Nan Lin (born 1938 in Chongqing, China) is the Oscar L. Tang Family Professor of Sociology of the Trinity College, Duke University. He is most notable for his research and writing on social networks and social capital.

Books

1. Social Capital: Advances in Research (Tentative title), edited by Lin, Nan; Erickson, Bonnie (2007), Oxford: Oxford University Press
2. Lin, Nan, Social Capital and the Labor Market: Transforming Urban China (2007), NY: Cambridge University Press
3. Nan Lin, editor, Social Capital: Critical Concepts in Social Sciences. 4 volumes. (forthcoming), Routledge
4. Raymay Hsung, Nan Lin, and Ron Breiger, editors, Contexts of Social Capital: Social Networks in Communities, Markets and Organizations (forthcoming), Routledge
5. Lin, Nan, Social Capital: A Theory of Social Structure and Action (2001), NY: Cambridge University Press
6. Social Capital: Theory and Research, edited by Lin, Nan; Cook, Karen; Burt, Ronald S (2001), NY: Aldine-de Gruyter
7. The Chinese Triangle of Mainland, Taiwan and Hong Kong: Comparative Institutional Analysis, edited by So, Alvin; Lin, Nan; Poston, Dudly (2001), Westport, CT: Greenwood
8. Lin, Nan, The Struggle for Tiananmen: Anatomy of the 1989 Mass Movement (1992), NY: Praeger
9. Lin, Nan, Alfred Dean, and Walter M. Ensel, Social Support, Life Events, and Depression (1986), FL: Academic Press
10. Marsden, Peter, and Nan Lin, Social Structure and Network Analysis (1982), Beverly Hills, CA: Sage
11. Lin, Nan, Foundations of Social Research (1976), NY: McGraw﷓Hill ((Review in Contemporary Sociology 6(4), July 1977.).)
12. Lin, Nan, The Study of Human Communication (1973), Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs- Merrill (Reviews in Journal of Communication, Winter, 1974; Choice, December, 1973; The Quarterly Journal of Speech, Spring, 1974; Newsletter: Rhetoric Society of America, 4(2), March, 1974.)
13. Lin, Nan NY:, Social Capital and the Labor Market: Transforming Urban China. (Forth), NY: coming Cambridge University Press, book 0000
14. Lin, Nan; Erickson, Bonnie, editors, Social Capital: Advances in Research (Tentative coming title). (Forth), NY: Aldine de Gruyter, book 0000

Papers Published

1. Ensel, Walter M.; Lin, Nan, “Physical Fitness and the Stress Process,”, Journal of Community Psychology, vol. 32 no. 1 (2004), pp. 81-101
2. with with Ma, Rong, Sociology and Social Development: a Conversation, Sociological Research (China) no. 4 (2003), pp. 106-113
3. Lin, Nan, “How the East and the West Shall Meet?”, Development and Society, vol. December 31-2 (2002), pp. 211-244
4. Lin, Nan, ASocial Capital: Contending Paradigms and Empirical Evidence.@, Hong Kong Journal of Sociology no. 2 (2001), pp. 1-38
5. Lin, Nan, Inequality in Social Capital, Contemporary Sociology, vol. 29 no. 6 (November, 2000), pp. 785-795
6. Lin, Nan; Ye, Xiaolan; Ensel, Walter M., Revisiting Social Support: Integration of Its Dimensions, Formosa Journal of Mental Health, vol. 13-2 (June, 2000), pp. 37-64
7. Ensel, Walter M.; Lin, Nan., ADistal Stressors, Proximal Stressors, Social Resources and the Stress Process, Formosa Journal of Mental Health, vol. 13 no. 2 (June, 2000), pp. 83-108
8. Ensel, Walter M.; and Lin, Nan, "Age, the Stress Process, and Physical Distress: The Role of distal Stressors.", Journal of Aging and Health, vol. 12 no. 2 (May, 2000), pp. 139-158
9. Lin, Nan; Ye, Xiaolan; Ensel, Walter M, "Revisiting Social Support: Integration of Its Dimensions.", Formosa Journal of Mental Health, vol. 13 no. 2 (2000), pp. 37-64
