I am a Ph.D. candidate in sociology with an advanced certificate in demography at the CUNY Graduate Center.

Broadly speaking, I study urban inequality, immigration and racialized discourse using quantitative, spatial and computational methods. My dissertation investigates how neighborhood reputations come into form and how they shape neighborhood change through the lens of amenities, services, and media narratives. I am also engaged in collaborative projects on intra-Asian diversity and intergenerational mobility among immigrants. My dissertation is supported by the ASA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant for 2026-2027.

I am currently a teaching assistant in the M.S. Program in Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences at the Graduate Center. I served as student representative for the ASA Section on Asia and Asian America for 2025–2026.

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Qiyao Pan

Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology