Zequn Tang’s research interests include social inequality and mobility, family and intergenerational relationships, migration and immigration, and health. Before joining Johns Hopkins in 2025, she was an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at Shanghai University and a lecturer at the University of California, Davis.

Selected publications

Zequn Tang and Shichao Du. “Explaining Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Hypertension and Diabetes during Pregnancy in the United States (2016–2022): A Decomposition Analysis.” Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-025-02616-1

Zequn Tang and Zai Liang. "Holding a Share of ‘City Stock’? Second Homeownership and Land Finance under Urban Entrepreneurialism." Cities 154 (2024): 105387.

Zequn Tang, Ning Wang, Jane Falkingham, and Maria Evandrou. "Expectations regarding reciprocity of flows of intergenerational support in China: does gender or birth order matter?" Journal of Applied Gerontology 43.7 (2024): 956-969.

Zequn Tang and Shichao Du. "Revisiting the Immigrant Health Advantage: Self-reported Health and Smoking Among Sexual Minority Immigrants." Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 26.1 (2024): 35-44.2

Zequn Tang and Ning Wang. “Will Downward Intergenerational Financial Support for Housing Increase Parents’ Expectation for Old Age Care from Adult Children? Evidence from China.” Journal of Applied Gerontology 41.9 (2022): 2084-2095.

Zequn Tang and Ning Wang. “The School Disruption of Children in China: The Influence of Parents’ Rural-Urban Migration. Children and Youth Services Review 129 (2021): 106127.

Zoya Gubernskaya and Zequn Tang. "Just Like in Their Home Country? A Multinational Perspective on Living Arrangements of Older Immigrants in the United States." Demography 54.5 (2017): 1973-1998.

Zequn Tang. "What Makes a Difference to Children's Health in Rural China? Parental Migration,

Remittances, and Social Support." Chinese Sociological Review 49.2 (2017): 89-109.