10. Yen, Shirley; Robins, Clive J.; Lin, Nan, "A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Depressive Symptom Manifestation: China and the United States.", Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, vol. 68 no. 6 (2000), pp. 993-999
11. Yen, Shirley; Robins, Clive J.; Lin, Nan, "A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Depressive Symptom Manifestation: China and the United States.", Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, vol. 68 no. 6 (2000), pp. 993-999
12. Ensel, Walter M.; and Lin, Nan, Age, the Stress Process, and Physical Distress: The Role of distal Stressors, Journal of Aging and Health, vol. 12 no. 2 (2000), pp. 139-158
13. Lin, Nan; Ye, Xiaolan; Ensel, Walter M., Social Support and Depressed Mood: A Structural Analysis, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, vol. 40 no. 4 (December, 1999), pp. 344-359
14. Peek, Kristen; and Lin, Nan, Age Differences in the Effects of Network Composition on Psychological Distress, Social Science and Medicine, vol. 49 (1999), pp. 621-636
15. Lin, Nan, Social Networks and Status Attainment, Annual Review of Sociology, vol. 25 (1999), pp. 467-88
16. Lin, Nan, Building a Network Theory of Social Capital, Connections, vol. 22 no. 1 (1999), pp. 28-51
17. Lin, Nan; Xiaolan Ye, Chinese Rural Enterprises in Transformation: The End of the Beginning, Issues and Studies 34-11/12 (November, 1998)
18. Lai, Gina; Nan Lin; and Shu-yin Leung, Network Resources and Contact Resources: Structural and Action Effects of Social Resources, Social Networks, vol. 20 (1998), pp. 159-178
19. Ensel, Walter M.; M. Kristen Peek; Nan Lin; and Gina Lai, Stress in the Life Course: A Life History Approach, Journal of Aging and Health, vol. 8 no. 3 (August, 1996), pp. 389-416
20. Lin, Nan, Les Ressources Sociales: Une Theorie Due Capital Social (Social Resources: A Theory of Social Capital., Revue Francaise de Sociologie, vol. XXXVI no. 4 (October, 1995), pp. 685-704
21. Ensel, Walter M.; and Nan Lin, Distal Stressors and the Life Stress Process, Journal of Community Psychology, vol. 1995 (January, 1995), pp. 66-82
22. Lin, Nan, Chinchun Yi, Yinghwa Chang, Yungmei Tsai, Sociocultural Regime in Institutional Development: The Family Enterprise of Private Colleges in Taiwan, Asiatische Studien/Etudes Asiatiques (Switzerland) Special issue on Chinese Societies at the Dawn of the Third Millennium. XLIX, vol. 1 (1995), pp. 173-195
23. Lin, Nan, Local Market Socialism: Rural Reform in China,, Theory and Society, vol. 24 (1995), pp. 301-354
24. Lin, Nan, and Gina Lai, Stress in Urban China,, Social Science and Medicine, vol. 41 no. 8 (1995), pp. 1131 - 1146
25. Ensel, Walter and Nan Lin, The Life Stress Paradigm and Psychological Distress., Journal of Health and Social Behavior, vol. 32 (December, 1991), pp. 321-341
26. Lin, Nan, Chinese Family Structure and Chinese Society., Bulletin of the Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica, vol. 65 (1989), pp. 59-129 ((issued in June, 1989).)
27. Lin, Nan, and Walter M. Ensel, Life Stress and Health: Stressors and Resources., American Sociological Review, vol. 54 (1989), pp. 382-399
28. Lin, Nan, Measuring Depressive Symptomatology in China., Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, vol. 177 no. 3 (1989), pp. 121-131 (An abbreviated version also appears in: Sociology 1989-2:26-28 (Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences)..)
