Leping Wang
Post-doctoral Researcher, Department of Sociology, Vanderbilt University
leping.wang@vanderbilt.edu
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Scholar
ORCID
Medical Sociology
Aging
Social Networks
Quantitative Methods
Social Inequality
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.
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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.
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Carr, Deborah, Leping Wang, and Pamela Smock. 2025. “Do Social Security Benefits Rules Perpetuate Marital Status and Gender Inequalities?"
The Gerontologist
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Bacon, Rachel, and Leping Wang. 2024. "Selection into Higher Education and Subsequent Religious Decline in a United States Cohort."
Social Science Research
124: 103067.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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Education
Ph.D. in Sociology
(2025)
Boston University
Dissertation: The Impact of Social Connectedness and Social Capital on Older Adults' Mental and Cognitive Health: A U.S.- China Comparison
M.A. in Applied Quantitative Research
(2020)
New York University
L.L.B. in Sociology
(2018)
Xiamen University, China