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Overview

Janelle Wong is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research primarily spans social sciences with a strong focus on the intersection of sociology and political science, political science and international relations, cultural studies, communication, and education.

Their work extensively covers topics such as racial and ethnic identity research, electoral systems and political participation, migration, refugees, and integration, critical race theory in education, migration and labor dynamics, Asian American and Pacific histories, and migration, ethnicity, and economy.

Recent publications by Janelle Wong include the following:

  • Asian Americans and the Politics of the Twenty-First Century (2023), published in Annual Review of Political Science
  • Convergence Across Difference: Understanding the Political Ties That Bind with the 2016 National Asian American Survey (2021), published in RSF The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
  • Between Empirical Data and Anti-Blackness: A Critical Perspective on Anti-Asian Hate Crimes and Hate Incidents (2022), published in Journal of Asian American Studies

Some of the notable frequent coauthors working alongside Janelle Wong include:

  • S. Karthick Ramakrishnan
  • Rossina Zamora Liu
  • Nadia E. Brown
  • Fernando Tormos-Aponte
  • Sono Shah

They have contributed multiple publications to various academic venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Amerasia Journal
  • PS Political Science & Politics
  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Annual Review of Political Science
  • RSF The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences

Janelle Wong's research often addresses themes related to racial and ethnic identity and political participation among Asian American communities. Their interdisciplinary approach bridges political science and cultural studies to explore group interests and social dynamics within minority populations.

Best Publications

  • Intergroup Prejudice in Multiethnic Settings

    J. Eric Oliver;Janelle Wong

  • Defended Neighborhoods, Integration, and Racially Motivated Crime

    Donald P. Green;Dara Z. Strolovitch;Janelle S. Wong

  • Intergroup Prejudice in Multiethnic Settings

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  • The Politics of Asian Americans: Diversity and Community

    Pei-te Lien;M. Margaret Conway;Janelle Wong

  • Asian American Political Participation: Emerging Constituents and Their Political Identities

    Janelle Wong;S. Karthick Ramakrishnan;Taeku Lee;Jane Junn

  • THE EFFECTS OF AGE AND POLITICAL EXPOSURE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF PARTY IDENTIFICATION AMONG ASIAN AMERICAN AND LATINO IMMIGRANTS IN THE UNITED STATES

    Janelle S. Wong

  • Group-Based Resources and Political Participation among Asian Americans

    Janelle S. Wong;Pei-Te Lien;M. Margaret Conway

  • Asian Pacific-American Public Opinion and Political Participation

    Pei-te Lien;Christian Collet;Janelle Wong;S. Karthick Ramakrishnan

  • Immigrants, Evangelicals, and Politics in an Era of Demographic Change

    Janelle S. Wong

  • Mobilizing Asian American Voters: A Field Experiment

    Janelle S. Wong

  • A possessive investment in white heteropatriarchy? The 2016 election and the politics of race, gender, and sexuality

    Dara Z. Strolovitch;Janelle S. Wong;Andrew Proctor

  • Political Socialisation in Immigrant Families: Challenging Top-Down Parental Socialisation Models

    Janelle Wong;Vivian Tseng

  • The Contours and Sources of Ethnic Identity Choices Among Asian Americans

    Pei-te Lien;M. Margaret Conway;Janelle Wong

  • Immigration and Civic Participation in a Multiracial and Multiethnic Context1

    Michael A. Stoll;Janelle S. Wong

  • Best practices in collecting online data with Asian, Black, Latino, and White respondents: evidence from the 2016 Collaborative Multiracial Post-election Survey

    Matt A. Barreto;Lorrie Frasure-Yokley;Edward D. Vargas;Janelle Wong

  • Measuring Gay Populations and Antigay Hate Crime

    Donald P. Green;Dara Z. Strolovitch;Janelle S. Wong;Robert W. Bailey

  • Tolerance and the Contact Hypothesis: A Field Experiment

    Donald P. Green;Janelle S. Wong

  • The Role of Born-Again Identity on the Political Attitudes of Whites, Blacks, Latinos, and Asian Americans

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  • TWO STEPS FORWARD

    Janelle Wong

  • Asian American Political Participation

    Janelle Wong;S. Karthick Ramakrishnan;Taeku Lee;Jane Junn

  • Accurately Counting Asian Americans Is a Civil Rights Issue

    Jennifer Lee;Karthick Ramakrishnan;Janelle Wong

  • Democracy's promise

    Janelle Wong

  • RACE-BASED CONSIDERATIONS AND THE OBAMA VOTE

    S. Karthick Ramakrishnan;Janelle Wong;Taeku Lee;Jane Junn

  • New Race Politics in America: Activity amid Diversity: Asian American Political Participation

    Janelle S. Wong;Pei-te Lien;M. Margaret Conway

  • The Contours and Sources of Ethnic Identity Choices Among Asian

    Pei-te Lien;M. Margaret Conway;Janelle Wong

  • The Pilot Asian American Political Survey: Summary Report

    Tae-ku Lee;Pei-te Lien;M. M Conway;Janelle Wong

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald P. Green
Donald P. Green Columbia University
Matt A. Barreto
Matt A. Barreto University of California, Los Angeles

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