Hello! I am Xiuqi Sukie Yang (杨修齐). I am a joint Ph.D. candidate in Sociology and Demography at the University of Pennsylvania with an MA degree in Statistics and Data Sciences at the Wharton School. My research focuses on how dynamic environmental, social, and familial contexts in childhood impact children's developmental and educational outcomes, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.

My research has been recognized with honorable mentions from the Asia and Asian America Section Graduate Student Paper Award of the American Sociological Association and the Nan Lin Graduate Student Paper Award of the International Chinese Sociological Association. My work has been accepted in Demography (sole-authored) and been published in the Chinese Sociological Review (sole-authored) and Elementary School Journal.

Her work has been supported by the UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report Fellowship and Penn School of Arts & Sciences Dissertation Research Award, among others. As a researcher for the MECCE Project, she develops computational tools to track global climate education progress. This research contributes to new monitoring efforts for Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4.7.

Currently, my dissertation investigates the complex relationship between climate change and education. Using data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2018 and a unique UNESCO-MECCE national curriculum policy dataset, I examine how global pressures, domestic politics, and school characteristics influence the institutionalization of climate education across 170 countries. I also explore how school and family socialization processes shape pro-environmental identity formation among teenagers.