Kenneth J Guest

Education

Ph.D., Anthropology, City Univ. of NY Graduate Center

MPhil, Anthropology, City Univ. of NY Graduate Center

M.A., Anthropology, City Univ. of NY Graduate Center

M.A., Religious Studies, Union Theological Seminary, NY

B.A., East Asian Studies, Columbia University New York

non-degree, Chinese Language, Beijing University Beijing China

non-degree, Chinese Language, Middlebury College Vermont

Books

Guest, K. (2023). Chinatown's Contested Terrain: The Battle for the Future of New York's Oldest Immigrant Neighborhood. In Progress.

Guest, K. J. (2023). Cultural Anthropology: A Toolkit for a Global Age, 4th Edition. (p. 800). New York, NY, WW Norton.

Guest, K. J. (2023). Cultural Anthropology Fieldwork Journal, 4th Edition. (p. 75). New York, NY, WW Norton.

Guest, K. J. (2023). Essentials of Cultural Anthropology: A Toolkit for a Global Age, 4th Edition. (p. 600). New York, NY, WW Norton.

Guest, K. J. (2020). Essentials of Cultural Anthropology: A Toolkit for a Global Age, 3rd Edition. New York, NY, USA, WW Norton.

Guest, K. J. (2020). Cultural Anthropology Fieldwork Journal, 3rd Edition. New York, NY, USA, WW Norton.

Guest, K. J. (2020). Cultural Anthropology: A Toolkit for a Global Age, 3rd Edition. (p. 700). New York, NY, USA, WW Norton.

Guest, K. (2018). Cultural Anthropology: A Reader for a Global Age. New York, NY, USA, W.W. Norton.

Guest, K. (2018). Essentials of Cultural Anthropology: A Toolkit for a Global Age, Second Edition. New York, NY, WW Norton.

Guest, K. J. (2017). Cultural Anthropology: A Toolkit for a Global Age, Second Edition. (p. 800). New York, NY, W.W. Norton.

Guest, K. J. (2017). Cultural Anthropology Fieldwork Journal, Second Edition. (p. 75). New York, NY, W.W. Norton.

Guest, K. (2016). Essentials of Cultural Anthropology: A Toolkit for A Global Age. (p. 450). New York, NY, USA, W.W. Norton.

Guest, K. J. (2015). Cultural Anthropology: A Fieldwork Journal. (p. 80). New York, NY, USA, W.W. Norton.

Guest, K. (2014). Cultural Anthropology: A Toolkit for a Global Age. (p. 700). New York, NY, USA, W. W. Norton.

Guest, K. (2003). God in Chinatown: Religion and Survival in New York’s Evolving Immigrant Community. (p. 237 Pages). New York University Press.

Journal Articles

Ulysse, G., & Guest, K. (2020). Afterword: Toward Decolonizing Anthropology’s Public Spaces. American Ethnologist, 47(2). 198-202.

(2013). CUNY’s New Chinese Immigrants Navigate a Precarious Path to Upward Mobility. CUNY Forum, 1(1). 14-22.

(2011). From Mott Street to East Broadway: Fuzhounese Immigrants and the Revitalization of New York's Chinatown. Journal of Chinese Overseas, 7(1). 24-44.

(2009). All-You-Can Eat Buffets and Chicken with Broccoli to Go: New York's New Chinese Immigrants Construct a National Ethnic Restaurant Economy. Anthropology Now, 1(1). 21-28.

(1995). Seeds in New Soil: Ecumenism and a New US Student Generation. Journal of Ecumenical Studies, (32(4)). 635-645.

Book Chapters

Guest, K. J. (2020). Anthropology and the Coronavirus Pandemic. Cultural Anthropology: A Toolkit for a Global Age (p. 6). New York, NY. WW Norton.

Guest, K., & Chin, M. (2019). Chinatown, the Garment and Restaurant Industries and Labor. In Freeman, J. (Ed.), New York: Labor's City Columbia University Press.

Guest, K. J. (2016). Many Mansions: Reimagining the Church and Its Buildings in a Global City. In Plekonl, M., McDowell, M. G., & Schroeder, E. (Eds.), The Church has Left the Building: Faith, Parish, and Ministry in the 21st Century (pp. 133-141). Eugene, OR. Wipf and Stock.

Guest, K. (2013). From Mott Street to East Broadway: Fuzhounese Immigrants and the Revitalization of New York's Chinatown. In Wong, B. P., & Chee-Beng, T. (Eds.), Chinatowns around the World: Gilded Ghetto, Ethnopolois and Cultural Diaspora (pp. 35-54). Leiden,The Netherlands. Brill.

