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Janelle Staci Wong

Associate Professor of Political Science and American Studies and Ethnicity

Contact Information
E-mail: janellew@usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-1696
Office: VKC 232

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Curriculum Vitae
 

Education
Ph.D. , Yale University, 2001
 

Description of Research

Summary Statement of Research Interests
Professor Wong's research interests include race, ethnicity and politics; political participation, political mobilization and public opinion research. She is author of "Democracy's Promise: Immigrants and American Civic Institutions" (2006, University of Michigan Press). She has published articles on race, ethnicity and politics in Political Behavior, American Politics Review, Social Science Quarterly, P.S.: Political Science and Politics, and the American Journal of Sociology. As part of the Pilot National Asian American Political Study (PNAAPS) research team, she co-authored "The Politics of Asian Americans: Diversity and Community," (Routledge 2004) an analysis of the first multi-city, multi-lingual, multi-ethnic survey of Asian Americans' political attitudes and behavior. She teaches courses on race and politics and asian american politics and has studied the demographics of voting participation. Her current research is on immigration, religion and conservative politics in the United States.
 

Research Specialties
Race, Ethnicity and Politics, Political Participation, Public Opinion Research
 

Affiliations with Research Centers, Labs, and Other Institutions
Center for Religion and Civic Culture, Academic Advisory Board Member,http://crcc.usc.edu/
Center for the Study of Immigration and Integration, Affiliated faculty,http://csii.usc.edu/
USC Civic Engagement Initiative, Principal Investigator,http://www.usc-cei.org/index.php
 

Conferences and Other Presentations

Conference Presentations
"Comment on John Mollenkopf's "Insights on Mobility in the Russell Sage New York Study", Conference on Intergenerational Mobililty: Methods, Interpretations and Policy Immiplications, Talk/Oral Presentation, Abstract, University of Southern California, Center for the Study of Immigration and Integratio, Invited, Fall 2009   
"Operating Intersectionality", Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Roundtable/Panel, Toronto, 09/03/2009-09/06/2009  
"Roundtable on the 2008 National Asian American Survey", Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Roundtable/Panel, Abstract, Toronto, 09/03/2009-09/06/2009  
"Immigration and Religion: How do Faith Based Activists Engage in Immigration Reform", Center for the Study of Immigration and Integration, Roundtable/Panel, University of Southern California, Invited, Spring 2009   
"Findings from the 2008 National Asian American Survey", Annual Meeting of the Association of Asian Americdan Studies, Roundtable/Panel, Honolulu, 04/22/2009-04/26/2009  
 

Publications

Book
Wong, J., Ramakrishnan, K., Lee, T., Junn, J. (2011). Asian American Political Participation: Emerging Constituents and Identities. New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation Press.
Wong, J. S. (2006). Democracy's Promise: Immigrants and American Civic Institutions. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
Lien, P., Conway, M. M., Wong, J. S. (2004). The Politics of Asia America: Diversity and Community. Routledge.
 

Book Chapter
Junn, J., Lee, T., Ramakrishnan, K., Wong, J. (2010). Asian American Public Opinion. Oxford Handbook of American Public Opinion and Med New York, NY: Oxford.
Wong, J. (2009). Unit of Analysis and Immigrant Political Incorporation.
Wong, J. S., Pantoja, A. (2009). In Pursuit of Inclusion: Asian American Naturalization and Political Incorporation. Ithaca, NY: Immigrant Political Incorporation in Europe and the U.S./Cornell University Press.
Lien, P., Wong, J. (2009). Surveying Transnational Political Practices and Their Correlates among Asian Americans. Transnational Politics of Asian Americans. / Temple University Press.
Green, D., Wong, J. S. (2009). Tolerance and the Contact Hypothesis: A Field Experiment. The Political Psychology of Democratic Citizenship/Oxford University Press.
Wong, J. S., Rim, K., Perez, H. (2008). Asian and Latino Protestant Churches and Conservative Politics in the United States. New York, NY: mmigrants in the United States and Abroad. / Russell Sage Foundation Press.
Wong, J. S., Lien, P., Conway, M. M. (2008). Political Participation among Asian Americans. New Race Politics/Cambridge University Press.
Wong, J. S., Iwamura, J. N. (2007). The Moral Minority: Race, Religion, and Conservative Politics among Asian Americans. (Vol. 35-49). Religion and Social Justice for Immigrants/Rutgers.
Wong, J. S. (2006). Getting Out the Vote among Asian Americans and Latinos: The Role of Contact. pp. 151-171. Transforming Politics, Transforming America: The Political and Civic Incorporation of Immigrants in the United States. / Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press.
Ramirez, R., Wong, J. S. (2006). Getting Out of The Vote amoung Asian Americans and Latinos: The Role of Contact. pp. p.151-171. Charlottesville: Transforming Politics, Transforming America: The Political and Civic Incorporation of Immigrants in the United States/University of Virginia Press.
Ramirez, R., Wong, J. S. (2006). Non-Partisan Latino and Asian American Contactability and Voter Mobilization. Transforming Politics, Transforming America: The Political and Civis Incorporation of Immigrants in the United States/University of Virginia Press.
Bedolla, L. G., Tate, K., Wong, J. S. (2005). Indelible Effects: The Impact of Women of Color in the U.S. Congress. (Vol. NA). Women and Elective Office Past, Present and Future/Oxford University Press.
Wong, J. S. (2003). Gender and Political Participation among Asian Americans. Asian American Politics/Rowman and Littlefield.
Lien, P., Conway, M. M., Lee, T., Wong, J. S. (2001). The Pilot Asian American Political Survey: Summary Report. Los Angeles, CA: The National Asian Pacific American Political Almanac, 2001-02/University of California, Los Angeles, Asian American Studies Center.
Wong, J. S. (2000). Political Attitude Formation and Participation among Asian and Latino Immigrants. New York: In Defense of Alien/Center for Migration Studies.
 