29. Lin, Nan, and Wen Xie, Occupational Prestige in Urban China., American Journal of Sociology, vol. 93 no. 4 (1988), pp. 793﷓832
30. Lin, Nan, The Sinicization of Sociology., Revue Europeene des Sciences Revue Europeene des Sciences XXV, vol. 76 (1987), pp. 127-139
31. Pan, Yunkang, and Nan Lin, Family Models in Contemporary Urban China., Sociological Studies (Shehuixue Yanjiu), Beijing, vol. 3 (1987), pp. 54-67
32. Lin, Nan, and Mary Dumin, Access to Occupations Through Social Ties., Social Networks, vol. 8 (1986), pp. 365-385
33. Lin, Nan, and Ling Wang, Social Support, Life Events and Depression: Models and Evidence., ." Proceedings for Social Support and Health: New Directions for Theory Development and Research, (1985) (April 1985, University of Rochester Continuing Professional Education..)
34. Lin, Nan, Mary Woelfel, and Stephen C. Light, The Buffering Effect of Social Support Subsequent to an Important Life Event., Journal of Health and Social Behavior, vol. 26 (1985), pp. 247-263
35. Lin, Nan, and Walter M. Ensel, Depression﷓Mobility and Its Social Etiology: The Role of Life Events and Social Support., Journal of Health and Social Behavior, vol. 25 (1984), pp. 176-188
36. Lin, Nan, and Alfred Dean, Social Support and Depression: A Panel Study., Social Psychiatry, vol. 19 (1984), pp. 83-91
37. Lin, Nan, and Alfred Dean, Social Support in the Etiology of Depression: A Panel Study., Proceedings of the World Congress of Psychiatry (1983), NY: Plenum
38. Lin, Nan, Social Resources and Social Actions: A Progress Report., Connections, vol. 6 no. 2 (1983), pp. 10-16
39. Hingson, Ralph W., Norman Scotch, Thomas Mangione, Allan Meyers, Leonard Glantz, Timothy Heeren, Nan Lin, Marc Mucatel, and Glenn Pierce., Impact of Legislation Raising the Legal Drinking Age in Massachusetts from 18 to 20., American Journal of Public Health, vol. 73 no. 2 (1983), pp. 163-170
40. Lin, Nan, Walter M. Ensel, and John C. Vaughn, Social Resources and Strength of Ties: Structural Factors in Occupational Status Attainment., American Sociological Review, vol. 46 no. 4 (1981), pp. 393-405
41. Lin, Nan, John C. Vaughn, and Walter M. Ensel, Social Resources and Occupational Status Attainment., Social Forces, vol. 59 no. 4 (1981), pp. 1163-1181
42. Lin, Nan, and Walter M. Ensel, Causal Interpretation of Interaction Effect (Reply to Boyce)., Journal of Health and Social Behavior, vol. 22 no. 2 (1981), pp. 195-196
43. Lin, Nan, Alfred Dean, and Walter M. Ensel, Social Support Scales: A Methodological Note., Schizophrenia Bulletin, vol. 7 no. 1 (1981), pp. 73-89
44. Lin, Nan, Alfred Dean, and Walter M. Ensel, Development of Social Support Scales., edited by In NCHSR Research Proceedings Series, Seymour Sudman, Health Survey Research Methods U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (August, 1979)
45. Kuo, Wen H., and Nan Lin, Locus of Control and Symptoms of Psychological Distress Among Chinese﷓Americans., International Journal of Social Psychiatry (1979), pp. 176-187
46. Lin, Nan, Ronald Simeone, Walter Ensel, and Wen Kuo, Social Support, Stressful Life Events, and Illness: A Model and an Empirical Test., Journal of Health and Social Behavior, vol. 20 no. 2 (1979), pp. 108-119
47. Lin, Nan, Paul Dayton, and Peter Greenwald, Analyzing the Instrumental Uses of Relations in the Context of Social Structure., Sociological Methods and Research, vol. 7 no. 2 (1978), pp. 149-166
48. Kuo, Wen H., and Nan Lin, Assimilation of Chinese﷓Americans in Washington, D.C., Sociological Quarterly, vol. 18 (1977), pp. 340﷓352
49. Dean, Alfred, and Nan Lin, The Stress﷓Buffering Role of Social Support., Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, vol. 165 no. 6 (1977), pp. 403-417
50. Hingson, Ralph, Nan Lin, and R. A. Hingson, Achieving Higher Immunization Receptivity., Public Health Reviews, vol. VI-1 and 2 (1977), pp. 93-117
51. Lin, Nan, Communication Effects: Review and Commentary., in Communication Yearbook, edited by Brent D. Ruben (1977), pp. 55-72, New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books.
