Sheng-Pin Huang

Hello! I am a PhD student in the Department of Sociology, a Graduate Trainee at the Population Studies Center, and a Student Associate at the Stone Center For Inequality Dynamics at the University of Michigan. I mainly use quantitative methods and survey data to study social inequality and mobility in the United States, focusing on the intersection of family change, gender, work, and education.

In my master thesis, I use causal decomposition approach and the NLSY97 to understand the role of higher education in shaping disparities in first-marriage rates across family backgrounds. My ongoing projects explore how changing family patterns shape intergenerational mobility and causes underlying the stalled convergence of gender pay gap.

I obtained both my M.A. and B.A. in Sociology from National Taiwan University. I also spent one year as a visiting student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where I discovered that I enjoy long, snowy winters.

You can find my CV here.