WENDY D. ROTH
Department of Sociology University of Pennsylvania 353 McNeil Building 3718 Locust Walk Philadelphia, PA 19104 Phone: (215) 573-9388 [email protected]
August 2020
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia, PA
Associate Professor of Sociology and Graduate Group in Demography July 2019 - present
Research Associate, Population Studies Center July 2019 - present
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Vancouver, B.C.
Professor of Sociology July – Dec. 2019
Associate Professor of Sociology, with tenure July 2012 - 2019
Assistant Professor of Sociology July 2006 - 2012
EDUCATION
HARVARD UNIVERSITY Cambridge, MA
Ph.D., Sociology and Social Policy 2006
A.M., Sociology and Social Policy 2002
Dissertation: “Caribbean Race and American Dreams: How Migration Shapes Dominicans’ and Puerto Ricans’ Racial Identities and Its Impact on Socioeconomic Mobility.”
Winner of American Sociological Association Outstanding Dissertation Award, 2007
OXFORD UNIVERSITY, NUFFIELD COLLEGE Oxford, UK
M.Phil., Sociology, with Distinction (highest honor) 1997
YALE UNIVERSITY New Haven, CT
B.A., Sociology with honors, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa 1995
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RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Race and Ethnicity Multiracial Identities Immigration & Immigrant Adaptation Skin Color Inequalities Genetics and Race Prejudice & Discrimination Latino/a Populations & Latin America Social Stratification & Inequality Racial Classification & Measurement Research Methods
PUBLICATIONS (Student co-authors marked with *)
Books:
Roth, Wendy D. 2012. Race Migrations: Latinos and the Cultural Transformation of Race. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
Winner of the Isis Duarte Prize from the Haiti-Dominican Republic Section of the Latin American Studies Association, 2015
Received Honorable Mention for the Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Outstanding Book Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems Division on Racial and Ethnic Minorities, 2014
Featured at Author-Meets-Critics Session, annual meeting of the Social Science History Association, Vancouver, BC, November 2012
Reviewed in American Journal of Sociology, CENTRO: Journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, CHOICE, Contemporary Sociology, Du Bois Review, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Journal of American Studies, Social Forces
Newman, Katherine S., Cybelle Fox, David Harding, Jal Mehta, and Wendy Roth. 2004. Rampage: The Social Roots of School Shootings. New York: Basic Books.
Finalist for C. Wright Mills Book Award, Society for the Study of Social Problems, 2004
Featured at Author-Meets-Critics Session, annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal, August 2006
Reviews appear in American Ethnologist, American Journal of Education, American Journal of Sociology, Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, CHOICE, Contemporary Sociology (2), Contexts, Journal of Comparative Family Studies, Justice Quarterly, Men & Masculinities, PsycCRITIQUES, Publishers Weekly, Qualitative Sociology, Sociological Research, Teachers College Record, The Globe & Mail, Yale Law & Policy Review, et al.
Edited Volumes:
Syed, Moin, Enrique Neblett, and Wendy D. Roth, editors. 2019. “Ethnic and Racial Identity Development from an Interdisciplinary Perspective” Emerging Adulthood (special issue), 7(2). Wendy D. Roth 3
Roth, Wendy D., Mary E., Campbell, and Jenifer Bratter, editors. 2016. “Measuring the Diverging Components of Race in Multiracial America.” American Behavioral Scientist (special issue), 60(4).
Journal Articles:
Roth, Wendy D. and Alexandra Marin. 2020. “The Role of Skin Color in Latino Social Networks: Color Homophily in Sending and Receiving Societies.” Sociology of Race & Ethnicity, Online first. https://doi.org/10.1177/2332649220940346.
Roth, Wendy D., Şule Yaylacı, Kaitlin Jaffe,* Lindsey Richardson. 2020. “Do Genetic Ancestry Tests Increase Racial Essentialism? Findings from a Randomized Controlled Trial.” PLoS ONE 15(1): e0227399. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227399
Media coverage has appeared in Times of Israel, Inverse, and Curium Magazine
Yaylacı, Şule, Wendy D. Roth, and Kaitlyn Jaffe*. 2019. “Measuring Racial Essentialism in the Genomic Era: The Genetic Essentialism Scale for Race (GESR).” Current Psychology: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-019-00311-z
Neblett, Enrique, Wendy D. Roth, and Moin Syed. 2019. “Ethnic and Racial Identity Development from an Interdisciplinary Perspective: Introduction to the Special issue.” Emerging Adulthood 7(2): 79- 84.
Roth, Wendy D. and Biorn Ivemark*. 2018. “Genetic Options: The Impact of Genetic Ancestry Testing on Ethnic and Racial Identities.” American Journal of Sociology 124(1): 150-184.
