​Assistant Professor of Sociology
University of Texas at San Antonio
zhiyong.lin@utsa.edu

Welcome!

I am a medical sociologist, family demographer, and social gerontologist studying health inequalities and family dynamics over the life course. Currently I am an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Texas at San Antonio and a Faculty Affiliate in the Population Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin. 

One line of my research consists of social determinants of well-being, mostly among older adults. The other strand of my research investigates the changing patterns of intimate relationships in non-Western social contexts undergoing dramatic social transitions. 
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My work has appeared in Demography,  Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Demographic Research, Aging & Mental Health, and other peer-reviewed outlets (Google Scholar). I serve on the editorial board of the Population Research and Policy Review.