Book Review
Wong, J. S. (2007). Reviews: Becoming a Citizen (by Irene Bloemraad). Journal of Ethnic History.
Wong, J. S. (2003). Reviews: The Making of Asian America through Political Participation (by Pei-te Lien). Journal of Ethnic History. pp. pg. 103-104.
 

Journal Article
Ramakrishnan, K., Wong, J., Junn, J., Lee, T. (2009). Race-based considerations and the Obama Vote. DuBois Review. Vol. 6, pp. 219-238.
Wong, J. S., Tseng, V. (2007). Political Socialisation within Immigrant Families: Challenging Parental Socialisation Models. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. Vol. 34 (1), pp. 151-168.
Stoll, M., wong, J. (2007). Immigration and Civic Participation in a Multiethnic and Multiracial Context. International Migration Review. Vol. 41 (4), pp. 880-908.
Wong, J. S. (2007). Two Steps Forward, One Step Back...The Slow and Steady March of Immigrant Political Incorporation. DuBois Review. Vol. 4 (2), pp. 457-467.
Stoll, M., Wong, J. S. (2007). Immigration and Civic Participation in a Multiethnic and Multiracial Context. Center for Migration Studies of New York. Vol. Vol. 41 (Iss. 4), pp. p. 880-893.
Wong, J. S., Lien, P., Conway, M. M. (2005). The Role of Group-Based Resources in the Political Participation of Asian Ameericans. American Politics Research. pp. p.545-576.
Wong, J. S. (2005). Mobilizing Asian Americans: A Field Experiment. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences. Vol. Vol. 601 (September), pp. p. 102-114.
Wong, J. S. (2004). Getting Out the Vote among Asian Pacific Americans: The Effects of Phone Canvassing. AAPI Nexus: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Policy, Practice, and Community. Vol. Vol. 2, pp. p. 49-66.
Oliver, E. J., Wong, J. S. (2003). Racial Context and Inter-Group Prejudice in a Multi-Ethnic Setting. American Journal of Political Science. Vol. Vol. 47 (Iss. 4), pp. p. 567-582.
Lien, P., Conway, M. M., Wong, J. S. (2003). The Contours and Sources of Ethnic Identity Choices Among Asian Americans. Social Science Quarterly. Vol. Vol. 84 (Iss. 2), pp. p. 461-481.
Green, D., Strolovitch, D., Wong, J. S., Bailey, R. (2001). Measuring Gay Population Density and the Incidence of Anti-Gay Hate Crime. Social Science Quarterly. Vol. Vol. 82 (Iss. 2), pp. p. 281-297.
Lien, P., Collet, C., Wong, J. S., Ramakrishnan, K. (2001). Asian Pacific American Public Opinion and Political Participation. P.S.: Political Science & Politics. Vol. Vol. 34 (Iss. 3), pp. p. 625-630.
Wong, J. S. (2000). The Effects of Age and Political Exposure on the Development of Party Identification among Asian Americans and Latino Immigrants in the U.S. Political Behavior. Vol. Vol. 22 (Iss. 4), pp. p. 341-371.
Green, D., Strolovitch, D., Wong, J. S. (1998). Defended Neighborshoods, Integration, and Racially Motivated Hate Crime. American Journal of Sociology. Vol. Vol. 104 (Iss. 2), pp. p. 372-403.
 

Research Report
Lee, T., Junn, J., Ramakrishnan, K., Wong, J. (2008). The National Asian American Survey 2008. national asian american survey
Lee, T., Junn, J., Ramakrishnan, K., Wong, J. (2008). The National Asian American Survey 2008: Asian American Voters in California. national asian american survey
 

Working Paper
Wong, J. S. (2003). Getting Out The Vote among Asian Americans: A Field Experiment. USC-Cal-Tech Center for the Study of Law and Politics Working Paper Series..
 
 
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