Profile

Yan Zhang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Department of Sociology, Texas State University

I study how family structure and family relationships influence older adults’ health and well-being, with a focus on risk of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. My work blends family demography, medical sociology, and gerontology from a life course perspective. Before joining Texas State, I served as an Assistant Professor at East Carolina University and a postdoctoral research scientist at the Center for Demography of Health and Aging at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I earned a Ph.D. in sociology at Michigan State University, an M.A. in sociology at the State University of New York at Buffalo, and a B.A. in sociology at China Agricultural University.