Biography
As a medical sociologist, family demographer, and inequality scholar, my areas of expertise include health and health inequalities, parenting, children, and family, race-ethnicity, gender, and quantitative methods. I have conducted research in the U.S., India, and China.
My current research centers on how racial-ethnic, gender, and socioeconomic inequalities
in health and well-being are (re)produced within families. I mainly apply quantitative
methods, including structural equation modeling and causal inference techniques, to
study (1) racial-ethnic and socioeconomic inequalities in motherhood and their consequences
on women’s mental health and children’s developmental outcomes; (2) gender inequalities
and women’s well-being in India and China, revealing how family perpetuates girls’
and women’s disadvantages in health, healthcare utilization, and autonomy; and (3)
health inequalities based on sexual orientations and gender identities. My work has
appeared in leading journals, including American Sociological Review, Demography,
Social Science & Medicine, Society and Mental Health, and Feminist Economics.
Before joining LSU, I worked for several large-scale social surveys, including the
American Time Use Survey (ATUS), the India Human Development Survey (IHDS), and the
China Family Panel Studies (CFPS).
Education
Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park (2024)
Curriculum Vitae
Courses Recently Taught
- SOCL 2201: Introduction to Statistical Analysis
Website: https://www.hopexuyan.com/