice from the University of North Dakota, a Master’s degree in Criminal Justice from St. Cloud State University, a Law degree from Nankai University. Before arriving at Fort Hays State University, Dr. Qi taught in the Justice and Policy Studies Department at Guilford College, a private four-year liberal arts institution located in Greensboro, NC. As an international scholar in criminal justice policies and comparative criminal justice systems, her research examines migration, crime, the left-behind children, and their associated problems through a cross-cultural perspective. Her research also incorporates elements of social entrepreneurship and political advocacy to inform progressive policies that emphasize economic empowerment through education and technology.
Dr. Qi has presented her research at both national and international conferences and is currently working on conference articles and book chapters in the topics above. Dr. Qi has also been actively engaging in research involving gender and crime, restorative justice. In the most recent years, she has been working with other researchers to establish and to develop academic-community collaborations through service-learning, research, assessment, and to create educational opportunities and policy recommendations to enhance the wellbeing of rural communities.
Areas of Expertise:
- Comparative Justice Systems
- Criminological Theories and Application
- Gender and Crime
- Media, Society, and Crime
- Migration and Criminology
- Social Entrepreneurship and Political Advocacy
- Violence and Rurality
Professional Affiliations:
- American Criminal Justice Association-Lambda Alpha Epsilon
- Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
- American Society of Criminology
- American Society of Criminology-Division of Rural Criminology
- American Society of Criminology-Division of Women and Crime
- Kansas International Association for Identification
- North Carolina Criminal Justice Association
- Society of Cross-Cultural Research
- Western Society of Criminology
- Steel, M & Qi, Z (2020). Integrating Experiential Learning into Undergraduate Research. Paper presentation at 2020 Western Society of Criminology. Phoenix, Arizona.
- Yang, Hsin-Yen & Qi, Z (2020). Engaging Generation Z in Fighting Violence Against Women. Paper presentation accepted at 2020 Jana’s Campaign Campus Safety Summit. Dallas, Texas.
- Qi, Z (2019). The Path to “Rule of Law—an Overall Review of Legal Reform, Crime, and Judicial System during the Transition Era in China. Asian Journal of Legal Education. Sage Journals.
- Qi, Z (2019). Anomie, Social Change, and Crime: A study of rural to urban migration and crime in Guangdong, China. Paper submitted at the International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice. Taylor & Francis Online
- Qi, Z (2019). Anomie, Social Change, and Crime: A study of rural to urban migration and crime in Guangdong, China. Paper presentation at the American Society of Criminology Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.
- Qi, Z (2019). The Path to Economic Independence: Design a Support System to Select and Prepare Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking Survivors to Become Social Entrepreneurs. Paper presentation at the American Society of Criminology Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA.
- Qi, Z., & Du, Y.X. (2019). Chinese Parenting and the Collective Desirable Path Through Sociopolitical Changes. Parents and Caregivers Across Cultures. Springer, Switzerland.
- Qi, Z. (2018). An Overall Review of Rural to Urban Migration in China and its Social Problems. Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.
- Qi, Z. (2018). An Overall Review of Rural to Urban Migration in China and its Social Problems. Migration Letters. ISSN: 1741-8984 | e-ISSN: 1741-8992
- Qi, Z., (2018). Rural to Urban Migration and its social problems. Paper submitted at the American Society of Criminology. Atlanta. GA.
- Arsu, S., & Qi, Z (2018). The Heroin and Opioid Epidemic: How Can We Help Rather than Hinder? Paper presented at Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Criminal Justice Association
- Qi, Z (2017). Rural Migration, Urbanization and Social Problems of the Marginalized Group. Paper presented at New Orleans, LA, Society of Cross-Cultural Research
- Qi, Z (2015). Rural Migration and Collective Efficacy—a sociological explanation of the “Great Migration” era Paper presented at Wembley, London, International Conference of Social Science