Yen-hsin Alice Cheng

Professor / Research Fellow
Academia Sinica

aliceyh@gate.sinica.edu.tw

Field of Study: Demography, Sociology
 
Specialization: Children and Youth, Families and Households, Fertility, Gender Roles-Differentials, Marriage, Divorce and Consensual Unions, Social Demography
 
Regional focus: East Asia
 
Education: Doctorate (Ph.D, or MD), Pennsylvania State University, Sociology, 2008
 
Working languages: English
Chinese
 
Other association membership in population or related fields: Asian Population Association (APA), European Association for Population Studies (EAPS), Population Association of America (PAA)


Curriculum Vitae:
CV_Yenhsin Alice Cheng_Apr2021.doc
Professional web page:
https://www.ios.sinica.edu.tw/fellowE/yenhsinalicecheng  
 
Professional Summary:

 

Dr. Yen-hsin Alice Cheng is currently an Associate Professor and Associate Research Fellow in the Institute of Sociology at Academia Sinica in Taipei, Taiwan. She received her Ph.D. degree in Sociology and Demography from the Pennsylvania State University in the U.S. She also spent two years as a post-doctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Germany. Her main research interests are family demography, adolescent development and health behaviors. Her recent research investigates the socioeconomic differentials in marriage, divorce, and fertility over the past few decades in Taiwan. Her latest works also include studies on disadvantaged youths and families, as well as comparative studies on public attitudes toward homosexuality.