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Yijie Wang

Associate Professor

Department of Human Development and Family Studies

Area of Expertise

Diversity Youth and Family Development

Biography

Accepting Applications for Graduate Students for the 2024-2025 Academic Year Dr. Yijie Wang’s research interests center on the development of adolescents, particularly those from racial and ethnic minority families. Her work investigates how socio-cultural processes (e.g., ethnic/racial socialization, discrimination) in multiple developmental settings (e.g., family, peer, school, neighborhood) influence youth’s psychosocial and psychobiological adjustment. She is particularly interested in di

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Education

B.S. Psychology, Peking University

Ph.D. Human Development and Family Studies, University of Texas at Austin