Media coverage has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, U.S. News & World Report, PBS NewsHour website, Science News, ScienceDaily, GenomeWeb, NPR, CBC.ca, CBC Radio One, and Radio Canada.
Roth, Wendy D. 2018. “Establishing the Denominator: The Challenges of Measuring Multiracial, Hispanic, and Native American Populations.” The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 677(1): 48-56.
Roth, Wendy D. 2018. “Unsettled Identities Amid Settled Classifications? Toward a Sociology of Racial Appraisals.” Ethnic and Racial Studies 41(6): 1093-1112.
Reprinted in Why Do We Still Talk About Race? 2019. Edited by Martin Bulmer and John Solomos. New York: Routledge.
Roth, Wendy D. 2017. “Methodological pitfalls of measuring race: International comparisons and repurposing of statistical categories.” Ethnic and Racial Studies 40(13): 2347-2353.
Cross, William E., Jr., Eleanor Seaton, Tiffany Yip, Richard M. Lee, Deborah Rivas, Gilbert C. Gee, Wendy Roth and Bic Ngo. 2017. “Identity Work: Enactment of Racial-Ethnic Identity in Everyday Life.” Identity 17(1): 1-12. [Lead Article]
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Roth, Wendy D. 2016. “The Multiple Dimensions of Race.” Ethnic and Racial Studies 39(8): 1310- 1338.
Honorable Mention for Oliver Cromwell Cox Article Award from the American Sociological Association Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities, 2017
Mary E. Campbell, Jenifer Bratter, and Wendy D. Roth. 2016. “Measuring the Diverging Components of Race: An Introduction.” American Behavioral Scientist. 60(4): 381-389.
Roth, Wendy D. and Nadia Y. Kim. 2013. “Relocating Prejudice: A Transnational Approach to Understanding Immigrants’ Racial Attitudes.” International Migration Review 47(2): 330-373.
Roth, Wendy D. 2013. “A Single Shade of ‘Negro’: Henry Louis Gates’s Depictions of Blackness in the Dominican Republic.” Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies 8(1): 95-99.
Roth, Wendy D., Marc-David Seidel, Dennis Ma*, and Eiston Lo*. 2012. “In and Out of the Ethnic Economy: A Longitudinal Analysis of Ethnic Networks and Pathways to Economic Success across Immigrant Categories.” International Migration Review 46(2): 310-360.
Kenyon, Kristi*, Hélène Frohard-Dourlent*, and Wendy D. Roth. 2012. “Falling between the Cracks: Ambiguities of International Student Status in Canada.” Canadian Journal of Higher Education 42(1): 1-24.
Roth, Wendy D. and Gerhard Sonnert. 2011. “The Costs and Benefits of ‘Red Tape’: Anti- Bureaucratic Structure and Gender Inequity in a Science Research Organization.” Social Studies of Science 41(3): 385-409.
Roth, Wendy D. 2010. “Racial Mismatch: The Divergence Between Form and Function in Data for Monitoring Racial Discrimination of Hispanics.” Social Science Quarterly 91(5): 1288-1311.
Winner of the Oliver Cromwell Cox Article Award from the American Sociological Association Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities, 2011
Roth, Wendy D. 2009. “‘Latino Before the World:’ The Transnational Extension of Panethnicity.” Ethnic and Racial Studies 32(6): 927-947.
Reprinted in Latino Identity in Contemporary America. 2011. Edited by Martin Bulmer and John Solomos. New York: Routledge.
Roth, Wendy D. 2005. “The End of the One-Drop Rule? Labeling of Multiracial Children in Black Intermarriages.” Sociological Forum, 20(1):35-67.
Roth, Wendy D. and Jal D. Mehta. 2002. “The Rashomon Effect: Combining Positivist and Interpretive Approaches in the Analysis of Contested Events.” Sociological Methods and Research, 31(2):131-173.
Reprinted in Philosophical Foundations of Social Research Methods. 2005. Edited by Malcolm Williams. Benchmarks in Social Research Methods series. London: Sage Publications.
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Roth, Wendy D. and Katherine Lyon*. 2018. “Genetic Ancestry Tests and Race: Who Takes Them, Why, and How Do They Affect Racial Identities?” Pp. 133-169 in Reconsidering Race: Social Science Perspectives on Racial Categories in the Age of Genomics, edited by Kazuko Suzuki and Diego von Vacano. New York: Oxford University Press.
Roth, Wendy D. 2015. “Studying Ethnic Schemas: Integrating Cognitive Schemas into Ethnicity Research through Photo Elicitation.” Pp. 89-118 in Studying Ethnic Identity: Methodological and Conceptual Approaches Across Disciplines, edited by Carlos E. Santos and Adriana Umaña-Taylor. Washington D.C.: American Psychological Association.
