Human Development & Family Studies | Michigan State University

Education

Ed.D., Human Development & Psychology, Harvard University, 2004; Ed.M., Human Development & Psychology, Harvard University, 1999; M.A., English Linguistics, Heilongjiang University, 1996; B.A., English Lit. & Linguistics, Heilongjiang University, 1993.

Bio

Desiree Baolian Qin is Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at Michigan State University. After completing her doctorate degree at Harvard Graduate School of Education, she conducted postdoctoral research at New York University and was the Minority Postdoctoral Fellow at Teachers College, Columbia University. Dr. Qin’s research focuses on psychosocial adjustment of children and adolescents from immigrant families. The main question underlying her work has been to understand how immigration, culture, gender, and ecological contexts (e.g., family, school, and peer environments) impact adolescent development. Her research project “Psychosocial adjustment of high-achieving Asian American Students” has been supported by the William T. Grant Foundation.

Dr. Qin is co-editor (with Marcelo Suárez-Orozco and Carola Suárez-Orozco) of the six-volume series titled Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the New Immigration (Routledge, 2001) and co-editor (with Marcelo Suárez-Orozco) of Globalization: Education and Culture in the New Millennium (UC Press, 2004). Her research on psychological adjustment of Chinese American adolescents, alienation in Chinese immigrant families, peer harassment facing Asian immigrant students, gender dynamics in immigrant adolescent development, and transnational family relations of Sudanese youth has appeared in Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Sex Roles, Journal of Adolescent Research, Youth & Society, International Migration Review, and Family Relations.

Dr. Qin teaches two graduate seminars: Theories of Human Development and Immigration, Family and Adolescent Development. She also teaches an undergraduate ISS course on National Diversity and Change focusing on globalization and post-1965 New Immigration. She is the recipient of the 2009 College of Social Science Integrative Social Sciences Teaching Excellence Award.

Focus Area

Adolescent Development, Family Diversity

Areas of Interest

• Immigration, culture and adolescent development
• Immigrant family dynamics
• Asian Americans
• Mixed-method research methods

Vitae

Desiree Qin CV 2012.pdf