Jersey Liang

Name: Jersey Liang

Title(s):

• Professor

Contact Information: 734.936.1303 , jliang@umich.edu

International Institute Affiliation(s):

• CCS
• CJS
• CICS

Department Affiliation(s):

• Public Health
• Public Health

Education Background: Ph.D., Sociology, Wayne State University, 1978

World Area(s) of Study/Interest:

• East Asian Studies

Related Countries:

• China
• Japan

Research/Teaching Specialization: ersey Liang specializes in social gerontology and medical sociology. As a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, Dr. Liang has received two National Institute on Aging MERIT awards. He was the editor for Social Sciences, Journal of Gerontology, and has served on study sections at the National Institutes of Health and the editorial boards of a number of professional journals.

Publications:

• Social exchange and well-being: Is Giving better than receiving?. 2001.
• Transitions in functional status among older people in Wuhan, China: Socioeconomic differentials. 2001.
• Socioeconomic Gradient in Old Age Mortality in Wuhan, China. 2000.
• Stress, Social Support and Mortality Among Older People in Taiwan. 1999.
• Assessing cross-cultural comparability in mental health among older adults. 2001.