Emma Zang

@dremmazang.bsky.social

Associate Professor @YaleSoc @ysphbiostat @JacksonYale | Advocate for evidence-based family and health policies | Data science enthusiast

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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 10d

See many of you next Friday!

Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 13d

The Hoover Institution was a beautiful setting, and the organizing team was fantastic. I’m already planning to join again next year. Hope to see more demographers and sociologists there!

Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 13d

Had a great time at the Remote Work Conference last week! It’s been a while since I’ve attended such an intellectually stimulating and welcoming event.

Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 24d

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From Extraction to Inference: Comparing Rule-Based, Machine Learning, and LLM Approaches for Classifying Social Outcomes in Legal Text

Legal texts encode key social outcomes, but their unstructured format, domain-specific language, and culturally embedded cues make them difficult to an

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Reposted by Cameron Campbell

Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 24d

Just posted a new working paper on SSRN! We pit rule-based, machine learning, and various LLM methods against each other to classify social outcomes (like gender, custody, and housing) from Chinese divorce judgments. What can human–machine disagreement teach us about validity and inference?

From Extraction to Inference: Comparing Rule-Based, Machine Learning, and LLM Approaches for Classifying Social Outcomes in Legal Text

Legal texts encode key social outcomes, but their unstructured format, domain-specific language, and culturally embedded cues make them difficult to an

papers.ssrn.com

Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 27d

Join us in advancing cutting-edge, data-driven research on inequality and population health! Please spread the word!

Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 27d

The official posting will appear soon on our lab website, but interested candidates are encouraged to reach out now with a CV and a writing sample (with an associated sample code). You can reach me at emma.zang@yale.edu. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until we find the right fit.

Reposted by Nicholas A. Christakis

Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 27d

Z-CAFÉ will soon open a new postdoctoral position. We’re looking for scholars passionate about family, health, demography, policy, and aging, broadly defined, who also bring strong statistical and computational skills.

Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 28d

Looking forward to the amazing Deborah Carr visiting us next Monday!

Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · Oct 6

Excited to attend this year's Remote Work Conference at Stanford (www.remoteworkconference.org)! Look forward to connecting with scholars who are interested in flexible work and those in the Stanford area!

2025 Conference Schedule

The Schedule

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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · Oct 5

This would likely be a side project, but I think it could be extremely interesting (and important). If this sparks your curiosity too, please reach out or drop me a message—I’d love to chat!

Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · Oct 5

I’d love to start talking with families whose children or parents have been in facilities recently acquired by private equity companies. I’m also looking to connect with researchers—especially those with qualitative expertise—who might be interested in exploring this with me.

Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · Oct 5

As both a scholar who studies caregiving and a parent, I find this trend fascinating—and a bit concerning. There’s already a growing body of research on private equity in healthcare, but much less on its impact on the everyday experiences of families.

Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · Oct 5

Lately I’ve been hearing parents talk about how private equity firms are increasingly buying up daycares and nursing homes in Connecticut.

Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · Oct 4

As someone who studies family, law, and inequality, I found these stories both personal and urgent—they remind us how policies ripple through everyday lives and futures.

I hope you’ll take a moment to read it and support student journalism: thenewjournalatyale.com/2025/09/disr...

Disrupted Customs | The New Journal

Chinese international students are the foremost targets of Trump’s student visa restrictions. Now, their place at Yale and their ability to speak freely seem more precarious.

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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · Oct 4

I was recently interviewed for this thoughtful piece in The New Journal about Chinese international students navigating today’s political climate. The article captures both the courage and vulnerability of students whose education and voices are shaped by forces far beyond the classroom.

Disrupted Customs | The New Journal

Chinese international students are the foremost targets of Trump’s student visa restrictions. Now, their place at Yale and their ability to speak freely seem more precarious.

thenewjournalatyale.com