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Janelle Wong

Associate Professor of Political Science and American Studies and Ethnicity

Contact Information
Office: VKC 263
Phone: (213)740-1696
E-mail: janellew@usc.edu

 

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, according to gender and race.
 

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

Publications

Book
Wong, J. S. (2006). Democracy's Promise: Immigrants and American Civic Institutions. Ann Arbor: Democracy's Promise: Immigrants and American Civic Institutions/University of Michigan Press.
Lien, P., Conway, M. M., Wong, J. S. (2004). The Politics of Asia America: Diversity and Community. Routledge.
 

Book Chapter
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.
Green, D., Wong, J. S. (2007). Tolerance and the Contact Hypothesis: A Field Experiment. The Political Psychology of Democratic Citizenship/Oxford University Press.
Wong, J. S., Lien, P., Conway, M. M. (2007). Political Participation among Asian Americans. New Race Politics/Cambridge University Press.
Wong, J. S. The Role of Community Organizations in the Political Incorporation of Asian American and Latino Immigrants. Fractured Rainbow: Race and Civil Society in the United States.
Wong, J. S., Pantoja, A. In Pursuit of Inclusion: Asian American Naturalization and Political Incorporation. Immigrant Political Incorporation in Europe and the U.S..
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. (2006). 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
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., Tseng, V. (2007). Political Socialisation within Immigrant Families: Challenging Parental Socialisation Models. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.
Wong, J. S. (2007). Two Steps Forward, One Step Back...The Slow and Steady March of Immigrant Political Incorporation. DuBois Review.
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.
 
 
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