52. Lin, Nan, and Daniel Yauger, Reply to Hansen and Haller., American Journal of Sociology, vol. 82 no. 4 (1975), pp. 857-862
53. Lin, Nan, and Daniel Yauger, The Process of Occupational Status Achievement: A Preliminary Cross﷓national Comparison., American Journal of Sociology, vol. 81 no. 3 (1975), pp. 543-562
54. Lin, Nan, and Ronald S. Burt, Differential Effects of Information Channels in the Process of Innovation Diffusion., Social Forces, vol. 54 (1975), pp. 256-274
55. Lin, Nan, The McIntire March: A Study of Recruitment and Commitment., Public Opinion Quarterly, vol. 38 no. 4 (1975), pp. 562-573 (Winter 1974-1975 Reprinted: In Louis E. Genevie (ed.), Collective Behavior and Social Movements, Itasca, IL: Peacock Publishers, 1978.)
56. Lin, Nan, Stratification of the Formal Communication System in American Sociology., The American Sociologist, vol. 9 (1974), pp. 199-206
57. Lin, Nan, and Ralph Hingson, Diffusion of Family Planning Innovations: Theoretical and Practical Issues., Studies in Family Planning, vol. 5 no. 6 (1974), pp. 189-195 (Reprinted and Abstracted in: The Inventory of Marriage and Family Literature, 1976, Vol. 4. Health Education Monographs, Winter 1974, Vol. 2(4)..)
58. Hingson, Ralph, and Nan Lin, Communication Participation and Individual Receptivity to Health Innovations., International Journal of Health Education, vol. 16 no. 1 (1973), pp. 5-14 (Abstracted in: Health Education Monographs, Summer 1974, 2(2)..)
59. Garvey, William D., Nan Lin, and Kazuo Tomita, Research Studies in Patterns of Scientific Communication: III. Information﷓exchange processes associated with the production of journal articles., Information Storage and Retrieval, vol. 8 no. 5 (1972), pp. 207-221
60. Garvey, William D. Nan Lin, Carnot E. Nelson, and Kazuo Tomita, Research Studies in Patterns of Scientific Communication: II. The role of the national meeting in scientific and technical communication., Information Storage and Retrieval, vol. 8 no. 4 (1972), pp. 159-169
61. Garvey, William D., Nan Lin, Carnot E. Nelson, and Kazuo Tomita., Research Studies in Patterns of Scientific Communication: I. General description of research program., Information Storage and Retrieval, vol. 8 no. 3 (1972), pp. 111-122
62. Lin, Nan, A Comparison Between the Scientific Communication Model and the Mass Communication Model., Professional Communication, vol. 15 no. 2 (1972), pp. 34-39
63. Lin, Nan, Ralph Hingson, and Juan Allwood-Paredes, Mass Immunization Campaign in El Salvador, 1969., HSMHA Health Reports, vol. 86 (1971), pp. 1112-1121, Reprinted in: Ekistics: Reviews of the Problems and Science of Human Settlements September 1972, 34(202)
64. Garvey, William D., Nan Lin, and Carnot E. Nelson, A Comparison of Scientific Communication Behavior of Social and Physical Scientists., International Social Science, vol. 23 no. 2 (1971), pp. 256-272
65. Zaltman, Gerald, and Nan Lin, On the Nature of Innovations., The American Behavioral Scientist, vol. 14 no. 5 (1971), pp. 651-673
66. Lin, Nan, Information Flow, Influence Flow and the Decision﷓Making Process., Journalism Quarterly, vol. 48 (1971), pp. 33-40
67. Lin, Nan, William D. Garvey, and Carnot E. Nelson, Publication Fate of Material Presented at an Annual ASA Meeting: Two Years After the Meeting., The American Sociologist, vol. 5 (August, 1970), pp. 22-5
68. Nelson, Carnot E., William D. Garvey, and Nan Lin, Scientific Information Exchange Surrounding the 1968 Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association., American Educational Research Journal, (March, 1970), pp. 169-188
69. Garvey, W.D., C.E. Nelson, and N. Lin, A Preliminary Description of Scientific Information Exchange in Educational Research., edited by R.A. Dershimer, The Educational Research Community: Its Communication and Social Structure (1970), pp. 98-140 (Washington D.C.: American Educational Research.)
