Education:
Ph.D., University of California, Irvine - 2012 (Sociology)
M.A., San Francisco State University - 2005 (Ethnic Studies)
B.A., Oregon State University - 2002 (Political Science and Ethnic Studies)
Areas of Expertise:
Immigrant adaptation, race and ethnicity, culture, professional education, ethnic studies, qualitative research methods.
Books and Publications
"Finding Their Place: How Adoptive Parents Utilize Chinese Activities for Inclusion in Multiple Americas." Journal of Asian American Studies 16: 91-119. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2013
"Asian Americans." Encyclopedia of U.S. Political History: 1946-1975 7th ed. Ed. Thomas Langston. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2010
"Transcending 'Just Another Baccalaureate Requirement': Operationalizing the Teachings of Difference, Power and Discrimination." Teaching for Change: The Difference, Power and Discrimination Model. Eds. Jun Xing, Judith Li, Larry Roper and Susan Shaw. Laham, Md.: Lexington Books. 183-91. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2007
Review of The Transnational History of a Chinese Family: Immigrant Letters, Family Business, and Reverse Migration, by Haiming Liu. Journal of American Ethnic History Winter/Spring: 346-47. (Books and Publications: Book Review) 2006
Research Activities
Longitudinal study: follow up interviews with currently practicing attorneys. 2013
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
"'You See? They're Not Good Enough to Be Here': How Race and Gender Shape Confidence in Law School." To be presented at the Eastern Sociological Society Meeting, Boston, March 21-24. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013
"Professional Socialization as the Other Other: How Women of Color Law Students Experience Competing Expectations." To be presented at the American Bar Foundation Research Group on Legal Diversity Conference, Chicago, May 10-11. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2013
"The Law Student That Could: Gender and Emotions in Law School." Law and Society Association International Meeting. Honolulu. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012
"What's Race Got to Do With It? Negotiating Multiple Identities in Law School." American Sociological Association. Denver. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012
"'This Is the Hardest Thing I've Ever Done!' Managing Emotions in Law School." Society for the Study of Social Problems Meeting. Las Vegas. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
"Learning to Become a Lawyer of Color: How Asian American and Latino Law Students Navigate Professional and (Pan)ethnic identities." Population, Society and Inequality Colloquia Series. Department of Sociology, University of California, Irvine. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2011
"Learning to Sellout: Elastic Professional Boundaries for Nonwhite Attorneys-in-Training." Law and Society Association Meeting. San Francisco. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
"Unintentional Racialization: the Presence and Significance of Race in Law School." American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Las Vegas. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
"Unintentional Racialization: The Salience of Race in Law School." Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Seattle. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
Pedagogical Achievements
Teaching Excellence and Service to the Academic Community Award (university-wide honor), Division of Undergraduate Education, University of California, Irvine. 2008
Other Professional Activities
Member, Graduate Student Paper Award Committee, Section on Teaching Social Problems, Society for the Study of Social Problems. 2013
Member, Steering Committee, International Migration Section Mini-Conference, American Sociological Association, New York. 2013
Session organizer (Professional Immigrants: Migration, Integration and Mobility; Qualitative Methods: Field Work and Researcher Positionality), Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Seattle. 2011
Session organizer (Migration, Community and Politics), Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Oakland, Calif. 2010
