Huan Wang

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Huan Wang, PhD

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

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

Biography

Huan Wang is a 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
September 2024

Depression Takes a Toll on Academic Performance: Evidence from Rural Students in China

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Journal Articles
July 2024

The Connection between Sleep Patterns and Mental Health: Insights from Rural Chinese Students

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Journal Articles
July 2024

Effects of Mindfulness and Life-Skills Training on Emotion Regulation and Anxiety Symptoms in Chinese Migrant Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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