Leping Wang

Selected Publications

• Wang, Leping. 2025. "Human Capital and the Upward Occupational Mobility of Rural Migrant Workers in China." Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 95(100997):100997. Click to view publication
• Wang, Leping. “Unpacking Merit, Fit, and Diversity: A Multi-Faceted Framework to Academic Gatekeeping in Social Sciences at U.S. R1 Research Universities.” Sociological Inquiry. Click to view publication
• Wang, Leping, and Yang (Claire) Yang. "The Impact of Marital Trajectories on Late-Life Social Isolation among Older Adults: A U.S.-China Comparison." Longitudinal and Life Course Studies. Click to view publication
• Carr, Deborah, Leping Wang, and Pamela Smock. 2025. “Do Social Security Benefits Rules Perpetuate Marital Status and Gender Inequalities?" The Gerontologist gnaf158. Click to view publication
• Carr, Deborah, Leping Wang, and Pamela Smock. 2024. "Gender Differences in the Economic Consequences of Life-long Singlehood among Older White US Adults." Journal of Marriage and Family 86(4): 1053-74. Click to view publication
• Bacon, Rachel, and Leping Wang. 2024. "Selection into Higher Education and Subsequent Religious Decline in a United States Cohort." Social Science Research 124: 103067. Click to view publication
• Richards, Lindsay, Leping Wang, Joashilia Jeanmarie, Shirin Shafazand, Daniel Palazuelos, and Vitina Monacello. 2024. "Understanding the Impact of a Social Support Program in Immokalee, FL, during the COVID-19 Pandemic." Healthcare in Low-resource Settings. Click to view publication
• Ballard, Madeleine, Helen Elizabeth Olsen, Caroline Whidden, Daniele Ressler, Lynn Metz, Anoushka Millear, Daniel Palazuelos, Nandini Choudhury, Fabien Munyaneza, Rene Diane, Kelly Lue, P. Émile Bobozi, Anant Raut, Andriamanolohaja Ramarson, Mamy Andrianomenjanahary, Karen Finnegan, Carey Westgate, Wycliffe Omwanda, Leping Wang, David Citrin, Ash Rogers, Moses Banda Aron, Molly Christiansen, Agnes Watsemba, Rehan Adamjee, and Amanda Yembrick. 2022. "Lessons from an Eight-country Community Health Data Harmonization Collaborative." Global Health Action 15(1): 1-9. Click to view publication

Awards & Recognition

2025 Student Award

International Comparison of Health Aging (ICoHA) Interest Group, Gerontological Society of America (GSA)

Awarded at the 2025 GSA Annual Scientific Meeting in November 2025.

2022-2023 Outstanding Teaching Fellow

Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Boston University

Awarded in May 2023.

Education