CURRICULUM VITAE

Dina G. Okamoto

Indiana University – Department of Sociology

1020 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Ballantine Hall 744

Bloomington, IN 47405

dokamoto@indiana.edu

APPOINTMENTS

2017- Class of 1948 Herman B Wells Professor, Indiana University

2016- Professor, Department of Sociology, Indiana University

Affiliated Faculty, Latino Studies Program, Indiana University

2014- Director, Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society (CRRES),

Indiana University

Affiliated Faculty, Asian American Studies Program, Indiana University

Affiliated Faculty, Southeast Asian Studies Program, Indiana University

2013-2016 Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Indiana University

2008-2013 Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of California-Davis

2001-2008 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of California-Davis

EDUCATION

Ph.D. University of Arizona, Sociology, 2001

M.A. University of Arizona, Sociology, 1995

B.A. University of California-San Diego, Sociology, 1992

Minors: Economics, Women’s Studies

AREAS OF RESEARCH AND TEACHING

Race and Ethnicity/Asian Americans, Immigration, Social Movements/Collective Behavior,

Social Inequality, Intergroup Relations, Social Psychology

FELLOWSHIPS AND HONORS

2018-19 Academic Leadership Program Fellow, Big Ten Academic Alliance

2017-18 Visiting Scholar, Russell Sage Foundation, New York

2017 Elected to Sociological Research Association

2017 Best of Social Sciences Fellow, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University

2016 Best Book Award, American Sociological Association, Section on Asia and

Asian America

2016 Best Article Award, American Sociological Association, Section on

International Migration

2012 Poverty Research Training Fellowship for Valerie Feldman, Center for Poverty

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Research, UC Davis

2012 Summer Visiting Scholar, Russell Sage Foundation, New York

2011-12 Visiting Scholar, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford

University

2009 Summer Visiting Scholar, Russell Sage Foundation, New York

2008 Early Career Award, American Sociological Association, Section on Asia and

Asian America

2004-05 Visiting Scholar, Russell Sage Foundation, New York

2004-05 Outstanding Mentor Award, Consortium for Women and Research, UC Davis

2003-04 Nomination for ASUCD Excellence in Undergraduate Education Award, UC Davis

2002-03 Junior Faculty Summer Fellowship, UC Davis

1999-00 Dean’s Fellowship, Doctoral Competition, University of Arizona

1998 Dissertation Award, Department of Sociology, University of Arizona

1996, 1997 Best Graduate Student Paper, Department of Sociology, University of Arizona

1993-96 Graduate College Fellowship, University of Arizona

1993 Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship

1993-98 Graduate Registration Scholarship, Graduate College, University of Arizona

GRANTS

2019 “The Public Framing of Immigrants”, Institute for Digital Arts and Humanities,

Indiana University ($3,000)

2017 “Boundary Claims and Comparisons: Substantiating Asian American Panethnicity”

Faculty Small Research Grant, Asian American Studies Program, Indiana

University ($3,000)

2017 “Junior Police Students, Model Citizenship, and Social Control in School” (with

Mai Thai), Dissertation Improvement Award, Sociology Program, National Science

Foundation ($11,867)

2014 “Immigrant-Native Relations in 21st-Century America: Intergroup Contact, Trust,

and Civic Engagement” (with Michael Jones-Correa, Helen Marrow, and Linda

Tropp), Carnegie Corporation of New York ($48,500)

2013-19 “Immigrant-Native Relations in 21st-Century America: Intergroup Contact, Trust,

and Civic Engagement” (with Michael Jones-Correa, Helen Marrow, and Linda

Tropp), Russell Sage Foundation ($400,056)

2012 “Status, Racialization, and Intergroup Contact among Native and Immigrant

Groups” (with Helen Marrow, Michael Jones-Correa, and Linda Tropp), UC Center

for New Racial Studies, University of California-Santa Barbara ($7,650)

2011 “Social Status and Qualities of Intergroup Contact among Native and Immigrant

Groups, Pilot Project” (with Helen Marrow, Michael Jones-Correa, and Linda

Tropp), Russell Sage Foundation ($35,000)

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2010 “Creating Ties for Mobility: The Role of Community Organizations for Immigrant

Parents in Urban, Poor Neighborhoods” (with Melanie Gast), West Coast Poverty

Center, University of Washington ($15,000)

2008 “Mexican Americans and the College Attendance Gap” (with Sarah Ovink),

Dissertation Improvement Grant, Sociology Program, National Science Foundation

($7,500)

2008 “The Civic and Political Incorporation of Immigrants in New Destinations” (with

Kim Ebert), Russell Sage Foundation ($165,835)

2008 “Ethnic Ties to Community-Based Organizations” (with Melanie Gast)

Scholars Supplement and Mentoring Award, William T. Grant Foundation

($60,000)

2007 “The Role of Community-Based Organizations in the Lives of Immigrant and

Second-Generation Youth”, Scholars Award, William T. Grant Foundation

($350,000)

2007 “The Civic and Political Incorporation of Immigrants in Non-Traditional

Destinations: Pilot Project,” Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline Grant,

American Sociological Association/National Science Foundation ($5,500)

2003 Junior Faculty Research Grant, Institute for Governmental Affairs, UC Davis

($5,000)

2002-07 Faculty Research Grant, Office of Research, UC Davis ($2,000)

1999-00 “Toward a Theory of Panethnicity: Asian American Collective Action, 1970-

1998,” Dissertation Improvement Award, Sociology Program, National Science

Foundation ($7,500)

PUBLICATIONS

Book

Okamoto, Dina G. 2014. Redefining Race: Asian American Panethnicity and Shifting Ethnic

Boundaries. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.

*Best Book Award, American Sociological Association, Asia and Asian America Section

*Author Meets Critics Session, American Sociological Association, Seattle, WA

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Peer-Reviewed Articles

Mora, G. Cristina and Dina Okamoto. Forthcoming. “Postcolonialism, Racial Political Fields,

and Panethnicity: A Comparison of Early ‘Asian American’ and ‘Hispanic’ Movements.”

Sociology of Race and Ethnicity.

Okamoto, Dina, Linda Tropp, Helen Marrow, and Michael Jones-Correa. Forthcoming.

“Welcoming, Trust, ad Civic Engagement: Immigrant Integration in Metropolitan

America.” The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.

Marrow, Helen, Linda Tropp, Meta van der Linden, Dina Okamoto, and Michael Jones-Correa.

