Youqin Huang, PhD

Prof. Huang’s research is devoted to understanding the impact of sociodemographic and economic transformations and government policies.  Her research focuses on three different but related areas: 1) housing, 2) migration and urbanization, and 3) health and wellbeing.   Her research has a regional focus on China, and recently the U.S.  She is the (co-)author/(co-)editor of ten books, including Chinese Cities in the 21st Century (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020), Housing Inequality in Chinese Cities (Routledge 2014), China’s Geography: Globalization and the Dynamics of Political, Economic and Social Change (Roman & Littlefield Publishers, 2021).  She has also published many articles in some of the best journals in several fields, including Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), Annals of the Association of American Geographers, The China Quarterly, Urban Studies, Cities, Housing Studies, Housing Policy Debate, and Environmental and Planning A.  She has served both the profession and the community in many leadership positions, and she is the recipient of the Outstanding Service Award by the American Association of Geographers (AAG) China Geography Specialty Group (CGSG) in 2019, and “President’s Award for Exemplary Public Engagement” by University at Albany in 2020.