Yan Wang
Yan Wang
Professor
Endicott College School of Social Sciences, Communication, and Humanities
Contact
Wax Academic Center
ywang@endicott.edu
978-232-2563

Profile

Dr. Wang's teaching and research interests focus on the impact of different cultural frameworks on child development and family dynamics. She has published on methodological issues in culture studies, dinnertime family interactions, and immigrant parenting.

Education

Ph. D., 2005
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
Human Development and Family Studies 

M.S., 2003
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
Statistics

M.A., 1999
East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
Developmental Psychology

B.E., 1996
Zhongnan University of Finance and Economics, Wuhan, China
Finance

Courses

Child and Adolescent Psychology
Cultural Psychology
Child Development and Education in Multicultural Contexts: China, Cambodia, & the U. S.
Statistics
Senior Thesis

Accomplishments

Publications

  • Wang, Y. Z., Mayer, B., & Sinha, S. (2014). Children's individuality and social expectations: how to find the balance. Parenting (in German), 8, 32.
  • Rothbaum, F., & Wang, Y. Z. (2009). Cultural Differences in Parental Acceptance. In L. A. Jensen (Ed.), Bridging cultural and developmental psychology: New syntheses in theory and research. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Rothbaum, F., Wang, Y. Z., & Cohen, D. (2012). Cultural Differences in Self Awareness in Adolescence: Pathways to Spiritual Awareness. In G. Trommsdorff, & X. Chen (Eds.), Values, Religion, and Culture in Adolescent Development. Cambridge University Press.
  • Wang, Y. (2005). Does social class matter in this homogeneous society? A review of Youth Deviance in Japan. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 8, 315-316.
  • Rothbaum, F., & Wang, Y. Z. (2011). Fostering the child's malleable views of the self and the world: Caregiving practices in East Asian and European-American communities. In B. Mayer, & H. Kornadt (Eds.), Sociocultural Context and Human Development. Germany: Publisher for Social Sciences. 
  • Wang, Y. Z., Wiley, A. R., & Chiu, C. Y. (2008). Independence-supportive praise versus interdependence promoting praise. International Journal of Behavior Development, 32, 13-20.
  • Wiley, A. R., Branscomb, K. R., & Wang, Y. (2007). Intentional harmony in the lives of working parents: Program development and evaluation. Family Relations, 56, 318-328.
  • Wang, Y. (2006). Introduction to Chinese children: A Commentary. In J. Xi, Y. Sun, & J. J. Xiao (Eds.), Chinese Youth in Transition (pp.16-18). Aldershot, UK: Ashgate.
  • Wang, Y. Z., Wiley, A. R., & Zhou, X. (2007). The Effect of different cultural lenses on reliability and validity in observational data: The example of Chinese immigrant parent-toddler dinner interactions. Social Development, 16, 777-799.