About
Hi, this is Jat Laam (previously publishing as Yinan Yao).
I am a Ph.D. candidate in sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center. My research examines how legal and institutional classifications shape belonging, mobility, and inequality. I study these questions primarily in the context of migration and legal status, while also exploring how work–family arrangements and gendered labor markets structure life chances across the life course.
Methodologically, I combine quantitative analysis of large-scale data, survey and conjoint experiments, and qualitative interviews to understand how people interpret and respond to institutional categories in everyday life.
Selected Publications
View All →A Comparative Analysis of Hate Crimes Against Asians in the USA, 1996--2022
John Torpey†, Juan Dolores Cerna, Jat Laam Yiu
Journal of International Migration and Integration
Preferred Profiles of New Immigrants to NYC during the Migrant Influx of the 2020s: A Conjoint Experiment Revealing the Role of Legal Status in Public Opinion
Liza G. Steele†, Jat Laam Yiu, Laird Gallagher, Philip Kasinitz
Working Paper, CUNY Graduate Center