Roth, Wendy. 2014. “Latinos, Biculturalism, and the In-Between.” Pp.49-64 in Color Lines and Racial Angles, edited by Douglas Hartmann and Christopher Uggen. New York: W.W. Norton & Co. [Note: Reprint of “Creating a Latino Race,” The Society Pages]
Golbeck, Natasha* and Wendy D. Roth. 2012. “Aboriginal Claims: DNA Ancestry Testing and Changing Concepts of Indigeneity.” Pp. 415-432 in Biomapping Indigenous Peoples: Towards an Understanding of the Issues, edited by Susanne Berthier-Foglar, Sheila Collingwood-Whittick, and Sandrine Tolazzi. Amsterdam: Rodopi.
Roth, Wendy D. 2009. “Transnational Racializations: The Extension of Racial Boundaries from Receiving to Sending Societies.” Pp. 228-244 in How the United States Racializes Latinos: White Hegemony and Its Consequences, edited by José A. Cobas, Jorge Duany, and Joe R. Feagin. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers.
Roth, Wendy D. 2008. “‘There Is No Discrimination Here’: Understanding Latinos’ Perceptions of Color Discrimination through Sending-Receiving Society Comparison.” Pp. 205-234 in Racism in the 21st Century: An Empirical Analysis of Skin Color, edited by Ronald E. Hall. New York: Springer Press.
Roth, Wendy D. 2007. “United Kingdom.” Pp.641-651 in The New Americans: A Guide to Immigration Since 1965, edited by Mary C. Waters and Reed Ueda with Helen Marrow. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Fox, Cybelle, Wendy D. Roth, and Katherine S. Newman. 2002. “A Deadly Partnership: Lethal Violence in an Arkansas Middle School.” Pp. 91-116 in Deadly Lessons: Understanding Lethal School Violence, Case Studies of School Violence Committee, edited by Mark H. Moore, Carol V. Petrie, Anthony A. Braga, and Brenda L. McLaughlin. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.
Book Reviews:
2015. Review of Latinos Facing Racism: Discrimination, Resistance, and Endurance by Joe R. Feagin and José A. Cobas (Paradigm Publishers), American Journal of Sociology 120(3): 960-963.
2015. Review of Native American DNA: Tribal Belonging and the False Promise of Genetic Science by Kim TallBear (University of Minnesota Press), Contemporary Sociology 44(2): 260-261.
2009. Review of Black Behind the Ears: Dominican Racial Identity from Museums to Beauty Shops by Ginetta E. B. Candelario (Duke University Press), Canadian Journal of Sociology 34(2): 498-500.
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2008. “Integrating Multiple Identities: Multiracials and Asian-Americans in the United States.” Review essay of Making Multiracials: State, Family, and Market in the Redrawing of the Color Line by Kimberly McClain DaCosta, and Managing Multicultural Lives: Asian American Professionals and the Challenge of Multiple Identities by Pawan Dhingra (both Stanford University Press), Canadian Journal of Sociology 33(2): 397-403.
2007. Review of Multiple Origins, Uncertain Destinies, National Research Council, Panel on Hispanics in the United States, edited by Marta Tienda and Faith Mitchell, Contemporary Sociology 36(5): 466-467.
2006. Review of Rethinking Development in Latin America, edited by Charles H. Wood and Bryan R. Roberts, Contemporary Sociology 35(4): 430-431.
Scholarly Essays and Public Sociology:
Buggs, Shantel Gabrieal, Cassi Pittman Claytor, San Juanita García, Onoso Imoagene, Verna Keith, Hadi Khoshneviss, Catherine Lee, Sarah Mayorga-Gallo, Victor E. Ray, and Wendy D. Roth. 2020. “Systemic Anti-Black Racism Must Be Dismantled: Statement by the American Sociological Association Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities.” Sociology of Race and Ethnicity 6(3): 289-291.
2018. “Genetic ancestry tests don’t change your identity, but you might.” The Conversation, published July 4. Available at: https://theconversation.com/genetic-ancestry-tests-dont-change-your- identity-but-you-might-98663.
2016. “What does a Trump presidency mean for Canada?” UBC Faculty of Arts website, posted November 14. Available at: http://www.arts.ubc.ca/what-does-a-trump-presidency-mean-for-canada/.
2013. “Creating a 'Latino' Race.” The Society Pages. Peer-reviewed White Paper. Published March 13. Available online at http://thesocietypages.org/papers/creating-a-latino-race/.
2013. “Immigrant Integration and Race.” P. 57 in Earl Babbie and Lucia Benaquisto, Fundamentals of Social Research, 3rd Canadian edition. Toronto: Nelson Education.
