Ph.D. in Social Welfare, 2010, University at Albany, State University of New York

Year	Rank/Title	Institution
2016 - present	Associate Professor	Renmin University of China School of Sociology and Population Studies Department of Social Work and Social Policy
2010 - 2016	Lecturer	Renmin University of China School of Sociology and Population Studies Department of Social Work and Social Policy

Graduate Courses Taught

Social Work Research Method

Undergraduate Courses Taught

Introduction to Social Work, Casework

* Corresponding Author.

Wu, L., Huang, Y.*, Gao, Y., Chen, Q., & Mclaren, H. (2023). Domestic Violence Survivors Who Became Anti-Domestic Violence Volunteers: A Qualitative Study in China.  The British Journal of Social Work,53 (4):2157-2175.

Liu, L.*, & Wu, L., (2023). The diachronic influence of left-behind experience on parent-child relationship: A study of cases from Hunan and Jiangxi provinces.  Journal of Chinese Youth Social Science, 42 (1), 71-81. (in Chinese)

Wang, Y., Jiang, W., & Wu, L.* (2023). Association between age and loneliness in different residential type and gender groups: Evidence from China.  BMC Psychiatry, (2023)23 :43. DOI: 10.1186/s12888-023-04525-1

Shulman, L. (2022).  Empowerment Series: The Skills of Helping Individuals, Families, Groups, and Communities  (Enhanced 8^th) (Y. Sui, L. Wu, H. Zhang, X. He, & Y. Zhu, Trans.). Renmin University of China Press. (Original work published 2015) (in Chinese)

Wu, L.*, & Li, W. (2022). Experiences and challenges in termination of MSW students in the perspective of anticipatory grief theory.  Social Construction, 9 (2), 58-72. (in Chinese)

Zheng, W., Huang, Y.*, & Wu, L. (2022). Community and social correlates of leisure participation among older adults.  Leisure Studies, 41 (5), 688-702.

Wu, L., Huang, Y.*, Chen, Q., & Shi, Y. (2021). Social work students’ experiences of ethical difficulties in field placements: A qualitative study in China.  The British Journal of Social Work, 51 (2), 505-523.

Liu, L.*, & Wu, L. (2019). A study of influence of “new generation migrant workers’ left-behind experiences” on their parenting choices.  Study & Exploration, 2019 (3), 28-34. (in Chinese)

Zhang, H.*, Wu, L., & Cheng, M. (2019). The role of hopelessness in the health of low-class rural Chinese residents.  Community Mental Health Journal,55 (1), 112-119.

Chen, Q., Wu, L.,* & Peng, T. (2018). Exploring gaps between MSW students' experiences and expectations of field supervision in a Chinese setting.  Social Work Education: The International Journal, 37 (2), 265-276.

Jin, M., Li, X., Wu, L., & Lei, J. (2017). Social work academia and policy in China. In John Gal, & Idit Weis-Gal (Eds.),  Where Academia and Policy Meet. The Policy Press, the University of Bristol, pp. 41-58.

Wu, L., & Zhang, H.* (2016). Health-related quality of life of low-class populations in urban China.  Health and Social Work, 41 (4), 219-227.

Liu, M., Wu, L.*, & Chen, L. (2016). Migrant women’s social support in a metropolis of China.  AFFILIA: Journal of Women and Social Work, 31 (4), 479-490.

Wu, L.*, & Zhang, X. (2015). Research on intention of community employment of rural migrant workers.  Population Research, 39 (3), 100-106. (in Chinese)

Wu, L.* & Huang, Y. (2015). Work barriers perceived by welfare recipients of a community employment program in Beijing, China.  Asian Pacific Journal of social work & development, 25 (1), 2-12.

He, X.*, & Wu, L. (2015). Living conditions of returned migrant farmers disabled by work injury.  Population Research, 39 (1), 96-103. (in Chinese).

Wu, L. (2014).  Chinese Welfare Recipients’ Perspectives on Employment.  Deutschland, Germany: Scholar Press.

Zhang, H.*, & Wu, L., (2014). Evaluation of the subjective effect of MSW education.  Journal of Guangdong University of Technology (Social Sciences Edition), 14 (1), 61-66. (in Chinese).

Wu, L. (2013). A Tentative Model of Factors Influencing Intention to Work among the Unemployed. In Sui, Y. & Zhang, H. (Eds),  Social Work in Social Construction . Beijing: China Population Publishing House. (in Chinese).

Wu, L.*, Rusyidi, B., Claiborne, N., & McCarthy, M. L. (2013). Relationships between work-life balance and job-related factors among child welfare workers.  Children and Youth Services Review, 35 (9), 1447-1454.

Huang. Y.*, & Wu, L. (2012). Correlates of life satisfaction among older people in China: An examination of two cultural variables.  Aging and Mental Health, 16 (8), 1028-1038.

Wu, L.* (2012). Factors influencing intention to work among the unemployed.  Population Research, 36 (5), 84-93. (in Chinese)

Wu, L.* (2010). American research on barriers to employment and its implication.  China Social Work Research, 7 , 76-97. (in Chinese).