Forthcoming. “How Does Inter-Racial Contact among the U.S.-Born Shape White and

Black Receptivity toward Immigrants?” DuBois Review.

Mora, G. Cristina and Dina Okamoto. 2019. “Boundary Articulation and Emergent

Identities: Asian and Hispanic Panethnicity in Comparison, 1970-1980.” Social Problems

https://doi.org/10.1093/socpro/spz003.

Tropp, Linda, Helen Marrow, Dina G. Okamoto, and Michael Jones-Correa. 2018. “How

Contact Experiences Shape Welcoming: Perspectives from U.S.-Born and Immigrant

Groups.” Social Psychology Quarterly 81(1): 23-47.

Jones-Correa, Michael, Helen Marrow, Dina G. Okamoto, and Linda Tropp. 2018. “Immigrant

Perceptions of Native-Born Receptivity and the Shaping of American Identity.” The Russell

Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, Special Issue on Immigration and

Changing Identities: Race and Ethnicity in a Changing United States, edited by Kay Deaux,

Katharine Donato, and Nancy Foner.

Gast, Melanie, Dina Okamoto, and Valerie Feldman. 2017. “‘We Only Speak English Here’:

English Dominance in Language Diverse, Immigrant After-School Programs.” Journal of

Adolescent Research 32(1): 94-121.

Simpkins, Sandra, Nathaniel Riggs, Andrea Attekal, Dina Okamoto, and Bic Ngo. 2017.

“Designing Culturally-Relevant After School Program Systems.” Journal of Adolescent

Research 32(1): 1-26.

Ovink, Sarah M., Kim Ebert, and Dina Okamoto. 2016. “Symbolic Politics of the State: The

Case of In-State Tuition Bills for Undocumented Students.” Socius: Sociological Research

for a Dynamic World 2: 2378023116647969.

Gast, Melanie and Dina Okamoto. 2016. “Moral or Civic Ties?: Deservingness and Engagement

among Undocumented Latinas in Non-Profit Organizations.” Journal of Ethnic and

Migration Studies, 42(12): 2013-2030.

Okamoto, Dina G. and Kim Ebert. 2015. “Group Boundaries, Immigrant Inclusion, and the

Politics of Immigrant-Native Relations.” Special Issue on The Cultural and Political

Foundations of Inequality, American Behavioral Scientist, 60(2): 224-250.

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Ebert, Kim and Okamoto, Dina G. 2015. “Legitimating Contexts, Immigrant Power, and

Exclusionary Actions.” Social Problems 62(1): 40-67.

*Best Article Award, American Sociological Association, International Migration

Section

Okamoto, Dina and G. Cristina Mora. 2014. “Panethnicity.” Annual Review of Sociology 40:

219-39.

*Reprinted in Rethinking the Color Line: Readings in Race and Ethnicity, 6th Edition,

2018, Sage Publications.

Okamoto, Dina G. and Melanie Jones Gast. 2013. “Racial Inclusion or Accommodation?:

Expanding Community Boundaries among Asian American Organizations.” DuBois Review

10(1):131-53.

*Reprinted in Beyond Black and White: A Reader on Contemporary Race Relations, 1st

Edition, 2017, Sage Publications.

Ebert, Kim and Dina G. Okamoto. 2013. “Social Citizenship, Integration and Collective Action:

Immigrant Civic Engagement in the U.S.” Social Forces 91(4): 1267-1292.

Okamoto, Dina G., Daniel Herda, and Cassie Hartzog. 2013. “Beyond Good Grades: School

Composition and Immigrant Youth Participation in Extracurricular Activities.” Social

Science Research 42: 155-168.

Okamoto, Dina G., Kim Ebert and Carla Violet. 2011. “¿El Campeón de Los Hispanos?

Comparing the Coverage of Latino/a Collective Action in Spanish- and English-Language

Newspapers.” Latino Studies: Special Issue on Latinos and the Media 9: 219-241.

Okamoto, Dina G. and Kim Ebert. 2010. “Beyond the Ballot Box: Immigrant Collective Action

in Gateways and New Destinations.” Social Problems 57(4): 529-558.

Okamoto, Dina G. and Rima Wilkes. 2008. “The Opportunities and Costs of Voice and Exit:

Modeling Ethnic Group Rebellion and Emigration.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration

Studies 34 (3): 347-69.

Okamoto, Dina G. 2007. “Marrying Out: A Boundary Approach to Understanding the Marital

Integration of Asian Americans.” Social Science Research 36 (4): 1391-1414.

Okamoto, Dina G. 2006. “Institutional Panethnicity: Boundary Formation in Asian American

Organizing.” Social Forces 85 (1): 1-27.

Okamoto, Dina G. 2003. “Toward a Theory of Panethnicity: Explaining Asian American

Collective Action.” American Sociological Review 68: 811-42.

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Wilkes, Rima and Dina G. Okamoto. 2002. “Competition and Mobilization by Minorities at

Risk: A Comparative Study.” Nationalism and Ethnic Politics 8(3): 1-23.

Okamoto, Dina G., Lisa Slattery Rashotte and Lynn Smith-Lovin. 2002. “Measuring

Interruption: Syntactic and Contextual Methods of Coding Conversation.” Social

Psychology Quarterly 65: 38-55.

Okamoto, Dina G. and Lynn Smith-Lovin. 2001. “Changing the Subject: Gender, Status, and the

Dynamics of Topic Change.” American Sociological Review 66: 852-73.

Michael Hechter and Dina G. Okamoto. 2001. “Political Consequences of Minority Group

Formation.” Annual Review of Political Science 4: 189-215.

Okamoto, Dina G. and Paula England. 1999. “Is There a Supply-Side to Occupational Sex

Segregation?” Sociological Perspectives 42: 557-82.

Clemens, Elisabeth, Walter Powell, Kris McIlwaine, and Dina G. Okamoto. 1996. “Careers in

Print: Books, Journals, and Scholarly Reputations.” American Journal of Sociology 101:

433-94.

Book Chapters, Entries, and Reviews

Okamoto, Dina G. 2015. “The Re-Appearance of Race and Ethnicity.” Extended review of

Ethnic Boundary Making: Institutions, Power, Networks, by Andreas Wimmer. Oxford:

Oxford University Press, 2013. Contemporary Sociology 44(1): 17-21.

