Youqin Huang

                               Associate Professor
                               Department of Geography and Planning, AS 218
                               Center for Social and Demographic Analysis
                               University at Albany, SUNY
                               Albany, NY 12222
                               Email: yhuang@albany.edu

Phone: 518-442-4792

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EDUCATION

Ph. D., Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

M.A., Department of Geography, UCLA

B. A., Department of Urban and Environmental Studies, Peking University, China

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TEACHING

GOG 160/ EAC 160: China: People and Place

GOG 324: The City on Computer
GOG 344Y: World Population
GOG 350/ EAC 350: Urban Development in Contemporary China

GOG502/ PLN504: Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences

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RESEARCH

My research has focused on the spatial and demographic analysis of behavioral and urban phenomena. I am interested in micro-level decision-making in migration/mobility and housing consumption, macro-level dynamics in neighborhood change and urban socio-spatial restructuring, and the interactions between them. I also have a regional focus on China, where profound socioeconomic and spatial transformations are taking place. I am interested in understanding the unprecedented market transition and its impact on Chinese people and places. In particular, I am interested in migration and housing consumption as responses to new opportunities brought about by the reform. My research contributes to three bodies of literature: housing and neighborhood change, migration and urbanization, market transition and China.

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CURRICULUM VITAE