Education

PhD 2021 (Sociology), University of Michigan;

MA 2021 (Statistics), University of Michigan;

MA 2018 (Sociology), University of Michigan;

MA 2016 (Demography), Renmin University of China;

BA 2014 (Public Administration), Renmin University of China.

Work Experience

2021.12–2025.6 Lecturer, Renmin University of China, Population Development Studies Center

2025.6 Pre-Tenured Associate Professor, Peking University, Department of Sociology

Research Interests

Marriage and Family,Gender Inequality,Health Inequality

Courses Taught 

Graduate courses:

Advanced Topics in Gender Studies

Population Challenges and Development

Selected Publications

Zhang, Yang and William G. Axinn. 2021. “Marital Experiences and Depression in an Arranged Marriage Setting: Gender and Intimate Partner Violence.” American Journal of Sociology 126(6): 1439–1486.

Bloome, Deirdre, Paula Fomby, and Yang Zhang. 2023. “Childhood Family Instability and Union Formation During Early Adulthood.” Demography 60(2): 379–410.

Zhang, Yang. 2023. “Gender and the Rural–Urban Divide: Family Wealth and First Marriage among Young Adults in China.” European Sociological Review 39(6): 957–972. 

Zhang, Yang and Shannon Ang. 2020. “Trajectories of Union Transition in Emerging Adulthood: SES and Race-Ethnicity Differences in the NLSY97 Cohort.” Journal of Marriage and Family 82(2): 713–732. 

Zhang, Yang and William G. Axinn. 2022. “Cohabitation Dissolution and Psychological Distress Among Young Adults: the Role of Parenthood and Gender.” Social Science Research. 102: 102626. 

Li, Ting and Yang Zhang. 2023. “Inter-generational Relationships across Multiple Children and Older Parents' Depressive Symptoms in China—A Resource Contingency Perspective.” Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 78(5): 925–937.