Okamoto, Dina G. 2014. Review of Asian American Political Participation: Emerging

Constituents and Their Political Identities, by Janelle Wong, S. Karthick Ramakrishnan,

Taeku Lee, and Jane Junn. New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation, 2011. Contemporary

Sociology 43(2):282-83.

Okamoto, Dina G. 2013. “Ethnic Movements.” Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political

Movements, Editors David A. Snow, Donnatella della Porta, Bert Klandermans, and Doug

McAdam. Oxford, England: Wiley-Blackwell. DOI: 10.1002/9780470674871.wbespm278.

Okamoto, Dina G. 2010. “Organizing across Ethnic Boundaries in the Post-Civil Rights Era:

Asian American Panethnic Coalitions.” Pp. 143-69 in Strategic Alliances: Coalition

Building and Social Movements, Editors Nella Van Dyke and Holly McCammon.

Minneapolis, MN: Minnesota University Press, Social Movements Series.

Okamoto, Dina G. 2010. Review of Chains of Babylon: The Rise of Asian America by Daryl

Maeda. Critical American Studies Series, Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press,

2009. Mobilization 17(3): 372-373.

Okamoto, Dina G. 2009. Review of Inheriting the City: The Children of Immigrants Come of

Age, By Philip Kasinitz, John H. Mollenkopf, Mary C. Waters and Jennifer Holdway. New

York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation, 2008. Contemporary Sociology 38(5): 427-28.

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Okamoto, Dina G. 2008. “Panethnic Identity.” Entry for the Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity,

and Society, editor Richard T. Schaefer. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Okamoto, Dina G. 2006. Review of Asian American Youth: Culture, Identity, and Ethnicity, eds.

Jennifer Lee and Min Zhou. Los Angeles, CA: Routledge, 2004. Contemporary Sociology

35(3): 253-55.

Okamoto, Dina G. 2005. Review of Mobilizing an Asian American Community by Linda Trinh

Vo. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2004. Contemporary Sociology 34(5): 489-

90.

Irenee R. Beattie, Karen Christopher, Dina G. Okamoto, and Sandra Way. 2005. “Momentary

Pleasures: Social Encounters and Fleeting Relationships at a Singles Dance.” Pp. 46-65 in

Together Alone: Personal Relationships in Public Places, eds. Calvin Morrill, David A.

Snow, and Cindy H. White. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.

Hugh Mehan, Irene Villanueva, Lea Hubbard, and Angela Lintz with Dina Okamoto and James

Adams. 1996. Constructing School Success: The Consequences of Untracking Low-

Achieving Students. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press.

Hugh Mehan, Angela Lintz, Dina Okamoto, and John Wills. 1995. “Ethnographic Studies of

Multicultural Education in Classrooms and Schools.” Pp. 129-44 in Handbook of Research

on Multicultural Education, ed. James A. Banks & Cherry A. Banks. New York:

MacMillan.

Other Publications and Media

Okamoto, Dina G. “Immigrant Organizing in the Face of Threat.” Immigrant Rights Activism,

Mobilizing Ideas, January 2019.

Sonia Rao. “The term ‘Asian American’ was meant to create a collective identity. What does

that mean in 2018?” Washington Post, July 30, 2018.

Tropp, Linda and Dina G. Okamoto. “Why a U.S. Government Agency Deleted the Words

‘Nation of Immigrants’.” The Guardian, March 2, 2018.

Okamoto, Dina G. “How Magazines Helped to Shape Asian American and Hispanic Identity in

the U.S.” Russell Sage Foundation Blog Series: Work in Progress, November 17, 2017.

Okamoto, Dina G. “Diversity.” Podcast for Themester on Diversity, Difference, and Otherness,

Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, Fall 2017.

Okamoto, Dina G., Valerie Feldman and Melanie Gast. “Immigrant Parents, Community

Organizations, and Transitions Out of Poverty,” Policy Brief, UC Davis Center for Poverty

Research, 2013.

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Works in Progress

van der Does, Tamara, Dina Okamoto, and Mirta Galesic. “Measuring and Analyzing Boundary

Rhetoric Over Time.” (Grant under review at National Science Foundation and Russell

Sage Foundation)

Gast, Melanie and Dina Okamoto. “We Have Rights: Claims-Making and Substantive

Citizenship among Working-Poor Immigrants” (Revise and Resubmit)

Okamoto, Dina, Michael Jones-Correa, Helen Marrow, and Linda Tropp. “Welcoming Diversity:

Blacks, Whites and Immigrants in Segregated Cities” (book manuscript)

Okamoto, Dina, Michael Jones-Correa, Linda Tropp, Helen Marrow, Sam Kye, and Meta van

der Linden. “To Know You is to Trust You? Contact, Diversity, and Immigrant-Native

Relations”

Okamoto, Dina and Lauren Apgar. “How Multiple Policy Contexts Matter for Immigrant

Political Incorporation.”

Okamoto, Dina and Kim Ebert. “Legitimating Contexts and the Rise of Anti-Immigrant

Ordinances in the U.S.”

DATASETS

Study of Immigrant and Native-Born Populations in Atlanta and Philadelphia (SINAP)

(with Michael Jones-Correa, Helen Marrow, and Linda Tropp)

Representative geocoded data set of U.S.-born blacks and whites, and Mexican and Indian

immigrants in Atlanta and Philadelphia (N=2,000) with 240 in-depth interviews with

respondents

Immigrant Civic and Political Incorporation (ICPI) (with Kim Ebert)

Geocoded data set of immigrant civic and political action events, and anti-immigrant events for

52 metropolitan areas in the U.S. for 2000, 9 metropolitan areas 1990-2010

Asian American Collective Action Events and Organizations, 1970-2000

Longitudinal geocoded data set of civic and political collective action events and organizations

involving Asian Americans in the U.S.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

2019 “We Have Rights:” Low-Income Collective Identity and Immigrant Claims-

Making in San Francisco” (with Melanie Gast and Emerald Nguyen), American

Sociological Association, New York, NY.

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2018 “Boundary Claims and Comparison Work in Early Asian and Hispanic Panethnic

Movements” (with Cristina Mora), American Sociological Association,

Philadelphia, PA.

2018 “Race, Politics, and Asian American Panethnicity”

Invited Session on Challenging Racial Hierarchies in a Diverse Society, American

Sociological Association, Philadelphia, PA.

