Ziyao Tian

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My name is Ziyao Tian (she/her). I am a sociologist at Columbia University.

My research interests include race & ethnicity, immigration, social stratification & inequality, economic sociology, education, and AI & society.

A primary line of my research examines the stratification of Asian Americans. Another strand of my research investigates how money works in and for families.

I use quantitative and qualitative methods to pursue my research agenda and have worked with historical censuses, administrative data, national surveys, multi-language focus groups, and in-depth interviews.

I received my Ph.D. in Sociology from Princeton University. I completed my M.A. in East Asian Studies from Stanford University and my B.A. in Sociology from Peking University. I previously worked at Pew Research Center.