70. Garvey, William D., Nan Lin, and Carnot E. Nelson, Communication in the Physical and the Social Sciences., Science, vol. 170 (1970), pp. 1166-1173
71. Hanneman, Gerhard J., Tom W. Carroll, Everette M. Rogers, J. David Stanfield, and Nan Lin., Computer Simulation of Innovation Diffusion in a Peasant Village., American Behavioral Scientist, vol. 12 no. 6 (1969), pp. 36-45
72. Lin, Nan, and Carnot E. Nelson, Bibliographic Reference Pattern in Core Sociological Journals, 1965﷓1966., The American Sociologist, vol. 4 no. 1 (1969), pp. 47-50
73. Lin, Nan, Innovative Methods for Studying Innovation in Education., in Research Implications for Educational Diffusion (1968), pp. 104-151, Michigan State Department of Education

Book Chapters

1. “Social Capital,”, in Encyclopedia of Economic Sociology, edited by edited by Jens Beckert and Milan Zagiroski (2005), Rutlege Ltd
2. Lin, Nan, “A Network Theory of Social Capital,”, edited by edited by Dario Castiglione, Jan van Deth and Guglielmo Wolleb, Handbook on Social Capital (2006), Oxford University Press
3. Lin, Nan, “Job Search in Urban China: Gender, Network Chains, and Embedded Resources,”, in Creation and Return to Social Capita, edited by Henk Flap and Beate Volker (2003), NY: Praeger (pp. 145-171.)
4. Lin, Nan, “Social Forces: The Powerful Engine in the Transforming China.”, in The Political and Economic Reforms of Mainland China in a Global Society, edited by Tzong-ho Bau (2002), Taipei, Taiwan: College of Social Sciences, National Taiwan University (Pp. 355-403.)
5. Lin, Nan, the Social Inequality System in China, in Re-Drawing Boundaries., edited by in Barbara Entwisle and Gail Henderson (2000), pp. 284-294, Berkeley: University of California Press
6. Lin, Nan; Chen, Jay Chih-jou., ALocal Elites as Official and Owners: Shareholding and Property Rights in Daqiuzhuang Industry., in Property Rights and Economic Reform in China, edited by Chapter 7 in Jean C. Oi and Andrew G. Walder (1999), pp. 145-170, Palo Alto: Stanford University Press
7. Lin, Nan, and Kristen Peek, ASocial Networks and Mental Health, in The Handbook of the Sociology of Mental Health and Illness, edited by In Allan V. Horwitz and Teresa Cheid (1999), Cambridge University Press
8. Lin, Nan, Walter M. Ensel, and Won-foon Gina Lai, AConstruction and Use of the Life History Calendar: Reliability and Validity of Recall Data, in Stress and Adversity Over the Life Course: Trajectories and Turning Points, edited by Ian H. Gotlib and Blair Wheaton (1997), pp. 249-272, Cambridge University Press
9. Lin, Nan, APersistence and Erosion of Institutional and Cultural Capital: Stratification and Mobility in Taiwan, in Taiwanese Society in 1990s: Taiwan Social Change Survey Symposium Series II, edited by Ly-yun Chang, Yu-hsia Lyu, and Pu-chang Wang (1997), Institute of Sociology Preparatory Office, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
10. Lin, Nan, Action, Social Resources and the Emergence of Social Structure,, in Advances in Group Processes, edited by Barry Markovsky, Jodi O"Brien and Karen Heimer, vol. 11 (1994), pp. 67-85
11. Lin, Nan, Stress., in The Encyclopedia of Sociology, edited by Edgar F. Borgatta, vol. 4 (November, 1992), pp. 2096-2101, NY: Macmillan
12. Lin, Nan, Social Resources: Theory and Research., in The Encyclopedia of Sociology, Edgar F. Borgatta, vol. 4 (1992), pp. 1936-1942, NY: Macmillan
13. Lin, Nan, and Jeanne Westcott, Social Networks, Social Support, and Marital Engagement/Disengagement Process., edited by John Eckenrode, The Social Context of Coping (1991), Plenum Press
14. Lin, Nan, Social Resources and Social Mobility: A Structural Theory of Status Attainment., in Social Mobility and Social Structure, edited by Ronald Breiger (1990), pp. 247-271, Cambridge University Press
15. Lin, Nan, The Small World Technique as a Theory-Construction Tool., edited by Manfred Kochen (1989), pp. 231- 238, The Small World, Ablex
16. Lin, Nan, Conceptualizing Social Support., in Social Support, Life Events, and Depression, edited by Nan Lin, Alfred Dean, and Walter M. Ensel (1986), pp. 17-29, FL: Academic Press.