2018 “Nonspatial Dimensions of Isolation among Mexican Immigrants in Philadelphia

and Atlanta” (with Helen Marrow), Spotlight Session on The Philadelphia Barrio:

Lessons in Symbolic and Social Struggle, American Sociological Association,

Philadelphia, PA.

2017 “Immigrant Perceptions of U.S.-born Receptivity and the Shaping of American

Identity” (with Michael Jones-Correa, Helen Marrow, Linda Tropp), Immigration

and Changing Identities Conference, Russell Sage Foundation, New York, NY.

2016 Advanced Research Collaborative Workshop on “Diversity, Contact, Trust, and

Civic Engagement: Immigrant-Native Relations in the United States” (with Linda

Tropp, Helen Marrow, Michael Jones-Correa), CUNY Graduate Center, New York,

NY.

2016 “Latina/Youth and Parents and the Educational and Civic Benefits of Community

After-School Programs” (with Melanie Gast), Midwest Sociology of Education

Conference, Bloomington, IN.

2016 Author Meets Critics (Invited Session), Redefining Race: Asian American

Panethnicity and Shifting Ethnic Boundaries. American Sociological Association

Meeting, Seattle, WA.

2016 “Boundary Claims and Substantiation Practices: ‘Asian’ and ‘Hispanic’

Panethnicity Compared, 1971-1981” (with Cristina Mora), American Sociological

Association Meeting, Seattle, WA.

2016 “A Safe Place to Go: Latina/o Youth, Parents, and Political Community

Organizations (with Melanie Gast), American Sociological Association Meeting,

Seattle, WA.

2016 “Understanding the Effects of Ethnic Diversity and Contact on Trust and Threat:

New Analyses from SINAP” (with Linda Tropp, Michael Jones-Correa, and Helen

Marrow), International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion in Europe

(IMISCOE) Annual Conference, Prague, Czech Republic.

2016 “How Positive and Negative Contact Experiences Predict Integration Attitudes

among Natives and Immigrants” (with Linda Tropp, Helen Marrow, and Michael

Jones-Correa), International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion in Europe

(IMISCOE) Annual Conference, Prague, Czech Republic.

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2016 “How Do Relations Between Whites and Blacks Shape Their Receptivity Toward

Immigrants?” (with Helen Marrow, Linda Tropp, and Michael Jones-Correa),

International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion in Europe (IMISCOE)

Annual Conference, Prague, Czech Republic.

2016 “Intergroup Trust and Civic Engagement” (with Michael Jones-Correa, Helen

Marrow, and Linda Tropp), International Migration, Integration and Social

Cohesion in Europe (IMISCOE) Annual Conference, Prague, Czech Republic.

2015 Panelist, Author Meets Critics Session on Making Hispanics: How Activists,

Bureaucrats, and Media Constructed a New American by Cristina Mora, American

Sociological Association, Chicago, IL.

2015 “The Effects of Ethnic Diversity and Contact on Trust and Threat” (with Linda

Tropp, Michael Jones-Correa, and Helen Marrow), International Society of

Political Psychology Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

2015 “Positive and Negative Contact as Predictors of Intergroup Trust” (with Linda

Tropp, Helen Marrow, and Michael Jones-Correa), International Society of

Political Psychology Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

2015 “How Black-White Racial Relations Shape Immigrant-Native Relations” (with

Helen Marrow, Linda Tropp, and Michael Jones-Correa), International Society of

Political Psychology Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

2015 “Immigrant Legal Status and Local Contexts of Reception as Mediators to

Intergroup Contact and Trust” (with Michael Jones-Correa, Helen Marrow, and

Linda Tropp), International Society of Political Psychology Annual Meeting, San

Diego, CA.

2014 “Symbolic Politics of the State: The Case of In-State Tuition Policies for

Undocumented Students” (with Kim Ebert and Sarah Ovink), American

Sociological Association Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

2013 “Barriers to Public Programs: How Low-Income, Latina Mothers Negotiate Access

and Opportunity to Local Public Resources” (with Melanie Jones Gast), American

Sociological Association Meeting, New York, NY.

2013 “Inclusionary Responses to Immigrants in New Destinations and Gateways” (with

Kim Ebert), American Sociological Association Meeting, New York, NY.

2012 “Managing Diversity in Youth-Serving Organizations” (with Melanie Jones Gast

and Valerie Feldman), American Sociological Association Meeting, Denver, CO.

2011 Discussant, Session on “Immigrant Integration and Politics” at UC Migration

International Conference, University of California, Davis.

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2011 “Reexamining Immigrants as Threats: Local Responses to Immigrant Newcomers”

-Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium Conference, UC Davis;

-American Sociological Association Meeting, Las Vegas, NV.

2011 “Beyond Good Grades: The Effects of Immigrant Generation, Parental Influence,

and School Context on Youth Participation in Extracurricular Activities” (with Dan

Herda and Cassie Hartzog), American Sociological Association Meeting, Las

Vegas, NV.

2011 “The Effects of Community-Based Organizations on Immigrant Youth

Adjustment” (with Dan Herda and Cassie Hartzog), Population Association of

America Meeting, Washington, D.C.

2010 “Social Citizenship, Integration, and Collective Action: Immigrant Civic

Engagement in the U.S.” (with Kim Ebert), American Sociological Association

Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

2010 “The Educational Returns to Immigrant Youth Participation in After-School

Activities” (with Cassie Hartzog and Dan Herda), Population Associarion of

America Meeting, Dallas, TX.

2009 “The Effects of Voluntary and Extracurricular Activities on Immigrant Youth

Development” (with Cassie Hartzog and Dan Herda), American Sociological

Association Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

2009 “Comparative Panethnicities: Contemporary Practice and Process of Panethnicity

for Asian Americans and Latinos” (with Dawn Lee), Pacific Sociological

Association Meeting, San Diego, CA.

2009 “The Structuring of Active Development: Immigrant Youth Participation in School

and Community Activities” (with Cassie Hartzog and Dan Herda), Population

Association of America Meeting, Detroit, MI.

2009 “Examining the Coverage of English- and Spanish-Language Newspapers in New

and Traditional Immigrant Destinations” (with Kim Ebert and Carla Violet),

National Conference on Latinos/as and the Media, CUNY John Jay College of

Criminal Justice, New York, NY.

2008 “The Role of Community Context: Immigrant Collective Action in Gateways and

New Destinations” (with Kim Ebert), American Sociological Association Meeting,

Boston, MA.