2012. “Ask Elizabeth Warren the Right Question.” Remarks: Newsletter of the Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities, American Sociological Association, Summer issue.
Policy Research Publications:
Hales, Jon, Wendy Roth, Matt Barnes, Jane Millar, Carli Lessof, Mandy Gloyer and Andrew Shaw. 2000. Evaluation of the New Deal for Lone Parents: Early Lessons from the Phase One Prototype— Findings of Surveys. London, UK: Department of Social Security, Research Report No. 109.
Hales, Jon, Carli Lessof, Wendy Roth, Mandy Gloyer, Andrew Shaw, Jane Millar, Matt Barnes, Peter Elias, Chris Hasluck, Abigail McKnight, and Anne Green. 2000. Evaluation of the New Deal for Lone Parents: Early Lessons from the Phase One Prototype—Synthesis Report. London, UK: Department of Social Security, Research Report No. 108.
Stratford, Nina and Wendy Roth. 1999. The 1998 Youth Lifestyles Survey: Technical Report. London, UK: National Centre for Social Research.
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Finch, Helen and William O’Connor with Jane Millar, Jon Hales, Andrew Shaw, and Wendy Roth. 1999. The New Deal for Lone Parents: Learning from the Prototype Areas. London, UK: Department of Social Security, Research Report No. 92.
Hales, Jon, Andrew Shaw and Wendy Roth. 1998. Evaluation of the New Deal for Lone Parents: A Preliminary Assessment of the Counterfactual. London, UK: Department of Social Security, In-house Report 42.
WORKS IN PROGRESS (Student co-authors marked with *)
Roth, Wendy D., Rochelle Côte, and Jasmyne Eastmond*. “Bridging Boundaries? The Effect of Genetic Ancestry Testing on Ties across Racial Groups?”
Roth, Wendy D. and Şule Yaylacı. “Genetic Options and Constraints: Findings from a Randomized Controlled Trial on how Genetic Ancestry Tests Change Ethnic and Racial Identities”
Roth, Wendy D., Xiang Lu*, and Olivia Hu*. “Racial Conceptualization through Genetic Ancestry Testing”
Roth, Wendy D., Anita Schmalor*, and Steven Heine. “Do DNA Tests Make You Racist? Genetic Ancestry Testing and Racial Attitudes”
Roth, Wendy D. and Şule Yaylacı. “Determinants of Essentialist Beliefs about Race: A Comparison of Canada and the United States”
Roth, Wendy D., Patricio Solis, and Christina Sue. “Money Lightens, but Doesn’t Whiten: Socioeconomic Impacts on Observers’ Classifications of Mexicans”
ONLINE RESOURCES
Jennifer L. Bratter, Mary E. Campbell, and Wendy D. Roth. 2014. “Multiple Components of Race Data Library.” [Online database]. Available at https://kinder.rice.edu/research/multiple-components- race-data-library
AWARDS AND HONORS
MARTHA FOSCHI AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH AND TEACHING 2019 (CND$1,000), University of British Columbia, Department of Sociology
OLIVER CROMWELL COX ARTICLE AWARD HONORABLE MENTION, American 2017 Sociological Association Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities For “The Multiple Dimensions of Race”
UBC KILLAM FACULTY RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP (CND$18,000) 2017
RUSSELL SAGE FOUNDATION VISITING RESEARCHER, New York, NY 2017 Wendy D. Roth 8
CANADIAN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION EARLY INVESTIGATOR AWARD 2016
ISIS DUARTE PRIZE, Haiti-Dominican Republic Section of the Latin American Studies 2015 Association For Race Migrations: Latinos and the Cultural Transformation of Race
PETER WALL INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES SCHOLARS AWARD, University 2015 of British Columbia (CND$20,000)
EDUARDO BONILLA-SILVA OUTSTANDING BOOK AWARD HONORABLE MENTION, Society 2014 for the Study of Social Problems Division on Racial and Ethnic Minorities For Race Migrations: Latinos and the Cultural Transformation of Race
OLIVER CROMWELL COX ARTICLE AWARD, American Sociological Association Section 2011 on Racial and Ethnic Minorities For “Racial Mismatch: The Divergence between Form and Function in Data for Monitoring Racial Discrimination of Hispanics”
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES MENTORSHIP AWARD, University of 2010 British Columbia
AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OUTSTANDING DISSERTATION AWARD 2007
PETER WALL INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES JUNIOR EARLY CAREER SCHOLAR, 2007 University of British Columbia (CND$7,000)
FORD FOUNDATION DIVERSITY DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP HONORABLE 2005 MENTION
DISTINCTION IN ORAL EXAMINATION, Harvard Sociology Department 2002
MILDRED PRIEST FRANK MEMORIAL PRIZE IN SOCIOLOGY, Yale University 1995
RHODES SCHOLARSHIP FINALIST, New York State 1995
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
External Funding:
GENOME CANADA AND SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL OF 2019-2020 CANADA INSIGHT GRANT, Principal Investigator, “Genetic Ancestry Testing and the Future of Race: Qualitative Follow-Up Study” (CND$87,815) Ranked #1 in funding stream
