Biography
As a medical sociologist and family demographer, 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 differences in motherhood and their consequences on mothers’ health and children’s developmental outcomes; (2) time use and health disparities; (3) 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. 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/