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Haoyue Yang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture at Michigan State University. He received his Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from Northeast Forestry University in Heilongjiang, China, and furthered his education with a Master of Landscape Architecture and a Ph.D. in Urban Regional Science from Texas A&M University. His academic work focuses on the intersection of community sustainability and physical and social well-being through the use of geospatial analytics. Specifically, Yang studies how the built environment influences loneliness, social interaction, and social networks, with the aim of informing policies and design interventions that strengthen social infrastructure. He has contributed to interdisciplinary projects related to urban social connectedness, intergenerational community design, active living, healthy aging, and the environments of long-term care facilities. His work has been presented at numerous conferences and published in peer-reviewed journals.
Department of Psychology