Wendy Wang

Wendy Wang is a Research Associate at the Pew Research Center’s Social & Demographic Trends Project. She conducts demographic research on issues related to family, gender, race, aging, health, and time use. Wang is also involved in survey questionnaire and sample designs. Prior to joining the Pew Research Center in 2008, Wang was a Research Assistant at the Maryland Population Research Center. She received a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland and a M.A from Arizona State University, both in sociology. Before her graduate studies in the U.S., Wang was a researcher at Shaanxi Academy of Social Sciences in Xi’an, China, researching demographic issues in China. She is an author of reports on Breadwinner Moms, Multi-Generational Families, The Rise of Intermarriage, Asian Americans, and Growing Old in America. Her publications also appeared in journals such as American Journal of Sociology and Journal of Marriage and Family. She regularly presents research findings at national conferences on population, survey methodology and talks about the Pew reports in print and broadcast media.