Areas of Focus
- Child Development and Education
- Parenting Styles
- Intergenerational Relationships
- Family and Gender
- Globalization
- China-US Transnational Migration
- Psychological Anthropology
- Educational Anthropology
Work Experience
- 2017 - Present - Fudan University - Associate Research Fellow
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2016 - PhD in Education: Harvard University
Publications
- Gender Role Expectations and Chinese Mothers' Aspirations for Their Toddler Daughters' Future Independence and Excellence, Vanessa L. Fong, Cong Zhang, Sung won Kim, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Niobe Way, Xinyin Chen, Zuhong Lu, and Huihua Deng, 2012
- Chinese Parents’ Aspirations for their Children's Future Transnational Migration, Cong Zhang, Sung won Kim, Yun Zhu, Dian Yu, and Vanessa L. Fong
- Parents, Grandparents and Nanny: The New Care Triangle in Urban China among Families with Infants, Cong Zhang, Vanessa L. Fong, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Niobe Way, Xinyin Chen, Zuhong Lu, and Huihua Deng
- Maternal or Paternal Grandmother? The Transformation of Patrilineal Practice in Grandparent Care in Urban China among Families with Infants, Cong Zhang, Vanessa L. Fong, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Niobe Way, Xinyin Chen, Zuhong Lu, and Huihua Deng
- Grandmother Childcare Support and Parenting Stress of First-Time Parents in Urban China: A Mixed Method Study from Nanjing, Cong Zhang, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Vanessa L. Fong, Niobe Way, Xinyin Chen, Zuhong Lu, and Huihua Deng