SINGAPORE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AcRF TIER 2 GRANT, Collaborator (with PI Min 2016-2019 Zhou), “Immigration, Integration, and Social Transformation in the Pacific Rim” (CND$593,904)
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CANADA FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATION INFRASTRUCTURE OPERATING FUND, 2015-2019 Principal Investigator, “Infrastructure Security for Research on the Social Impact of Genetic Ancestry Testing” (CND$15,717)
SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA INSIGHT 2014-2016 GRANT, Principal Investigator, “Genetic Ancestry Testing and the Future of Race” (CND$349,394)
FUND FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE DISCIPLINE, American Sociological 2013 Association, Principal Investigator (with Co-PIs Jenifer Bratter, Rice University & Mary E. Campbell, Texas A&M University), “Measuring the Diverging Components of Race in Multiracial America” (US$7,000)
CANADA FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATION LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FUND GRANT, 2009-2012 Principal Investigator, “Infrastructure Security for Research on the Social Impact of Genetic Ancestry Testing” (CND$139,300)
SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA STANDARD 2008-2010
RESEARCH GRANT, Principal Investigator, “Racial Technology: The Social Impact of
DNA Ancestry Testing: Test-Taker Study” (CND$80,500)
METROPOLIS BRITISH COLUMBIA PROJECT GRANT, Co-Investigator (with PI Marc- 2008-2009 David Seidel), “Immigrant Class, Social Networks and Economic Integration across Canadian Provinces” (CND$15,000)
LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION TRAVEL GRANT (US$300) 2006
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION DOCTORAL DISSERTATION RESEARCH 2002 IMPROVEMENT GRANT, AND GRANT SUPPLEMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC COLLABORATION (US$12,500)
ECONOMIC & SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (UK) OVERSEAS RESEARCH SCHEME 1995-1997 AWARD (US$32,774)
Institutional Funding:
ARTS UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AWARD, UBC, Principal Investigator 2018 (CND$10,500)
PETER WALL INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES SPECIAL PROJECT AWARD, UBC, 2016 Principal Investigator (CND$5,000)
VICE-PRESIDENT RESEARCH AND INTERNATIONAL 4A RE-APPLICATION GRANT, UBC, 2013 Principal Investigator (CND$2,000)
ARTS UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AWARD, UBC, Principal Investigator (CND$9,000) 2011
ARTS UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AWARD, UBC, Principal Investigator (CND$9,834) 2009
ARTS UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AWARD, UBC, Principal Investigator (CND$2,000) 2008
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HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES LARGE GRANT AWARD, UBC, Principal 2007 Investigator, “Racial Technology: The Social Impact of DNA Ancestry Testing: Institutional Study” (CND$6,427)
HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES TRAVEL GRANT, UBC (CND$1,000) 2006
GRADUATE SOCIETY DISSERTATION COMPLETION FELLOWSHIP, Graduate School of 2005 Arts and Sciences, Harvard University (US$18,200)
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION INTEGRATIVE GRADUATE EDUCATION AND 2003-2004 RESEARCH TRAINING (IGERT) FELLOWSHIP, Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality and Social Policy, Harvard University (US$28,500)
FREDERICK SHELDON TRAVELING FELLOWSHIP, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 2002 Harvard University (US$18,000)
WEATHERHEAD CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS PRE-DISSERTATION GRANT, 2001 Harvard University (US$3,000)
DAVID ROCKEFELLER CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES SUMMER FIELD 2001 RESEARCH TRAVEL GRANT (declined), Harvard University
GRADUATE SOCIETY SUMMER FELLOWSHIP, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 2001 Harvard University (US$2,500)
NUFFIELD COLLEGE FUNDED STUDENTSHIP, Oxford University (full tuition, room & 1995-1997 board, + stipend)
CHARLES P. HOWLAND FELLOWSHIP, Yale University (US$9,578) 1995
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
National Human Genome Research Institute, Livestreamed panel, “Why am I Irish 2020 Yesterday and Italian Today?” on GenomeTV Live and Facebook, May 13: “Cherry Picking ‘Italian’”, available at https://www.genome.gov/video/genome-tv-live
El Colegio de México Conference on Ethnicity, Race and Social Stratification in Latin 2020 America, Mexico City, Mexico, March 13: “Ethnicity, Race and Social Stratification in North America”
Keynote Speaker, Science and Humanities Annual Lecture, King’s College, Wilkes- 2020 Barre, PA, February 18: “How Do Genetic Ancestry Tests Influence Racial and Ethnic Identity?”
