Biography
Assistant Professor Fengyan Tang earned a PhD from Washington University in St. Louis.
Tang studies the productive and civic engagement of older adults in volunteer, civic service, and work roles. Her research focuses on socioeconomic disparities in access to productive/civic roles, factors predictive of role engagement, outcomes associated with role engagement, and the institutional capacity of society to engage older adults in productive and civic roles. Tang also studies the role of home- and community-based services in aging in place; independent living and long-term care planning in a population aging with disability; and help-seeking patterns among older adults.
Research Interests
- Productive and civic engagement in late life
- Aging in place
Selected Publications
Tang, F., Choi, E., & Morrow-Howell, N. (2010). Organizational support and volunteering benefits for older adults. The Gerontologist, 50 (5), 603-612.
Tang, F. & Lee, Y. (2010). Home- and community-based services utilization and aging in place. Home Health Care Services Quarterly, 29 (3), 138-154.
Tang, F., Morrow-Howell, N., & Choi, E. (2010). Why do older volunteers stop volunteering? Ageing & Society, 30 (5), 859-878.
Tang, F. (2010). Volunteering by older adults in the Unites States. The Journal of China Social Work, 3 (2&3), 289-300.
Tang, F., Morrow-Howell, N., & Hong, S. (2009). Inclusion of diverse older populations in volunteering: The importance of institutional facilitation. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 38(5), 810-827.
Tang, F. (2009). Late-life volunteering and trajectories of physical health. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 28(4), 524-533.
Tang, F., Morrow-Howell, N., & Hong, S. (2009). Institutional facilitation in sustained volunteering among older adult volunteers. Social Work Research, 33(3), 172-182.
Tang, F. & Pickard, J. (2008). Aging in place or relocation: Awareness of community-based long-term care and services. Journal of Housing for the Elderly, 22(4), 404-422.
Tang, F. & Morrow-Howell, N. (2008). Involvement in voluntary organizations: How older adults access volunteer roles? Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 51(3-4), 210-227.
Tang, F. (2008). Socioeconomic disparities in voluntary organization involvement among older adults. Nonprofit & Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 37(1), 57-75.
Tang, F. (2006). What resources are needed for volunteerism? A life course perspective. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 25(5), 375-390.