Yudan Chen

Association Professor, Senior Researcher

College of Education

Department of Counseling

 Research Areas of Interest:

As a developmental psychologist and methodologist, I have collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to conduct research on a wide variety of topics, including injury prevention, health and education outcomes of adolescents, and early childhood education. In particular, I have led several projects that involved linking and analyzing large-scale, longitudinal datasets from multiple sources. Currently, my research focuses on the contextual influences on the health, functioning, and wellbeing of youth and adolescents.


Current Projects:

1. Promoting Successful Employment Trajectories for Youth with Disabilities During

School to Work Transition: The Role of Personal, Family, and Workplace Experiences.

(PI: Yudan Chen Wang). National Institute on Disability , Independent and

Rehabilitation Research ($599, 867, Sep 2022 - Aug 2025).


2. Assessing the Impact of COVID on the Applications to and Enrollment in UNC System

Institutions (PI: Yudan Chen Wang). North Carolina Collaboratory ($148,833, Nov 2022 - 

Oct 2024)


Recent Publications:

  • Wang, Y. C., & McLeroy, A. M. (2023). Poverty, parenting stress, and adolescent mental health: The protective role of school connectedness reexamined. Children and Youth Services Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107127 
  • McLeroy, A. M., & Wang, Y. C. (2023). "We're not anti-police...We're anti-police brutality": An exploration of Black college freshmen's perception of police brutality on social media. Journal of Adolescent Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/07435584221144975
  • Mostafa, S., & Wang, Y. C. (in press). Competitive integrated employment: Aligning measurement with conceptualization using latent growth curve modeling. Manuscript submitted to PLOS One.
  • Wang, Y. C., Foss, R. D., & Goodwin, A. H. ( 2022 ). Unlicensed driving among young drivers in North Carolina: A quasi induced exposure analysis. Injury Epidemiology , 9:26. https://doi.org/10.1186/s 40621 022 00391 9
  • Goodwin, A. H., Wang, Y. C. C., Foss, R. D., & Kirley, B. 2022 ). The Role of Inexperience in Motorcycle Crashes Among Novice and Returning Motorcycle Riders . Journal of Safety Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2022.07.003

EDUCATION

M.S.

Information Technology and Management / The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Ph.D.

Human Development and Family Studies / The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

M.S.

Human Development and Family Studies / The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

B.A.

Arts / Guangdong University of Foreign Studies