Columbia University Race, Ethnicity & Migration Workshop, New York, NY, February 2020 10: “Bridging Boundaries? The Effect of Genetic Ancestry Testing on Ties across Racial Groups?”
Bates College, Campus-wide Lecture, Lewiston, ME, September 26: “How Do Genetic 2019 Ancestry Tests Influence Racial and Ethnic Identity?” Wendy D. Roth 11
Keynote Address, Community Lecture Series in Science and Mathematics, North Dakota 2019 State University, Fargo, ND, May 1: “The Social Impact of Genetic Ancestry Testing” Community event attended by about 500 community members, high-school students, college students, and faculty in downtown Fargo at The Fargo Theater
Colloquium on Social Identity and Genetics, NYU Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab 2019 Emirates, February 19-20: “The Impact of Genetic Ancestry Testing on Racial and Ethnic Identity”
Sciences Po Sociology Department Seminar Series, Paris, France, December 6: “The 2018 Impact of Genetic Ancestry Testing on Racial Essentialism”
Genealogy and Genetics Workshop, Archives of Ontario, York University, Toronto, ON 2018 September 21: “Genetic Genealogy and Racial and Ethnic Identity”
American Sociological Association annual meeting, Invited Thematic Session on “Life in 2018 a New America: Race Relations and Identities beyond the Black-White Binary,” Philadelphia, PA, August 11-14: “Beyond Black and White: How Immigration, Intermarriage, and Genetic Ancestry Testing Complicate Identities and Race Relations”
American Sociological Association annual meeting, Invited Thematic Session on 2018 “Feeling Race, Feeling Erased: The Politics of Racial Identity amongst Caribbeans in the United States,” Philadelphia, PA, August 11-14: “Feeling Racial Identity, Experiencing Color: Dominicans’ and Puerto Ricans’ Social Networks and U.S. Color Lines”
Entre la Identidad y la Clasificación: Desigualdad Racial en las Américas [Between 2018 Identity and Classification: Racial Inequality in the Americas Conference], Mexico City, Mexico, June 18-20: “Measuring Different Dimensions of Race and Racial Inequality: Implications for the 2020 Census”
Pathways to Prosperity Partnership Workshop on “International Students as Future 2018 Permanent Residents,” Victoria, BC, April 20: “International Students’ Use and Demand for Services and Supports at UBC” (presented with Mark Youcheng Ding, UBC undergraduate student)
Texas A&M University, Sociology Department Seminar Series, College Station, TX, 2018 April 11: “Genetic Options: The Impact of Genetic Ancestry Testing on Ethnic and Racial Identity”
American Sociological Association annual meeting, Invited Thematic Session on 2017 “International Perspectives on the Measurement of Race and Ethnicity,” Montréal, QC, August 12-15: “Methodological pitfalls of measuring race: International comparisons and repurposing of statistical categories”
Ethnic and Racial Studies 40th Anniversary Conference, “Why Do We Still Talk about 2017 Race? The Future of Ethnic and Racial Studies,” University of Warwick, Warwick, UK, July 14-16: “Is Race Becoming More Like Ethnicity? Identity Options and Macro-Level Racial Appraisals”
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Global-Race Project Conference, “Race-conscious and Colorblind Framings: Converging 2017 and Diverging Trends in Europe and the Americas,” University Denis Diderot, Paris, France, June 22-23: “Methodological Challenges of Ethno-Racial Classifications”
The 4th ELSI Congress, “Genomics and Society: Expanding the ELSI University,” 2017 Farmington, CT, June 5-7, 2017: Member of Invited Panel on “The Meaning of Race: Examining the Role of Race and Ethnicity in Genomic Research and Medicine”
Memorial University Sociology Department, St. John’s, NL, April 7: “Does Genetic 2017 Ancestry Testing Promote an Essentialist View of Race? Findings from a Randomized Controlled Trial”
Brandeis University Sociology Department, Waltham, MA, March 23: “Genetic Options: 2017 The Impact of Genetic Ancestry Testing on Ethnic and Racial Identities.”