Guest, K. (2011). Sparking Student Scholarship Through Urban Ethnography. In Summerfield, J., & Smith, C. C. (Eds.), Transformative Spaces: Designing Creative Sites for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (pp. 269-278). New York, NY,USA. Springer.

Guest, K. (2005). Religion and Transnationalism in the New Chinatown. In Leonard, K., Stepick, A., Vasquez, M. A., & Holdaway, J. (Eds.), Immigrant Faiths: Transforming Religious Life in America (pp. 145-163). Walnut Creek, CA. Altamira Press.

Guest, K. (2004). Liminal Youth Among Fuzhou Chinese Undocumented Workers. In Carnes, T., & Yang, F. (Eds.), Asian American Religions: The Making and Remaking of Borders and Boundaries (pp. 55-75). New York. New York University Press..

Guest, K. (2002). Transnational Religious Networks among New York’s Fuzhou Immigrants. In Ebaugh, H. R., & Chafetz, J. (Eds.), Religion Across Borders: Transnational Immigrant Networks (pp. 149-163). Walnut Creek, CA. Altamira Press.

Guest, K., & Kwong, P. (2000). Ethnic Enclaves and Cultural Diversity. In Susser, I., & Patterson, T. C. (Eds.), Cultural Diversity in the US: A Critical Reader (pp. 250-266). Oxford. Blackwell Publishers Ltd..

Media Contributions

(2012). WGBH Boston Public Radio.

(2007). New York Times.

(2007). New Jersey Star-Ledger.

(2007). National Pulblic Radio Morning Edition.

(2007). Seven Days: Burlington Vermont.

(2006). New York Times.

(2005). New York Times by Nina Bernstein.

(2005). New York Times.

Guest, K. (2004). Amazing Grace. City Limits: New York’s Urban Affairs News Magazine, (29(1)).

(2004). National Public Radio Marketplace with Alisa Roth.

Guest, K. (2003). Catalogue Cover Photographs.

(2003). WNYC's The Brian Lehrer Show.

Presentations

Guest, K. (2021, March 8). Chasing My Apical Ancestors,¿ Finding My Humanity: An Anthropologist’s Journey into Family History, War, and Intergenerational Trauma. Columbia University Seminar on Culture, Power, and Boundaries. : Columbia University.

Guest, K. (2020, November 30). Teaching Intro: Making Cultural Anthropology the most important course a student takes in College. American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, many years. San Jose, CA

Guest, K. (2019, March 31). Teaching in the Trumpocene Part II. American Ethnological Society Spring Meeting. St. Louis

Guest, K. (2019, March 31). What a Happy Meal Reveals About a Baruch College Education. Baruch College and Honors Program Yield Events, many years. Baruch College

Guest, K. (2019, February 28). . Intro to Sociology & Anthropology: Facultly Orientation. Baruch College: Sociology and Anthropology Department.

Guest, K. (2018, October 16). The Case of Jane Doe Ponytail by Dan Barry and Jeffrey Singer. New York Times.

Guest, K. (2017, November 30). Incorporation Writing in the Classroom without Ruining Your Professional Life. American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting. Denver

Guest, K. (2017, March 31). Teaching in the Trumpocene Part I. American Ethnological Society Spring Meeting. Stanford University

Guest, K. (2017, September 30). . Intro to Sociology & Anthropology: Facultly Orientation. Baruch College: So.

Guest, K. J. (2016, November 30). Intersections of Religion and Politics in the 2016 Presidential Elections. American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting. Minneapolis, MN

Guest, K. J. (2016, November 30). Teaching Anthro: Experiential Learning and Supervised Fieldwork. American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting. Minneapolis, MN

Guest, K. (2016, August 31). Getting Started: Teaching Introduction to Sociology and Anthropology. Sociology & Anthropology Department. Baruch College: Sociology & Anthropology Department.

Guest, K. (2015, November 30). Teaching Anthro: Making anthropology come alive for non-majors. American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting. Washington, DC

Guest, K. (2015, February 4). Political Activism of Sikhs in Canada and the United States - Panel Discssant. : Asian/Asian-American Research Institute.

Guest, K. (2014, October 31). Into the World: Student Engagement and Experiential Learning. Weissman Civic Engagement Lecture Series. : Baruch College WSAS.

Guest, K. (2014, November 11). How Racism Created America's Chinatowns by Braden Goyette. : Huffington Post.

Guest, K. (2014, December 31). Reaching Our Largest Public: Teaching Intro to Cultural Anthropology. American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting. 2014

Guest, K. (2014, October 10). Mapping of Asian Americans in New York. : Asian/Asian-American Research Institute.

