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Yiran Zhang is the Proskauer Assistant Professor of Employment and Labor Law at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR), with an affiliation to Cornell Law School. Her research focuses on legal systems governing care work at the intersection of informal labor markets, the welfare state, and economic households. Key projects include examining public care programs, employee classification of non-traditional laborers in the U.S., and care migration/social reproduction in China. She holds an S.J.D. and LL.M. from Harvard Law School and an LL.B. from Tsinghua University, and is a member of the New York Bar.
Research interests include labor law, gender studies, social policy, and global migration. Her work critiques legal frameworks shaping care work dynamics, particularly in contexts like China’s garment industry and global domestic worker migration. Recent articles analyze 'workification' trends, gendered precarization in supply chains, and bureaucratic challenges in care systems.
Teaching focuses on labor and employment law, employment discrimination, law of care work, and gender-political economy. No specific grants or advising roles are detailed in the text.
