Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology, Wake Forest University
Bio
I am a visiting assistant professor in the Sociology Department at Wake Forest University. I completed my Ph.D. in sociology at University at Buffalo, The State University of New York in May 2020. My research interests are Medical Sociology, Aging and the Life Course, Law and Society, and Sociology of Families. I also love traveling around the world and taking photographs on the road (the cover picture above was shot in Santorini,Greece)
Research
My research uses advanced quantitative techniques to analyze how individual social backgrounds interact with wider social contexts to affect public opinions of healthcare systems. My dissertation, which is funded by a Dissertation Fellowship from the College of Arts and Sciences, SUNY Buffalo, investigates differences between individuals and across countries in public opinion of healthcare system and physicians in 31 countries. I also explore period (especially the Great Recession) and cohort effects in the change in public attitude toward government responsibility for health care in the U.S. in my dissertation. The empirical analyses have important practical implications for medical, political, and sociological research.
Courses
Recent courses include:
- Basic Statistics for Social Science
- Classical Sociological Theory
- Introduction to Sociology (online)
- Law and Society
- Social Research Methods
- Sociology of the Life Course
Contact
Email: yaqiyuan[at]buffalo[dot]edu
