In addition to teaching, Huang is the co-director of the Center for Social Development and an internationally renowned expert in the development of social policies that support family and child well-being. His work centers on financial capability and asset building (FCAB) programs for disadvantaged populations, such as low-income children, children with disabilities, children of immigrants, and youth in transition to adulthood. Huang’s research aims for universal policies that offer financial capability and structured asset building for all.
Huang began his career as a practitioner working with people with disabilities in the United States and China, and that work continues in his research on family-focused interventions.