About
Sherry Zhang received her PhD in Policy Analysis and Management from Cornell University in August 2018. She works in the areas of family demography, race and ethnicity, the transition to adulthood, health, and inequality. Her doctoral dissertation, (Parent-Child Relationships and Demographic Outcomes across the Life Course) and previous research examines how family relationships, experiences of inequality, and experiences with school shape children"s relationship and fertility outcomes in the transition to adulthood.
Current Work
As a postdoctoral fellow, she will examine how parent-child relationships shape health outcomes in the transition to adulthood, and variation by race, ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status.
Research Area Keyword(s)
Depressive symptoms, health inequities, parent-child relationships, race and ethnicity, transition to adulthood