Russell Sage Foundation, Visiting Researcher Seminar, New York, NY, January 18: 2017 “Does Genetic Ancestry Testing Promote an Essentialist View of Race? Findings from a Randomized Controlled Trial”
Nanyang Technological University, Immigration, Integration, and Social Transformation 2017 in the Pacific Rim Research Workshop, Singapore, January 13-14: “Chinese and Indian Immigration to Vancouver”
National Cheng Kung University, Keynote Speaker at Race, Migration, and Genetic 2017 Ancestry Testing Workshop, Tainan, Taiwan, January 11: “Does Genetic Ancestry Testing Promote an Essentialist View of Race? Findings from a Randomized Controlled Trial”
Russell Sage Foundation, Workshop on “What the Census Bureau Needs to Know to 2016 Improve Ethnic, Racial and Immigration Statistics,” New York, NY, presented December 9: “The Challenges of Measuring and Analyzing Ethno-racially Mixed Groups: Multiracial, Hispanic and Native American Populations”
Columbia University, Race, Ethnicity and Migration Workshop, New York, NY, 2016 presented November 14: “Does Genetic Ancestry Testing Promote an Essentialist View of Race? Findings from an Experimental Study”
University of Kent Sociology Department, Canterbury, UK, presented October 13: “Does 2016 Genetic Ancestry Testing Promote an Essentialist View of Race? Findings from an Experimental Study”
City University of New York, Advanced Research Collaborative, Interdisciplinary 2016 Workshop on Immigration and Intergroup Relations, New York, NY, September 28, Invited Discussant
Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Research, Vancouver, BC, Nov. 4: “Genetic Ancestry 2015 Testing and the Nature of Race”
Cameray Child and Family Services, Burnaby, BC, June 23: “Changing Ethnic 2015 Boundaries and the Complexity of Race”
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McGill University Sociology Department, Montréal, QC, April 24: “Genetic Options: 2015 The Impact of Genetic Ancestry Testing on Ethnic and Racial Identities”
Transnational Approaches to Immaterial Remittances Workshop, Princeton University, 2014 Princeton, NJ, September 19-20: “The Transnational Flow of Race and Ethnicity”
Ethnic/Racial Identity Study Group Meeting, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2014 May 16-17: “Understanding Context”
University of Oregon Sociology Department, Eugene, OR, October 28: “Racial 2013 Schemas: Latino Migration and Cultural Transformation”
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Successful Societies Program Meeting, 2013 Vancouver, BC, October 18-19: “Measuring Ethnic and Racial Diversity and Monitoring Inequality”
Reconsidering Race: Interdisciplinary Perspectives Workshop, Texas A&M University, 2013 College Station, TX, May 3-4: “Genetic Ancestry Testing and the Reification of Race”
University of Washington Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology Seminar 2013 Series, Seattle, WA, April 26: “How Does Immigration Change Cultural Schemas of Race?”
Stanford University Migration, Ethnicity, Race and Nation Workshop, Palo Alto, CA, 2013 February 19: “How Does Immigration Change Cultural Schemas of Race?”
Keynote Address, British Columbia Nurses’ Union Annual Human Rights Conference, 2012 Vancouver, BC, December 7: “Crossing Racial and Ethnic Boundaries”
Sauder School of Business Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Division 2011 Distinguished Speaker Series, Vancouver, BC, November 25: “In and Out of the Ethnic Economy: A Longitudinal Analysis of Pathways to Economic Success across Immigrant Categories”
University of Iowa Sociology Department, Iowa City, IA, April 15: “The Effects of DNA 2011 Ancestry Testing on Racial and Ethnic Boundaries”
University of Toronto Sociology Department, Toronto, ON, March 16: “Relocating 2011 Prejudice: A Global Transfer Theory of Immigrant Racial Attitudes”
University of California Berkeley Race, Immigration, and Politics Seminar Series, 2011 Berkeley, CA, February 8: “Relocating Prejudice: A Global Transfer Theory of Immigrant Racial Attitudes”
Brown University Race and Genomics Lecture Series, Providence, RI, November 18: 2010 “Genetic Ancestry Testing and Racial Boundaries”
McGill University Sociology Department, Montreal, Québec, November 15: “Relocating 2010 Prejudice: A Global Transfer Theory of Immigrant Racial Attitudes”
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University of Victoria Sociology Department and Population Research Group seminar 2009 series, Victoria, BC, March 25: “Immigrant Class, Social Networks and Economic Integration across Canadian Provinces”
Canadian Population Society annual meeting, Vancouver, BC, June 4-6: “Migration and 2008 Racial Assimilation: Dominican and Puerto Rican Identities in Sending and Receiving Societies”
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Department of Sociology seminar series, 2008 Urbana-Champaign, IL, April 18: “‘Latino Before the World’: Panethnicity and the Transnational Diffusion of Identity”
