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Amon S. EmekaAssistant Professor of SociologyContact Information E-mail: emeka@usc.edu Phone: (213) 740-3548 Office: KAP 352 LINKS Curriculum Vitae Personal Website |
Biographical Sketch |
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| Professor Emeka earned his PhD from the University of Washington in 2004 and assumed his current post as Assistant Professor of Sociology in 2005. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in race and ethnic relations, demography, and statistics. His primary research interests lay in the areas of racial inequality, immigrant adapation, and social demography more generally. Currently, Professor Emeka is engaged in research to 1) uncover and explain trends in poverty among immigrants and their U.S. born children and 2) provide empirical evidence as to the continuing centrality of the Black/non-Black divide in U.S. labor markets. His prior research and writing on these and other topics can be found in the International Migration Review, Race and Social Problems, Social Science History and Readings on Educational Equity. | |
Education |
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 Ph.D. Sociology, University of Washington, 6/2004
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M.S. Sociology, University of Wisconsin, 12/1993
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B.A. Sociology, California State University, Bakersfield, 3/1991
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Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History |
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Resident Faculty Fellow, USC Parkside International Residential College, 2010-
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Faculty Affiliate, USC Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration, 2008-
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Assistant Professor, USC Department of Sociology, 2005-
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Funded Research |
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Contracts and Grants Awarded |
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Variable Tempo of Dimensions of Immigrant Assimilation (National Institutes for Health), Dowell Myers, Amon Emeka, $769,855, 05/16/2007-06/30/2008
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Poverty across Immigrant Generations (National Poverty Center), Amon Emeka, $20,000, 2005-2006
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Affiliations with Research Centers, Labs, and Other Institutions |
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Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration, Faculty Affiliate,http://csii.usc.edu/
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National Poverty Center (University of Michigan), Affiliate,http://www.npc.umich.edu/
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USC Department of American Studies and Ethnicity, Faculty Affiliate,http://www.usc.edu/schools/college/ase/home/index.html
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West Coast Poverty Center (University of Washington), Affiliate,http://wcpc.washington.edu/
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Conferences and Other Presentations |
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Conference Presentations |
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"Non-Hispanics with Latin American Ancestry", Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, Talk/Oral Presentation, Paper, Washington, D.C., Invited, 04/01/2011
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"Race, Hispanicity, Ancestry, and Intergenerational Mobility among Post-Civil Rights Era Immigrants", Annual Meetings of the Pacific Sociological Association, Talk/Oral Presentation, Abstract, Seattle, Washington, Invited, 03/11/2011
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"Race, Origins, and Poverty across Immigrant Generations in the U.S.", Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, Talk/Oral Presentation, Refereed Paper, Dallas, Texas, Population Association of America, 04/2010
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"The Changing Effects of Race and Ethnicity on Unemployment in the U.S., 1960-2000", Annual Meetings of the Pacific Sociological Association, Talk/Oral Presentation, Refereed Abstract, Oakland, California, Pacific Sociological Association, 04/2010
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"Where Race Matters Most: Race, Ethnicity, and Unemployment in 100 U.S. Metropolitan Areas", Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, Poster, Refereed Abstract, Dallas, Texas, Population Association of America, 04/2010
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Other Presentations |
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""I'm not Latino but my grandma was": Non-Latino Identities among Latino Descendents in the U.S.", USC Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration Faculty Seminar, USC Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration, USC Doheny Library Intellectual Commons, 03/24/2010
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Publications |
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Book |
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 Emeka, A.
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New Blacks, New Whites, and the New Day: Intergenerational Mobility among Black and White Immigrants to the US in the Post-Civil Rights Era. Saarbrucken: VDM Verlag.
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Encyclopedia Article |
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Emeka, A.
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'Intergenerational Mobility' in the Encyclopedia of Social Problems. (Vincent N. Parillo, Ed.). Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications.
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Journal Article |
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Emeka, A., Vallejo, J. A.
(2011).
Non-Hispanics with Latin American Ancestry: Assimilation, Race, and Identity among Latin American Descendents in the U.S. Social Science Research.
Vol. 40 (6), pp. 1547-63.
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Emeka, A.
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Race and Unemployment amidst the New Diversity: More Evidence of a Black/non-Black Divide. Race and Social Problems.
Vol. 1 (3), pp. 157-70.
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Myers, D., Gao, X., Emeka, A.
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The Gradient of Immigrant Age at Arrival Effects on Socioeconomic Outcomes in the U.S. International Migration Review.
Vol. 43 (1), pp. 205-29.
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Emeka, A. S.
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Birth, Fortune and Discrepant Fertility in Twentieth-Century America. Social Science History/Duke University Press.
Vol. 30, pp. 327-57.
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Emeka, A., Hirschman, C.
(2005).
Who Applies for and Who is Selected for Washington State Achiever Scholarships? An Early Assessment. Readings on Equal Education/AMS Press.
Vol. 21, pp. 177-206.
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Multimedia Scholarship and Creative Works |
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New York Times citation, My scholarly paper (with Jody Agius-Vallejo) was cited in a New York Times article entitled, "For Many Latinos, Racial Identity Is More Culture Than Color" which ran on January 13, 2012., 01/13/2012
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Service to the University |
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Administrative Appointments |
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Director of Undergraduate Studies, USC Department of Sociology, 2011-2012
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