2007 “Toward the Confluence of Social Psychological Theories of Identity and

Racial/Ethnic Identity” (with Jesse Rude), American Sociological Association

Meetings, New York, NY.

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2006 “Interest or Ideology: Pan-Racial Work among Asian American Organizations”

(with Melanie Jones), American Sociological Association Meetings, Montreal,

Quebec.

2006 “A Boundary Approach to Understanding the Integration of Asian Americans,”

Population Association of America Meetings, Los Angeles, CA.

2005 “Practicing Panethnicity: Boundary Spanning among Asian American

Organizations,” American Sociological Association Meetings, Philadelphia, PA.

2004 “Fight or Flight? Understanding Ethnic Group Rebellion and Migration as

Alternatives” (with Rima Wilkes), Junior International Relations Colloquium,

Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, San Diego, CA.

2003 “Assimilation or Dissimilation? Interethnic Marriage among Asian Americans,

1990,” Association for Asian American Studies Annual Meetings, San Francisco,

CA.

2003 “Fight or Flight? Predictors of Ethnic Group Migration and Mobilization” (with

Rima Wilkes), International Studies Association Meetings, Portland, OR.

2002 “The Persistence of Panethnic Identity? A Multilevel Model of Pan-Asian

Marriages,” American Sociological Association Meetings, Chicago, IL.

2002 “How Does Competition Affect Mobilization by Minorities at Risk? Findings From

Around the World” (with Rima Wilkes), Canadian Sociological Association

Meetings, Toronto, Ontario.

2001 “Toward a Theory of Panethnicity: Explaining Pan-Asian Organization and

Identity,” American Sociological Association Meetings, Anaheim, CA.

2000 “The Effects of Multi-Ethnic Competition and Segregation on the Rise of Asian

American Organizations,” American Sociological Association Meetings,

Washington, D.C.

1999 “The Effects of Competition on Collective Action among Asian Americans,”

American Sociological Association Meetings, Chicago, IL.

1998 “The Persistence of an Asian American Identity?” American Sociological

Association Annual Meetings, San Francisco, CA.

1998 “Toward a Theory of Panethnicity,” Social Inequality and Political Sociology

Seminar, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

1998 “Issues of Measurement in Conversational Analysis” (with Lisa Slattery Rashotte)

Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meetings, San Francisco, CA.

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1998 “Together Alone: Fostering Relationships at Singles Events and Personal Ads”

(with Irenee Beattie, Karen Christopher, and Sandra Way), Pacific Sociological

Association Annual Meetings, San Francisco, CA

1996 “Do Topic Transitions Function Similarly in Groups and Dyads?” American

Sociological Association Annual Meetings, Toronto, Ontario.

1997 “Singlehood as a Cultural-Organizational System: An Ecological Mapping of

Singles Organizations and Clients” (with Irenee Beattie, Karen Christopher, and

Sandra Way), Pacific Sociological Annual Meetings, San Diego, CA.

1996 “Identifying the Determinants of Gender-Atypical Occupational Outcomes for Men

and Women,” American Sociological Association Annual Meetings, New York,

NY.

1995 “Methodological and Theoretical Issues in Topic Transitions: Gender and the

Structure of Topic Loss,” American Sociological Association Annual Meetings,

Washington, D.C.

1994 “Topic Transitions in Task-Oriented Groups: The Effect of Gender on Topic

Loss,” American Sociological Association Annual Meetings, Los Angeles, CA.

1993 “Dilemmas of Multicultural Education in Black Independent Schools” (with

Angela Lintz), Linguistic Minority Research Institute Annual Conference, UC

Santa Barbara, CA

INVITED TALKS

2019 “Boundary Claims and Comparisons: Substantiating Asian American Panethnicity”

Asian American Studies Symposium, Navigating Through Intersections:

Organizing and Advancing Asian American Issues and Identity, Indiana University

2018 “The Role of Welcoming for Immigrant Integration”

Conference on Global Migration in the 21st Century: Policies and Narratives of

Inclusion, Institute for the Study of International Migration and Berkley Center for

Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, Georgetown University

2018 “The Challenge of Diversity and Intergroup Relations in the 21st Century”

Invited Panel on Past and Future of International Migration Studies, Mini-

Conference on the Future of Immigration Scholarship, University of Pennsylvania

2018 “Immigrant Civic Engagement in the U.S.: Collective Action as a Form of Political

Integration”, Lehmann College, Department of Sociology

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2017-18 “Boundary Claims and the Emergence of New Categories: Asians and Hispanics in

Comparison”

-University of Arizona, Department of Sociology

-Columbia University, Dept of Sociology, Race, Ethnicity & Migration Workshop

-SUNY-Albany, Department of Sociology

-Washington University-St. Louis, Asian American Studies & Sociology

-Russell Sage Foundation, Seminar Series

2017 “To Know You is to Trust You? Contact, Diversity, and Immigrant-Native

Relations,” Indiana University, Department of Psychology and Brain Sciences

2015-16 “Redefining Race: Asian American Panethnicity and Shifting Ethnic Boundaries”

-University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Asian American Studies

-Ohio State University, Department of Sociology

-Indiana University, Asian American Studies Program

-University of California-Santa Barbara, Race Matters Speaker Series

-University of Illinois-Chicago, Department of Sociology

2015 “The Role of Race and Politics in Asian American Panethnicity”

University of Southern California, Rethinking Race Symposium

2015 “Collective Identity, Immigrant Organizing, and Panethnicity in the U.S.”

University of California-Merced, Center for the Humanities, Merced, CA

2015 “Panethnicity, Boundary Claims, and the Legitimation of New Groupings”

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dept of Sociology, Race & Ethnicity Workshop

2013 “Asian American Panethnicity: Boundary Formation and Change in the Post-1968

Era”

-Stanford University, Department of Sociology

-University of Pennsylvania, Department of Asian American Studies

-Indiana University, Department of Sociology

2012 “Immigrant Civic Engagement in the U.S.: Collective Action, Civic Reception, and

Threat”, UC Berkeley, Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration Colloquium

2012 “Surviving Poverty: The Role of Community Organizations for Low-Income

Immigrant Mothers”, University of Washington, West Coast Poverty Center

2012 “Reexamining Immigrants as Threats: Local and State Responses to Immigrant

Newcomers”

-Stanford University, Workshop on Migration, Ethnicity, Race, and Nation

-University of California-Berkeley, Conference on Political Incorporation of

Immigrants in North America and Europe

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2010 “Social Citizenship, Integration, and Collective Action: Immigrant Civic

Engagement in the U.S.”, University of California-Irvine, Center for the Study of

Democracy

2010 “Beyond the Ballot Box: Immigrant Collective Action in the U.S.”

