Assistant Professor of Sociology and Demography @UT San Antonio Website: zhiyonglin.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/zlinsoc.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/zlinsoc.bsky.social/post/3lrqmnus2uc2iExcited to collaborate with my amazing coauthors Kara Joyner and Wendy Manning on studying social isolation by sexual orientation! Our research shows that sexual minority adults face higher levels of isolation and experience a faster rise in isolation as they age https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0022146525134002016 Jun 2025 18:35 +0000at://did:plc:b3listcbnglnehkkith656nv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrqmnus2uc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/zlinsoc.bsky.social/post/3locsqansv223Excited to share my first JMF publication! In China, we found that adult children caring for their own parents showed better cognitive functioning compared to non-caregivers, while no such effect was found for in-laws. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jomf.1311704 May 2025 02:30 +0000at://did:plc:b3listcbnglnehkkith656nv/app.bsky.feed.post/3locsqansv223https://bsky.app/profile/zlinsoc.bsky.social/post/3lniot6onxc2nWe are hiring an Assistant Professor of Instruction who can teach courses related to health, aging, and/or quantitative methods: https://www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/details.cfm?JobCode=17910838523 Apr 2025 17:11 +0000at://did:plc:b3listcbnglnehkkith656nv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lniot6onxc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/zlinsoc.bsky.social/post/3lmkap7un3s2nThis paper is lead-authored by my amazing master’s student, Nhan. So excited to have him on this project! [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Apr 2025 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:b3listcbnglnehkkith656nv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmkap7un3s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/zlinsoc.bsky.social/post/3lizzrypax222Excited to share my new sole-authored paper published in the @geronmedia.bsky.social, exploring racial/ethnic differences in care networks of older adults: https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaf03825 Feb 2025 23:37 +0000at://did:plc:b3listcbnglnehkkith656nv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lizzrypax222