17. Lin, Nan, Modeling the Effects of Social Support., in Social Support, Life Events and Depression, edited by Nan Lin, Alfred Dean and Walter M. Ensel (1986), pp. 173-209, FL: Academic Press
18. Lin, Nan, Epilogue: In Retrospect and Prospect., in Social Support, Life Events, and Depression,, edited by Nan Lin, Alfred Dean, and Walter M. Ensel (1986), pp. 333-342, FL: Academic Press.
19. Lin, Nan, Mary Y. Dumin, and Mary Woelfel, Measuring Community and Network Support., in Social Support, Life Events, and Depression, edited by Nan Lin, Alfred Dean, and Walter M. Ensel (1986), pp. 153-170, FL: Academic Press
20. Lin, Nan, Mary Woelfel, and Mary Y. Dumin, Gender of the Confidant and Depression., in Social Support, Life Events, and Depression, edited by Nan Lin, Alfred Dean, and Walter M. Ensel (1986), pp. 283-306, FL: Academic Press
21. Lin, Nan, Social Resources and Instrumental Action., in Social Structure and Network Analysis, edited by P. Marsden and N. Lin (1982), pp. 131-145, Beverly Hills, CA: Sage
22. Dean, Alfred, Nan Lin, and Walter M. Ensel, The Epidemiological Significance of Social Support Systems in Depression., in Research in Community and Mental Health, edited by Roberta Simmons (1981), pp. 77-109, Greenwood, CT: JAI Press.
23. Lin, Nan, Paul W. Dayton, and Peter Greenwald, The Urban Communication Network and Social Stratification: A 'Small World' Experiment., in Communication Yearbook, edited by Brent D. Ruben, vol. 1 (1977), pp. 107-119, New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books
24. Burt, Ronald S., and Nan Lin, Network Time Series from Archival Records., in Sociological Methodology, edited by David R. Heise (1977), pp. 224-254, San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
25. Lin, Nan, Analysis of Communication Relations., in Communication and Behavior, edited by G.J. Hanneman and W.J. McEwen (1975), pp. 237-251, Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley
26. Lin, Nan, and Gerald Zaltman, Dimensions of Innovations., in Process and Phenomena of Social Change, edited by G. Zaltman (1973), pp. 93-115, NY: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
27. Lin, Nan, and William D. Garvey, Information Needs and Uses., in Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, edited by C.A. Cuadra, vol. 7 (1972), pp. 5-37
28. Lin, Nan, Process and Effects of Scientific Communication Surrounding a National Sociological Meeting., in The Phenomenon of Sociology, edited by Edward A. Tiryakian (1971), pp. 410-427, Appleton-Century-Crofts
29. "A Study of the Communication Structure of Science.", Lin, Nan, William D. Garvey, and Carnot E. Nelson, in Communication Among Scientists and Engineers, edited by C.E. Nelson and D.K. Pollock (1970), pp. 23-60, Lexington, MA: Heath Lexington Books
30. Garvey, William D., Nan Lin, and Carnot E. Nelson, Some Comparisons of Communication Activities in the Physical and Social Sciences., in Communication Among Scientists and Engineers, edited by C.E. Nelson and D.K. Pollock (1970), pp. 61-84, Lexington, Heath Lexington Books.