UC San Diego, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies

2006 “Theorizing Panethnicity”

University of Hawaii-Honolulu, Workshop on Theoretical Frontiers in Modeling

Identity and Conflict

2006 “Immigrant Collective Action in Gateways and Non-Traditional Destinations”

University of California-Berkeley, Institute for the Study of Social Change

2006 “Engaged Scholarship: Dynamic Directions in Research” at Asian American

Pacific Islander (AAPI) Policy Multi-Campus Research Program, Building

Sustainable Scholarship: Linking Research with Policy Conference, University of

California-Davis.

2006 “Institutional Panethnicity: Boundary Formation in Asian American Organizing”

-Rice University, Center on Race, Religion, and Urban Life

-University of California-Berkeley, Department of Sociology

-Indiana University, Department of Sociology

2005 “Practicing Panethnicity: Boundary Spanning among Asian American

Organizations”

-CUNY-Graduate Center, Immigration Seminar Series

-University of Pennsylvania, Department of Sociology

-Russell Sage Foundation, Visiting Scholar Seminar Series

2005 “Toward a Theory of Panethnicity: Examining Contextual Effects of Interethnic

Marriage,” New York University, Center for Advanced Social Science Research,

Social Inequality Colloquium Series

2004 “Asian American Panethnicity: Understanding Collective Action & Organizations”

-SUNY-Albany, Department of Sociology

-Hamilton College, Department of Sociology

2000-01 “Asian American Panethnicity in the Post-1965 Era”

-University of Washington, Department of Sociology

-University of Iowa, Department of Sociology

-University of Toronto, Department of Sociology

-University of California-Davis, Department of Sociology

-University of Houston, Department of Sociology

-University of Georgia, Department of Sociology

-University of Pittsburgh, Department of Sociology

-Hofstra University, Department of Sociology

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OTHER SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

2019 “Conceptualizations of Race and Racism”, Reducing Inequality Grantee Convening,

William T. Grant Foundation, Washington, D.C.

2019 “Collaborative Science and Mentor/Trainee Responsibilities”, Responsible Conduct of

Research Series, Office for the Vice Provost for Research (OVPR), Indiana University

2016 “Intergroup Relations Among U.S.-Born and Immigrant Communities in Atlanta”

(with Michael Jones-Correa, Helen Marrow, and Linda Tropp), Martin Luther King, Jr.

Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Atlanta, GA.

2016 “Intergroup Relations Among U.S.-Born and Immigrant Communities in Philadelphia”

(with Michael Jones-Correa, Helen Marrow, and Linda Tropp), City Hall, Philadelphia,

PA.

2016 “Immigration, Identity, and Inclusion”, Provost’s Hot Topics Symposium, Indiana

University, Bloomington, IN.

2016 “Immigrant Integration in the U.S.”, Lifelong Learning Symposium on U.S.

Immigration, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

2016 Workshop on Co-Publishing (with Melanie Gast), Mentoring and Career Developing

Meeting, William T. Grant Foundation and the Forum for Youth Investment, Los

Angeles, CA.

2016 “Reflecting on Mentoring and the Career Path”, Mentoring and Career Developing

Meeting, William T. Grant Foundation and the Forum for Youth Investment, Los

Angeles, CA.

2015 “Asian Americans in Higher Education and the Model Minority,” at Asian American

and Pacific Islander Experiences in Higher Education: A Forum on Policies and the

Model Minority Myth, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

2014 “White Classrooms, Brown Teachers: When Diversity is You”, College of Arts and

Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

2012 “Managing Diversity: How Community Organizations Shape Immigrant Youth

Adaptation,” William T. Grant Foundation Summer Retreat, Seattle, WA.

2012 “The Global and the Local”, Cross-Talk Series, Center for Advanced Studies in the

Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.

2011 “Groups and Identities: New Opportunities, New Problems”, Cross-Talk Series, Center

for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.

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2011 “Beyond the Ballot Box: Immigrant Collective Action in the U.S.” at Russell Sage

Foundation, Working Group on Immigration and Cultural Contact, New York.

2011 “The Role of Community-Based Organizations in the Lives of Immigrant Youth” at

Social Inquiry Workshop, Sociology Department, University of California, Davis.

2010 “Future Directions in Research on International Migration”

Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX.

2009 “Immigrant and Second-Generation Youth Participation in School and Community

Activities,” William T. Grant Foundation Summer Retreat, Santa Fe, NM.

2009 “Navigating Race and Racism in Careers”

William T. Grant Foundation and Forum for Youth Investment Mentoring Meeting, Los

Angeles, CA.

2008 “Immigrant Collective Action in Gateways and Non-Traditional Destinations”

Community Development Graduate Group Colloquia, University of California, Davis.

2008 “Motivating Research on Youth in Immigrant Families”

William T. Grant Foundation Fall Workshop, New York, NY.

2007 “The Role of Community-Based Organizations in the Lives of Immigrant and Second-

Generation Youth”, William T. Grant Foundation Fall Workshop, New York, NY.

UNIVERSITY AND DEPARTMENT SERVICE

INDIANA UNIVERSITY (2013-present)

Director, Sociological Research Practicum, Department of Sociology, 2019-20

Schuessler Institute for Social Research Infrastructure Committee, 2018-present

Climate Committee, Department of Sociology, 2018-present

Executive Dean Search Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, 2018-19

Advisory Council of Scholars of Inclusion, Ethnicity, and Race, Provost’s Office and Office of

the Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Multicultural Affairs, 2017-present

Chair, Postdoctoral Scholar Search Committee, CRRES, 2014-17, 2018-present

Chair, Faculty Small Research Grant Committee, CRRES, 2014-17, 2018-present

Director, Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society, 2014-present

Co-Chair, Diversity & Affirmative Action Committee, Bloomington Faculty Council, 2016-17

Promotion and Tenure Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, 2016-17, 2018-19

Graduate Program Committee, Department of Sociology, 2015-19

Steering Committee for Hot Topics Series, Provost’s Office, 2015-18

Chair, Race and Ethnicity Committee, Department of Sociology, 2013-17

Themester Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, 2015-17

Chair, Faculty Search Committee, Department of Sociology, 2015-16

Faculty Promotion Review Committee, Department of Sociology, 2017, 2019

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Faculty Tenure Review Committee, Department of Sociology, 2015-17, 2019

