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Yining Tan

  • Assistant Professor of Practice
Contact
  • (520) 621-1652
  • Environment and Natural Res. 2, Rm. S434
  • Tucson, AZ 85719
  • yiningtan@arizona.edu
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  • Scholarly Contributions

Degrees

  • Ph.D. Geography
    • Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States
    • The Spatial, Occupational and Social Mobility of Skilled U.S. Migrants in China: A Capital-mobility and Intersectional Analysis

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Courses

2025-26 Courses

  • Princ+ Prac Regional Dev
    GEOG 371 (Fall 2025)

2024-25 Courses

  • Economic Geography
    GEOG 305 (Spring 2025)
  • Population Geography
    GEOG 367 (Spring 2025)
  • Population Geography
    SOC 367 (Spring 2025)
  • Urban Growth+Development
    GEOG 379 (Spring 2025)
  • Urban Growth+Development
    PLG 379 (Spring 2025)
  • Fundamental Geog. Techniques
    GEOG 222 (Fall 2024)
  • Princ+ Prac Regional Dev
    GEOG 371 (Fall 2024)
  • Problems Regional Dev
    AREC 471 (Fall 2024)
  • Problems Regional Dev
    GEOG 471 (Fall 2024)
  • Problems Regional Dev
    PLG 471 (Fall 2024)

2023-24 Courses

  • Population Geography
    GEOG 367 (Summer I 2024)
  • Population Geography
    SOC 367 (Summer I 2024)
  • Urban Growth+Development
    GEOG 379 (Summer I 2024)
  • Urban Growth+Development
    PLG 379 (Summer I 2024)
  • Economic Geography
    GEOG 305 (Spring 2024)
  • Problems Regional Dev
    AREC 471 (Spring 2024)
  • Problems Regional Dev
    GEOG 471 (Spring 2024)
  • Problems Regional Dev
    PLG 471 (Spring 2024)
  • Urban Growth+Development
    GEOG 379 (Spring 2024)
  • Urban Growth+Development
    PLG 379 (Spring 2024)
  • Population Geography
    GEOG 367 (Fall 2023)
  • Population Geography
    SOC 367 (Fall 2023)
  • Princ+ Prac Regional Dev
    GEOG 371 (Fall 2023)
  • Urban Growth+Development
    GEOG 379 (Fall 2023)
  • Urban Growth+Development
    PLG 379 (Fall 2023)

2022-23 Courses

  • Population Geography
    GEOG 367 (Summer I 2023)
  • Population Geography
    SOC 367 (Summer I 2023)
  • Economic Geography
    GEOG 305 (Spring 2023)
  • Population Geography
    GEOG 367 (Spring 2023)
  • Population Geography
    SOC 367 (Spring 2023)
  • Princ+ Prac Regional Dev
    GEOG 371 (Spring 2023)
  • Population Geography
    GEOG 367 (Fall 2022)
  • Population Geography
    SOC 367 (Fall 2022)
  • Urban Growth+Development
    GEOG 379 (Fall 2022)
  • Urban Growth+Development
    PLG 379 (Fall 2022)

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Scholarly Contributions

Chapters

  • Woodworth, M. D., Ren, X., Rodenbiker, J., Santi, E., Tan, Y., Zhang, L., & Zhou, Y. (2022). Researching China during the COVID-19 pandemic. In COVID-19 and Emerging World of ad-hoc Geographies(pp 2705-2721). Springer Publishing.
  • Xie, S., Li, W., & Tan, Y. (2022). Vulnerability, Infection, and Anti-Discrimination among Asian Americans amid COVID-19: Explorations into Race and Health Intersections in California. In COVID-19 and Emerging World of ad-hoc Geographies. Springer Publishing.
  • Lo, L., Lu, Y., Li, W., Tan, Y., & Lu, Z. (2021). Youth Educational Mobility: The Start of Intellectual Migration. In The Palgrave Handbook of Youth Mobility and Educational Migration(pp 83-96). Springer Nature.
  • Tan, Y., & Li, W. (2021). Gender Migration and Globalization —— Case Study of Dongguan. In Annual Report of Chinese International Migration 2020(pp 136-153).
  • Li, W., Lo, L., & Tan, Y. (2019). Globalization in China and Studying in North America. In Handbook on China and Globalization. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Journals/Publications

  • Tan, Y., Li, W., & Tsuda, T. (2022). Cross-border im/mobility of skilled migrants from the U.S. to China: a capital-mobility framework. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 1-21. doi:10.1080/1369183x.2022.2075839
  • Tan, Y., Li, W., Ma, L., & Liu, M. (2022). Attracting Highly-skilled Migrants to Guangzhou, China: Policy Comments. International Development Policy. doi:https://doi.org/10.4000/poldev.4825
  • Tan, Y. (2021). Gendered skilled migration: American women in China. Asian Geographer, 1-17. doi:10.1080/10225706.2021.1930079
  • Tan, Y. (2021). Temporary Migrants and Community Squares:  A Case Study of Dongguan, China.. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 47(20), 4688-4704. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183x.2020.1732615
  • Li, W., Lo, L., Lu, Y., Tan, Y., & Lu, Z. (2020). Intellectual migration: considering China. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 47(12), 2833-2853. doi:10.1080/1369183x.2020.1739393
  • Li, W., Bakshi, K., Tan, Y., & Huang, X. (2019). Policies for Recruiting Talented Professionals from the Diaspora: India and China Compared. International Migration, 57(3), 373-391. doi:10.1111/imig.12456

Proceedings Publications

  • Tan, Y., & Li, W. (2018). Paradox in gendered migration in the era of globalization: connections and comparisons. In The Fifth International Symposium on Transnational Migration and Qiaoxiang Studies: Transnational migration study from the perspective of gender—Conference proceeding.

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