Guest, K. (2014, February 4). The Slow Decline of American Chinatowns by Aiden Lewis. : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) News Radio.

Guest, K. (2014, February 5). The Changing Face Of New York's Chinatown by Aiden Lewis. : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) News Magazine.

Guest, K. (2014, March 31). Brooklyn"s Chinese Pioneers: Hardworking Fujianese Immigrants use the Borough as a Launching Pad to the Middle Class by Kay Hymowitz. : City Journal.

Guest, K. (2014, April 30). Unteaching: Exploring How to Undermine Essentialist Notions of Human Nature. American Ethnological Society Annual Conference. Boston, MA

Guest, K. (2014, April 30). Academic Publishing for Anthropologists. : American Ethnological Society.

Guest, K. (2014, May 5). Chinatown's East Broadway: Contested Terrain and Transnational Labor Migration. CUNY Conference on Rethinking New York's Asian American Communities. CUNY Graduate Center: Asian/Asian-American Research Institute.

Guest, K. (2014, May 31). Tenements Turn to Condos as Chinatown Spreads to Lower East Side by Jon Weinstein. : New York 1 News.

Guest, K. (2014, September 30). Out of the Classroom and INto the City: Sparking Student Scholarship Through Chivic Engagement. Undergraduate Research and Civic Engagement Faculty Seminar. : Weissman School of Arts and Sciences Civic Engagement Initiative.

Guest, K. (2013, March 14). The Girls with the Dragon Weddings by Elizabeth Dilts. : The Atlantic Magazine.

Guest, K. (2013, November 30). Dangerous Dialogues: Evoking Discussions of Race, Gender, Sexuality and Inequaltiy in the Introductory Anthropology Classroom. American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL

Guest, K. (2013, June 30). Religious Aspects of the New Chinese Immigration. Immigration Court Judicial Research Seminar. Immigration Courthouse, New York, NY: Northeastern Federal Immigration Judges Council.

Guest, K. (2013, December 30). The Death of a Family and An American Dream by Vivian Yee and David Goodnough. : New York Times (A!).

Liang, K., & Guest, K. (2013, May 14). CUNY’s New Chinese Immigrants Navigate a Precarious Path to Upward Mobility. Civil Engagement Conference. New York City: Weissman School of Arts and Sciences, Baruch College.

Liang, K., & Guest, K. (2012, October 5). Immigration, Education and Opportunity Among Chinese Americans of Fuzhounese Descent. Asian American/ Asian Research Institute-CUNY Seminar. New York City: The Asian American/ Asian Research Institute (AAARI), CUNY.

Liang, K., & Guest, K. (2012, December 17). Immigration, Education and Social Mobility Among Chinese Americans of Fuzhounese Descent: A Revision to the Strategic Adaptation Theory. SEEK meeting, Baruch. New York City: The Search for Education Elevation and Knowledge (SEEK) Program, Baruch College.

Guest, K. (2011, November 30). Hispanic Immigrants Access Chinatown Employment Agencies. : Telemundo Television.

Guest, K., & Liang, K. (2011, May 31). Immigration, Education and Opportunity Among Chinese Americans of Fuzhounese Descent. School of Public Affairs Conference on Immigration. New York, NY: School of Public Affairs, Baruch College.

Guest, K. (2011, February 23). Chinatown, A Springboard for Migrant Job Seekers (And Not Just Chinese) by Sam Dolnick. : New York Times.

Guest, K. (2010, December 29). A Bitter Divide as Chinese Immigrants Share a Church by Sam Dolnick. : New York Times (A1).

Guest, K. (2007, April 23). High Cost of Cheap Labor by Brian Donohue. : New Jersey Star Ledger (A1).

Guest, K. (2007, May 8). Debt Piled on Chinese Restaurants in US by Margot Adler. : National Public Radio Morning Edition.

Guest, K. (2007, May 30). Sweet and Soured: Slave Wages and Unsafe Housing--Exposing the Unsavory Side of Cheap Chinese Food in Vermont by Ken Picard. : Seven Days: Burlington Vermont.

Guest, K. (2007, March 31). The New Urban Ethnography. the Society for Anthropology of North America. Merida, Mexico

Guest, K. (2007, January 20). Some Complain of Class Divide in Chinese American Community b Nina Bernstein. : New York Times (A1).

Guest, K. (2006, May 31). Teaching Anthropology in the 21st Century: What We Teach and Why. New York: the Society for the Anthropology of North America.

Guest, K. (2006, December 31). New York’s Immigrant Neighborhoods. Bike Tour and Lecture for CUNY Honors College.