Executive Committee, Department of Sociology, 2014-16, 2019-present

Graduate Admissions Committee, Department of Sociology, 2013-14

UC DAVIS (2001-2013)

Dean’s Social Science Advisory Committee, 2012-13

Chair’s Advisory Committee, Department of Sociology, 2012-13

Chair, Graduate Admissions Committee, Department of Sociology, 2008-13

International Relations Program Committee, 2012-13

Economy, Justice, and Society Committee, Institute for Governmental Affairs, 2008-11

Review Committee, Award in Excellence for UC Davis Postdoctoral Scholars, 2010-11

Grant and Fellowship Review Committee for Social Sciences and Humanities, UC Institute for

Mexico and the United States & El Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, 2010-11

Graduate Program Task Force, Department of Sociology, 2009-10

Faculty Recruitment Committee, Social Demography, Department of Sociology, 2008-09

Merit & Promotion Committee, Department of Sociology, 2008-09

Colloquia Committee, Department of Sociology, 2007-09

Graduate Admissions Committee, Department of Sociology, 2007-08

Undergraduate Studies Committee, Department of Sociology, 2006-07

Evaluator for France-Berkeley Fund Research Proposals, 2006-07

Faculty Recruitment Committee, Social Psychology, Department of Sociology, 2005-07

Power and Inequalities Workshop, Co-Founder and Co-Organizer (with Drew Halfmann),

Department of Sociology, 2005-10

Your Major Professor and You, Panel for Orientation and Welcome Week for the Social and

Behavioral Sciences, 2005-06

Professors for the Future Panel, Surviving the First Year as an Academic, Social and Behavioral

Sciences, 2004-05

Graduate Program Committee, Department of Sociology, 2003-06

Comprehensive Exam Committee, Department of Sociology, 2002-04

Undergraduate Council, Preparatory Education Committee, School of Social Sciences, 2002-04

Faculty Recruitment Committee, Asian American Studies Program, 2002-03

Faculty Sponsor, Sociology Honors Program, Department of Sociology, 2002-10

Review Committee, Graduate Research Award, Consortium for Women & Research, 2001-02

COURSES TAUGHT

Race and Ethnic Relations Introduction to Sociology

Immigration and Opportunity Identity Processes

Social Inequality/Stratification Group Processes

Social Boundaries, Identities, and Inequalities Immigration and Refugee Crises

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GRADUATE STUDENTS ADVISED

Dissertation Chair (Completed):

2016 Emerald Nguyen (National Institutes of Health Fellow, Washington, D.C)

All in the Family?: Investigating the Causes and Consequences of Household

Extension for Immigrant and U.S.-Born Families

2015 Ali Chaudhary (Assistant Professor, Sociology, Rutgers University)

Stigmatized Spaces: Pakistani Organizational Spaces in London, Toronto, and New

York

2013 Jane Le (Assistant Professor, Sociology, University of Tampa)

Transnational Tightrope: Vietnamese Refugees in France and the United States

2012 Dawn Lee Tu (Director of Cultural Centers, University of San Francisco)

The Continuing Salience of Panethnicity: Neo-Asian Americanness, Higher

Education, Multiculturalism and Youth Performances of Asian American Identity

2010 Sarah Ovink (Associate Professor, Sociology, Virginia Tech University)

Latino/a Postsecondary Pathways: Investigating Gender, Aspirations and

Expectations, and Racial/Ethnic Differences in College Enrollment Patterns

2009 Kim Ebert (Associate Professor, Sociology, North Carolina State University)

The Changing Politics of Immigration and Race: Racial-Political Organizing from

Civil Rights to the “Post-Racial” Era

2009 Melanie Jones Gast (Assistant Professor, Sociology, University of Louisville)

Class and College Knowledge: How Black Youth Navigate College Options

2009 Jesse Rude (Research Associate, MDRC, New York)

Interracial Friendships in Context: Their Formation, Development, and Impact

Dissertation Committee Member (Completed):

2018 Elizabeth Martinez (Deputy Director of Research and Data, Oregon Higher

Education Coordinating Commission)

Racialized and Gendered Experiences of University Faculty: Evidence From

Course Enrollment Patterns

2018 Tamara van der Does (Postdoctoral Fellow, Santa Fe Institute)

Children of Immigrants’ Religious Identity and Political Engagement Across

Europe

2018 Lauren Apgar (Institutional Research Analyst, University of Texas-San Antonio)

The Economic Incorporation of Immigrants Across the Fifty States

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2015 Le Phan (Coordinator, Student Academic Success Center, University of the Pacific)

Casualties of Ethnic Businesses: Second-Generation Vietnamese and their Parents’

Participation in Nail Work

2013 Dan Herda (Assistant Professor, Sociology, Merrimack College)

The Varied Causes and Consequences of Discrimination: Self-Reports of

Interpersonal Victimization among Blacks, Whites and Latinos in Chicago

Dissertation Committee Chair or Member (Current):

Mai Thai Junior Police Students, Model Citizenship, & Social Control in School

Sam Kye The Macro and Micro Foundations of Residential Racial Segregation

Maritza Steele Teaching Race in a White Space: Racial Socialization in a Rural

Elementary School

Jelani Ince The Myth in View: How Interactions Shape Institutional Outcomes

Postdoctoral Scholars Supervised:

Kim Ebert, Jan.-July 2010

Melanie Jones Gast, Jan.-Dec. 2010

Postdoctoral Scholars Mentored at IU:

Candace Miller (O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs), 2019-

Oscar Patrón (School of Education, Higher Education & Student Affairs), 2019-

Christine Peralta (History), 2019-

Tennisha Riley (Psychological and Brain Sciences), 2018-

Denia Garcia (Sociology), 2017-

Vanessa Cruz Nichols (Political Science), 2017-19

Dorraine Green (Psychological and Brain Sciences), 2016-18

Adam Bledsoe (Geography), 2016-17

Hyeyoung Kwon (Sociology), 2015-17

Tristan Ivory (Sociology), 2015-17

Diana Louis (African American and African Diaspora Studies), 2014-16

Sean Gantt (Anthropology), 2014-16

Julie Merseth (Political Science), 2014-15

Nicole Ivy (History), 2014-15

ACADEMIC SERVICE & PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION LEADERSHIP

