Biography
Yannan Gao is primarily interested in adolescent development. Looking back on her own education with life-changing experience, she wants to understand more about how adolescents make decisions in academic and career settings (e.g. going to college, choosing the field of study, picking an occupation). Do adolescents have an image of what kind of person they would like to become when they grow up? Does this image serve as a roadmap for their growth? If so, through what process does this roadmap guide adolescents? Having attended schools in different Chinese cities and coming to the U.S. as an international student, Yannan studies her research topic with sociocultural environment in mind. She is particularly interested in cultural background and family socioeconomic status.
Yannan received her bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She received the 2016 Provost Ph.D. Fellowship.
Yannan Gao is primarily interested in adolescent development. Looking back on her own education with life-changing experience, she wants to understand more about how adolescents make decisions in academic and career settings (e.g. going to college, choosing the field of study, picking an occupation). Do adolescents have an image of what kind of person they would like to become when they grow up? Does this image serve as a roadmap for their growth? If so, through what process does this roadmap guide adolescents? Having attended schools in different Chinese cities and coming to the U.S. as an international student, Yannan studies her research topic with sociocultural environment in mind. She is particularly interested in cultural background and family socioeconomic status.
Yannan received her bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She received the 2016 Provost Ph.D. Fellowship.
