Huan Wang

Huan Wang headshot.

Huan Wang, PhD

  • Senior Research Scholar, Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions

Encina Hall East, 5th Floor
Stanford, CA 94305-6055

Biography

Huan Wang is a Senior Research Scholar at Stanford University. Her research focuses on assessing educational quality and identifying effective educational programs and policies to improve student outcomes in rural China. By conducting large-scale randomized controlled trials, she evaluates the impact of social emotional learning on reducing dropouts in rural junior high schools, the impact of independent reading on student performance, and the effect of vision care programs on learning and schooling path.

She also currently runs a social enterprise that works with local communities to establish sustainable, high quality vision care services for children in rural China.

publications

Journal Articles
January 2026

School Feeding Program and Health Outcomes Among School-Aged Children: Evidence From Rural China

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School Feeding Program and Health Outcomes Among School-Aged Children: Evidence From Rural China
Journal Articles
December 2025

Associations Between Experiencing Bullying and Student Well-Being: Insights from Gansu Schools in Rural China

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Associations Between Experiencing Bullying and Student Well-Being: Insights from Gansu Schools in Rural China
Journal Articles
November 2025

Evaluating a Mindfulness Randomized Controlled Trial in Chinese Migrant Youth: A Follow Up Mixed Methods Study

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Evaluating a Mindfulness Randomized Controlled Trial in Chinese Migrant Youth: A Follow Up Mixed Methods Study

In The News

Globe focused on China with text overlay of the report title, "Bay Area Council Conversations: Finding Opportunity in U.S.-China Economic Relations"
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Bay Area Council Conversations: Finding Opportunity in US-China Economic Relations

SCCEI team members Huan Wang, Research Scholar, and Matthew Boswell, Associate Director of External Affairs, joined in conversation with 15+ experts on where, despite obstacles, opportunities can still be found to build business and economic ties between the U.S. and China.
Bay Area Council Conversations: Finding Opportunity in US-China Economic Relations
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Fears of a 'Dark COVID Winter' in Rural China Grow as the Holiday Rush Begins

SCCEI Research Scholar speaks with npr host Emily Feng about the current COVID situation in rural China, saying there is fear of rural villages being 'left on their own in a dark, COVID winter.'
Fears of a 'Dark COVID Winter' in Rural China Grow as the Holiday Rush Begins