Guest, K. (2006, December 31). Lecture and Walking Tour for New York Theological Seminary. Auburn Seminary and the Temple of Understanding.

Guest, K. (2006, May 21). Immigrants hear God's Word, In Chinese, By Conference Call by Michael Luo. : New York Times (A1).

Guest, K. (2005, October 9). Chinese Immigrants Keep United States Well Fed. : Taipei Times.

Guest, K. (2005, October 2). Waiters and Cooks to Go by Jennifer 8. Lee. : New York Times.

Guest, K. (2005, August 17). Delivery Man Relives the Fear of 81-Hour Ordeal in Elevator by Nina Bernstein. : New York Times (A1).

Guest, K. (2005, May 31). The New Urban Ethnography. the Society for Anthropology of North America. Merida, Mexico

Guest, K. (2005, May 31). Transnational Village, Transnational Gods. the Society for Anthropology of North America. Merida, Mexico,

Guest, K. (2005, April 30). Social and Religious Life of Chinese Immigrant Women in New York. Lecture for Lehman College Asian Pacific Heritage Month and Women’s Studies Program.

Guest, K. (2005, March 31). Does Transnationalism Matter? The Chinese Case. the Doctoral Program in Sociology Immigration Seminar. : CUNY Graduate Center.

Guest, K. (2005, February 28). Ethnographic Research in Immigrant Religious Communities. : New York Theological Seminary.

Guest, K. (2004, December 31). Chinatown: Ethnic Enclave in a Global City. : International Honors Program.

Guest, K. (2004, February 28). Immigrant Faith. : WKTU Radio Interfaith Connection.

Guest, K. (2004, October 31). Chinese Transnational Villages. Chinese Transnational Villages. : CUNY Asian/Asian-American Research Institute.

Guest, K. (2004, November 24). Chinatown’s Thanksgiving Wedding Industry with Alisa Roth. : National Public Radio Marketplace.

Guest, K. (2004, December 31). Chinatown’s Religious Landscape. Chinese American Librarians Association Northeast Chapter.

Guest, K. (2003, December 31). Religion and Ritual in Contexts of Change: Immigrant Chinese Gods. American Anthropological Association Meeting. Chicago, IL

Guest, K. (2003, December 31). From Fishing Village to Ethnic Enclave: Chinese Immigrants Construct Rural to Urban Transnational Religious Networks. Association for the Sociology of Religion. Atlanta, GA

Guest, K. (2003, December 31). New York’s Immigrant Neighborhoods. Bike Tour and Lecture for CUNY Honors College.

Guest, K. (2003, December 31). Immigrant Chinese Gods: Religion and Transnational Migration Among the Fuzhounese. Lecture for Anthropology Program Colloquia. : CUNY Graduate Center.

Guest, K. (2003, December 31). New Gods in Chinatown: Transnational Religious Networks and New York’s Ethnic Enclave. Paper for Baruch College School of Public Affairs Faculty Seminar.

Guest, K. (2003, December 31). Master Lu and his Immigrant Chinese God. Paper for Columbia University Faculty Seminar on Contents and Methods in the Social Sciences.

Guest, K. (2003, September 30). From Fuzhou to Soho. : WNYC Public Radio The Brian Lehrer Show.

Guest, K. (2002, December 31). Conducting Ethnographic Fieldwork in New York’s Immigrant Communities. Lecture for City University of New York Honors College. New York, NY

Guest, K. (2002, December 31). Religion and Immigrant Incorporation in Chinatown. Lecture for Conference on Religion and Immigrant Incorporation. : Sociology and AnthropologyDepartment.

Guest, K. (2002, December 31). Religious Communities and Immigrant Incorporation in New York’s Chinatown. Paper for Conference on Religion and Immigrant Incorporation in New York City. : International Center for Migration, Ethnicity and Citizenship.

Guest, K. (2002, December 31). Religious Worlds of New Chinatown. Lecture for the Center for Asian/Asian American Studies,. New York, NY: City University of New York.

Guest, K. (2001, December 31). Immigrant Chinese Gods: Fuzhounese Religious Communities in New York and Their Transnational Networks. Paper delivered at Association for the Sociology of Religion. Anaheim, CA

Guest, K. (2000, December 31). Crossing Boundaries, Constructing Identities: Transnational Immigrant Religious Networks Between Fuzhou, China and Chinatown, New York. Paper delivered at American Anthropological Association Meeting. San Francisco, CA

Guest, K. (1999, December 31). Deconstructing the Ethnic Enclave: New York’s Chinatown and Immigrant Incorporation. Paper delivered at the American Anthropological Association Meeting. Philadelphia, PA

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