I-Fen Lin
ifenlin@bgsu.edu 
(419)372-8517
Curriculum Vitae

Associate Professor of Sociology

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

I-Fen Lin received her Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1997, and subsequently held a postdoctoral fellowship at the Office of Population Research and Center for Research on Child Wellbeing of Princeton University. She joined the Bowling Green faculty in 2000. Her areas of expertise include social psychology, family sociology, gender, and quantitative research methods. Dr. Lin's research interests center on family structure and child well-being, intergenerational exchanges, child support policies, and the quality of survey data. She is currently looking at the long-term consequences of growing up in a single-parent family on next generation parenting and the patterns and determinants of reciprocal helping behavior between generations in American and Taiwanese families.

Recent Publications:

Lin, I-Fen, Holly R. Fee, and Hsueh-Sheng Wu. (Forthcoming.) "Negative and Positive Caregiving Experiences: A Closer Look at the Intersection of Gender and Relationship." Family Relations.

Lin, I-Fen and Hsueh-Sheng Wu. 2011. “Does Informal Care Attenuate the Cycle of ADL/IADL Disability and Depressive Symptoms in Late Life?” The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 66B(5):585-594.

Lin, I-Fen. 2008. “Mother and Daughter Reports about Upward Transfers.” Journal of Marriage and Family, 70(3):815-827.

Lin, I-Fen. 2008. “Consequences of Parental Divorce for Adult Children’s Support of Their Frail Parents.” Journal of Marriage and Family, 70(1):113-128.

Lin, I-Fen and Sara S. McLanahan. 2007. “Parental Beliefs about Nonresident Fathers’ Obligations and Rights.” Journal of Marriage and Family, 69(2):382-398.

Lin, I-Fen, Noreen Goldman, Maxine Weinstein, and Yu-Hsuan Lin. 2006. “Stability and Change in Patterns of Intergenerational Transfers in Taiwan.” Pp. 63-87 in Allocating Public and Private Resources across Generations, edited by Anne H. Gauthier, C. Y. Cyrus Chu, and Shripad Tuljapurkar. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer.

Lin, I-Fen, Nora Cate Schaeffer, Judith A. Seltzer, and Kay L. Tuschen. 2004. “Divorced Parents’ Qualitative and Quantitative Reports of Children’s Living Arrangements.”  Journal of Marriage and Family, 66(2):385-397.