2018-19 Nominations Committee (elected), American Sociological Association

2018-20 Council Member (elected), Collective Behavior and Social Movement Section,

American Sociological Association

2018 ASA Distinguished Scholarly Book Award Committee (appointed),

American Sociological Association

2014-16 Chair (elected), Asia and Asian America Section, American Sociological

Association

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2012-15 ASA Council, Member-at-Large (elected), American Sociological Association

2013-16 Council Member (elected), International Migration Section, American

Sociological Association

2013-15 Committee on Sections (appointed), American Sociological Association

2011-13 Cox-Johnson-Frazier Award Selection Committee (appointed), American

Sociological Association

2004-07 Council Member (elected), Asia and Asian America Section, American

Sociological Association

EDITORIAL BOARDS

2020- Editorial Board Member, American Sociological Review

2018- Editorial Board Member, Social Forces

2017-19 Editorial Board Member, Social Psychology Quarterly

2008-16 Editorial Board Member, Social Problems

2008-10 Editorial Board Member, Sociological Theory

2005-08 Editorial Board Member, American Sociological Review

2003-06 Editorial Board Member, Sociological Perspectives

1006-01 Graduate Student Editor, Social Psychology Quarterly

REVIEWER: GRANTS

Co-Organizer and Reviewer (with Steve Raphael and Sheldon Danziger) for Small Grants

Competition on Immigration and Poverty, National Poverty Center, University of Michigan

(2008-09)

Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline (FAD), American Sociological Association and

National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation-Sociology-Regular Grants (Reviewer and Panelist)

National Science Foundation-Sociology-Dissertation Research Improvement Grants

Russell Sage Foundation-Visiting Scholars Program

Russell Sage Foundation-Presidential Awards and Regular Grants

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

William T. Grant Foundation-Regular Grants

William T. Grant Foundation-Scholars Award

Center for Engaged Scholarship-Dissertation Fellowship

Time-Sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences

REVIEWER: JOURNALS

American Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology, Contemporary Sociology,

DuBois Review, Ethnic and Racial Studies, International Migration Review, Journal of Ethnic

and Migration Studies, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Mobilization, Self and Identity,

Social Forces, Social Problems, Social Psychology Quarterly, Social Science Research,

Sociological Focus, Sociological Inquiry, Sociological Perspectives, Sociological Quarterly,

Sociology of Education, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

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ASSOCIATION SERVICE

2019-20 Chair, Best Book Award, Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section,

American Sociological Association

2019-20 Co-Chair, Distinguished Career Award, Asia and Asian America Section,

American Sociological Association

2019 Member, Nominations Committee, International Migration Section, American

Sociological Association

2019 Member, Best Article Award Committee, Collective Behavior and Social

Movements Section, American Sociological Association

2017-18 Chair, Outstanding Contribution to Social Psychology Committee, Social

Psychology Section, American Sociological Association

2017-18 Member, Louis Wirth Best Article Award Committee, International Migration

Section, American Sociological Association

2015 Co-Chair, Research Paper Award Committee, Asia and Asian American Section,

American Sociological Association

2015 Organizer, Roundtable Sessions, Asia and Asian American Section, American

Sociological Association

2015 Member, Graduate Student Investigator Award Committee, Social Psychology

Section, American Sociological Association

2014 Organizer, International Migration Section Session on New Directions in

Migration Theory, American Sociological Association Meetings, San Francisco

2011 Discussant, Section Session on International Migration, Local Responses to

Immigrant Populations, America Sociological Association, Las Vegas, NV

2010 Organizer, Section Session on Collective Behavior and Social Movements,

Immigrant Mobilization and Citizenship Movements, American Sociological

Association Meetings, Atlanta, GA

2010 Discussant, Session on Immigrant Generations and Mobility, Population

Association of America Meetings, Dallas, TX

2009 “Immigrants, Collective Action, and Civic/Political Engagement”

American Sociological Association, International Migration Section Mini-

Conference, Berkeley, CA.

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2009 Member, Book Award Committee, Association for Asian American Studies

2008 Discussant, Regular Session on Gender and Immigration, American

Sociological Association Meetings, Boston, MA

2007 Program Committee, 2008 Association for Asian American Studies Annual

Meeting

2007 Co-Chair, Graduate Student Paper Committee, Asia and Asian American

Section, American Sociological Association

2007 Organizer, Section Session on Asia and Asian America in Post/9-11, American

Sociological Association Meetings, New York, NY

2006-07 Co-Chair, Early Career Award and Teaching Award Committees, Asia and

Asian American Section, American Sociological Association

2006-07 Publications Committee (elected), Central Region, Pacific Sociological Association

2006 Organizer and Discussant, Regular Session on Panethnicity, American Sociological

Association Meetings, Montreal, Quebec

2005-06 Co-Chair, Book Award Committee, Asia and Asian American Section,

American Sociological Association

2005 Organizer, Session on Race, Ethnicity, Immigration, & Labor, Pacific Sociological

Association Meetings, Portland, OR

2004-05 Membership Chair, Asia and Asian America Section, American Sociological

Association

2004-05 Program Committee, 2005 Pacific Sociological Association Meeting

2004-07 Committee on Committees (elected), Central Region, Pacific Sociological

Association

2003 Organizer and Discussant for Social Psychology Regular Session, American

Sociological Association Meetings, Atlanta, GA

2001 Co-Organizer for Organizations, Occupations, and Work Refereed Roundtables,

American Sociological Association Meetings, Chicago, IL

2001 Presider and Discussant, Asia and Asian America Refereed Roundtables, American

Sociological Association Meetings, Anaheim, CA

2000 Graduate Student Section Council Member (elected), Asia and Asian America

Section, American Sociological Association

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1998 Organizer and Presider, Regular Session on Theoretical and Methodological

Innovation in Conversational Analysis, Pacific Sociological Association Meetings,

San Diego, CA

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Sociological Association

Section on Asia and Asian America

Section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements

Section on Ethnic and Racial Minorities

Section on International Migration

Section on Social Psychology

Section on Latino/a Sociology

Section on Population

Association for Asian American Studies

Population Association of America

Society for the Study of Social Problems

Alliance of Distinguished and Titled Professors, Indiana University

Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, Research Associate, UC San Diego

Working Group on Cultural Contact and Immigration, Russell Sage Foundation

Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society, Indiana University