Zhe (Rachel) Zhang
Research Interests: Urban Sociology, Criminology, Health, Quantitative Methods
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Education:
MA: Sociology, 2021, University at Buffalo, SUNY
BA: Sociology, 2019, University of Indianapolis
BA: English, 2019, Shenzhen University, China
Recent courses taught: SOC 294: Basic Statistics for the Social Sciences
Bio:
Rachel/Zhe Zhang is a Sociology Ph.D. Candidate and Graduate Instructor at the University at Buffalo. Her research asks how neighborhoods shape experiences of health, crime, and family relationships using quantitative methods. She is currently working on her dissertation, and her dissertation studies the effect of neighborhood characteristics and changes (i.e., gentrification) on the well-being of individuals and families from the life-course perspective. Meanwhile, she is also working on other research projects. For example, examining the urban and rural differences in adolescents’ delinquent behaviors and drug use, across cohorts, using the Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey.
Publications:
Zhe Zhang, Adelman, Robert M., Shelley M. Kimelberg. Forthcoming. “Is that What Gentrification Looks Like? Considering Neighborhood Change in A Small City.” Contexts.
Zhang, Zhe and Ashley Barr. 2024. "Gentrification and crime in Buffalo, New York." PLOS ONE, 19(6): e0302832. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0302832.
Barr, Ashley B. and Zhe Zhang. 2024. “Juvenile School Discipline and Well-being among College-Educated Emerging Adults.” Emerging Adulthood, 12(1) 318-332. https://doi-org.gate.lib.buffalo.edu/10.1177/21676968241235427.
Lu, Yunmei, Mateus R. Santos, and Zhe Zhang. 2023. “Social Change, Gender Stratification and the Sex Gap of Homicide Victimization in 76 Countries, 1975–2017.” The British Journal of Criminology. 63(4): 1058–1079, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azac077.
Presentations:
2024. “Examining the Decline in Youth Offending across Geographical Regions in the U.S., 1990-2019.” The American Society of Criminology Conference, San Francisco, CA.
2024. “An Analysis of Rural-Urban Differences in Substance Use Among Young Adolescents.” The American Society of Criminology Conference, San Francisco, CA.
2024. “Examining the Black-White Differences in Youth Violent Offending across Three Cohorts: A Decomposition Analysis." Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Montreal, Canada.
2024. “Examining the Gentrification-Health Link Through the Pathway of Neighborhood Cohesion and Safety.” Urban Works-in-Progress Group, Department of Sociology, State University of New York at Buffalo.
2023. “Is that What Gentrification Looks Like? Considering Neighborhood Change in A Small City.” Urban Works-in-Progress Group, Department of Sociology, State University of New York at Buffalo.
2023. “Chains of Disadvantage or Turning Points? The Role of Romantic Relationships in the Education-Health Link.” National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.
2023. “Juvenile School Discipline and Emerging Adult Well-Being." Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, PA.
2023. “The Role of Romantic Relationships in the Education and Health Link." Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, PA.
Email: zzhang67@buffalo.edu