Janelle Wong
Janelle Wong | |
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Born | Yuba City, California, U.S. |
Academic background | |
Education | University of California, Los Angeles (BA) Yale University (MA, PhD) |
Thesis | The new dynamics of immigrants' political incorporation: a multi-method study of political participation and mobilization among Asian and Latino immigrants in the United States (2001) |
Academic work | |
Institutions | University of Maryland, College Park University of Southern California |
Janelle Staci Wong is an American political scientist. She is a Professor of American Studies, Government and Politics, and core faculty member in the Asian American Studies Program at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Early life and education[]
Wong was born and raised in Yuba City, California in the 1970s.[1] She attended Gray Avenue Middle School[2] and Yuba City High School.[3] Following high school graduation, Wong attended the University of California, Los Angeles during a time of deep racial divides in the State.[1] After receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree in political science, she enrolled at Yale University for her Master's degree and PhD.[4]
Career[]
Upon receiving her PhD in 2001, Wong joined the faculty at the University of Southern California (USC) as an associate professor with a joint appointment in political science and American studies and ethnicity.[5] During her tenure at the institution, she published her first book titled Democracy’s Promise: Immigrants and American Civic Institutions through the University of Michigan Press.[6] Following this, she was one of 23 scholars named a 2006 Woodrow Wilson Center Fellow in recognition of her "work on how immigrants are changing the face of the religious right."[5]
Prior to leaving USC in 2012, Wong co-authored a second book titled Asian American Political Participation: Emerging Constituents and their Political Identities through the Russell Sage Foundation. The book was the published results of a national survey conducted on over 5,000 Asian-Americans regarding their political participation. They questioned why Asians with high socioeconomic status were less inclined to participate in politics such as voting or donating.[7] Following the books publication, Wong left USC to become the new Director of the Asian American Studies Program at the University of Maryland, College Park.[8]
In her role as Director of the Asian American Studies Program, Wong collaborated with three other University of California professors to conduct the 2016 National Asian American Survey. Using their $500,000 National Science Foundation grant, the goal of the research was to study different aspects of the Asian American experience before the 2016 United States presidential election.[9][10] She also sat on the Association for Asian American Studies Board for a one-year term between 2015 and 2016.[11] Two year later, Wong published her third book titled Immigrants, Evangelicals and Politics in an Era of Demographic Change through the Russell Sage Foundation.[12][13]
Selected publications[]
- Immigrants, Evangelicals and Politics in an Era of Demographic Change (2018)
- Asian American Political Participation: Emerging Constituents and their Political Identities (2011; co-author)
- Democracy's Promise: Immigrants and American Civic Institutions (The Politics of Race and Ethnicity) (2006)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "An Ethnic Studies graduation requirement at CSU can help unify our diverse communities". calmatters.org. March 12, 2020. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
- ^ "Pirates of Penzance". Marysville Yuba Sutter Appeal Democrat. November 21, 1985. Retrieved September 28, 2020 – via newspaperarchive.com.
- ^ "Yuba City High School". Appeal-Democrat. July 8, 1989. Retrieved September 28, 2020 – via newspaperarchive.com.
- ^ "Janelle Wong". amst.umd.edu. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Belman, Orli (October 13, 2006). "Political Scientist Earns Fellowship". dornsifecms.usc.edu. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
- ^ "Democracy's Promise: Immigrants and American Civic Institutions". press.umich.edu. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
- ^ Jeung, Russell; Rana Lim, Holly (2012). "Asian American Political Participation: Emerging Constituents and Their Political Identities". Ethnic and Racial Studies. 35 (11): 2022–2023. doi:10.1080/01419870.2012.705013. S2CID 145178468. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
- ^ "American Studies Welcomes Janelle Wong". amst.umd.edu. November 30, 2012. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
- ^ Miller, Bettye (May 31, 2016). "NSF Funds Extensive Survey of Asian Americans". ucrtoday.ucr.edu. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
- ^ Carolan, Alex (June 9, 2016). "UMD researcher earns grant for study on Asian Americans". dbknews.com. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
- ^ "Gateways, Ports and Portals: Re-imagining Points of Departure for Asian American Studies" (PDF). asianamerican.uconn.edu. 2014. p. 6. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
- ^ Barb, Amandine (2020). "Book Reviews: Immigrants, Evangelicals, and Politics in an Era of Demographic Change". Social Sciences and Missions. 33: 229–231. doi:10.1163/18748945-03301012. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
- ^ Yukich, Grace (January 3, 2019). "Book Review: Immigrants, Evangelicals, and Politics in an Era of Demographic Change". International Migration Review. 53 (2): 632–633. doi:10.1177/0197918318818469. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
External links[]
Janelle Wong publications indexed by Google Scholar
- Living people
- People from Yuba City, California
- American women political scientists
- American political scientists
- American writers
- University of Maryland, College Park faculty
- University of Southern California faculty
- Yale University alumni
- University of California, Los Angeles alumni
- American women academics