Yao Lu
Affiliation
- Faculty Fellow, Department of Sociology
Yao Lu is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Columbia University. She received her B.S. from Fudan University in China, and her M.S. in Public Health and Ph.D. in Sociology from UCLA. Her research focuses on social stratification and demography from a comparative perspective. She is particularly interested in understanding various causes, dynamics, and consequences of migration and immigration in the context of societal changes in a variety of settings, including China, Indonesia, South Africa, and the U.S. Currently she is also working on a national survey project to collect data on migration and health in China.
