Yiran Zhang

Yiran Zhang is an Assistant Professor of Labor and Employment Law at Cornell University’s Industrial and Labor Relations School. Her research focuses on the governance of care work at the intersection of the often-informal labor market, the welfare state, and the economic household. Her current project employs a socio-legal approach to study public care programs in the U.S.. She also writes about the boundary of work law and gender and informal work. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Boston University Law Review, the Indiana Law Journal, Stanford Law & Policy Review, Cornell International Law Journal, and Georgetown Immigration Law Journal. She teaches Labor and Employment Law, Employment Discrimination, and a writing seminar on the Law of Care Work.
Dr. Zhang has received an S.J.D. and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School and an LL.B. from Tsinghua University. She's a member of the New York Bar.

Teaching Statement 

I teach classes on labor and employment law, employment discrimination, the law of care work, and gender and political economy.