Yali He-Schaefer
Biography
My research interests include internal migration in China and international migration between China and other regions, especially the United States, as well as reproduction, gender, and family.
Education
2023 M.A. East Asian Studies, University of California Los Angels: Urban-urban split households in China: Gender, migration, and stay-behind women
Grants & Awards
2025-2026 Summer Travel Award, UCLA Department of Geography
2025 AAG Travel Grant
2024-2025 Conference Travel Award, UCLA Department of Geography
2024 Eugene V. Cota-Robles Fellowship
Courses & Presentations
“Urban-Urban Split Households in China: Gender, Migration and Sole Migrant Men”
- Paper Session, Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Detroit, MI, March 2025 (with C. Cindy Fan)
- Paper Session, East Asian Regional Conference in Alternative Geography, Fukuoka, Japan, February 2025
“Women at a Crossroads: Gender Dynamics among Urban-Urban Migrants in China”
- Paper Session, The Urban China Research Network Conference, Beijing, China, October 2023 (with C. Cindy Fan)
- Paper Session, The Ninth Annual Trans-Asia Graduate Student Conference, April 2023 (virtual)
- Paper Session, Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, March 2023 (with C. Cindy Fan)
“Urban-to-Urban Migration: Split Household Management in China”
- Paper Session, the Ninth Annual Going Global Conference, May 2022 (Virtual)
“A Study of the Relationship Between Trustworthiness and Tie Color”
- Paper Session, Northwest Communication Association Conference, Boise, Idaho, April 2013