Vancouver Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Integration in the 2006 Metropolis (RIIM) Research Retreat, Vancouver, B.C., September 7: “Multiculturalism or Immigrant Selection? What the U.S. Case Suggests about Canada’s Success”
Center for Puerto Rican Studies Brown Bag Series, Hunter College, New York, NY, 2005 March 30: “‘Different Colors like the Peacock’: Constructions of Race and Color in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic”
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (in last 10 years)
American Sociological Association annual meeting, New York, NY, August 10-13: “The 2019 Effect of Genetic Ancestry Testing on Ethnoracial Network Diversity”
Canadian Political Science Association annual meeting, Vancouver, BC, June 4: 2019 “Determinants of Essentialist Beliefs about Race: A Comparison of Canada and the United States” (presented by Şule Yaylaci)
American Sociological Association annual meeting, Montréal, QC, August 12-15: “Does 2017 Genetic Ancestry Testing Promote an Essentialized View of Race? Findings from a Randomized Controlled Trial”
Complicity and Complexity: Realities of Racism at UBC Conference, Vancouver, BC, 2016 held in recognition of International Day for the Elimination of Racism, March 22: “Genetic Ancestry Testing and the Meaning of Race”
Population Association of America annual meeting, San Diego, CA, April 30-May 2: 2015 “Best Practices for Collecting and Using Information about Race and Hispanic Origin in Survey Research” (poster presented by co-authors Mary Campbell and Carolyn Liebler)
Social Science History Association annual meeting, Toronto, ON, November 6-9: Author 2014 Meets Critics session (Critic) for After They Closed the Gates: Jewish Illegal Immigration to the United States, 1921-1965
American Sociological Association annual meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 16-19: 2014 “Genetic Ancestry Testing and the Reification of Race”
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Social Science History Association annual meeting, Vancouver, BC, November 1-4: 2012 Author Meets Critics session (Author) for Race Migrations: Latinos and the Cultural Transformation of Race
Social Science History Association annual meeting, Vancouver, BC, November 1-4: 2012 Author Meets Critics session (Critic) for Yo Soy Negro: Blackness in Peru
American Sociological Association annual meeting, Denver, CO, August 17-21: “How 2012 Does Immigration Change Cultural Schemas of Race? Changing Racial Schemas among Puerto Rican and Dominican Migrants to the United States”
12th International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities and Nations, 2012 Vancouver, BC, June 12: “DNA Testing and Ethnic Identity” in panel “Perspectives on Ethnic Identity: Epigenetics, Marketing, DNA, and Genealogy”
Ethnicity, Race and Indigenous Peoples in Latin America conference, Latin American 2011 Studies Association, San Diego, CA, November 3-6: “A Single Shade of Negro: Henry Louis Gates’s Depictions of Blackness in the Dominican Republic”
Pacific Sociological Association annual meeting, Seattle, WA, March 10: “‘Not 2011 Everybody Knows that I’m Actually Black’: The Effects of DNA Ancestry Testing on Racial and Ethnic Boundaries” (presented by Biorn Ivemark, UBC Ph.D. student)
American Sociological Association annual meeting, Atlanta, GA, August 14-17: “‘Not 2010 Everybody Knows that I’m Actually Black’: The Effects of DNA Ancestry Testing on Racial and Ethnic Boundaries” (with Biorn Ivemark, UBC Ph.D. student)
Itineraries of Exchange: Cultural Contact in a Global Frame, Vancouver, BC, March 4-6: 2010 “Dominican Limé Dolls: Representations of Race and Cultural Exchange”
TEACHING AND ADVISING
Courses Taught at University of Pennsylvania:
SOCIOLOGY OF RACE & ETHNICITY (undergrad first-year seminar, SOCI 041) 2020, 2021
METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL RESEARCH (graduate, SOCI 604) 2020, 2021
Courses Taught at UBC:
RESEARCH METHODS (undergrad, Soci 217) 2011, 2013-2016
ETHNIC AND RACIAL INEQUALITY (undergrad, Soci 302) 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2018, 2019
SOCIOLOGICAL METHODS: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH (undergrad, Soci 382) 2006-2008, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH DESIGN AND TECHNIQUES (graduate, Soci 503) 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018 Wendy D. Roth 16
Tutorials and Independent Studies:
SOCIOLOGY OF ASIAN AMERICANS (graduate, Soci 998), U.Penn Sociology Department 2020
RACIAL ROMANTIC PREFERENCES AND INTERMARRIAGE IN THE U.S. (graduate, Soci 2019 998), U.Penn Sociology Department
MIXED-RACE CHILDREN AND MULTIRACIAL IDENTIFICATION (graduate, Soci 598), 2015 UBC Sociology Department
IMMIGRATION AND SECOND-GENERATION INCORPORATION (graduate, Soci 598), UBC 2011 Sociology Department
GENETICS, RACE, AND ANCESTRY (graduate, Soci 598), UBC Sociology Department 2009
SOCIOLOGY OF IMMIGRATION (graduate, Soci 598), UBC Sociology Department 2009
ASIAN IMMIGRATION IN CANADIAN SOCIETY (undergraduate, Soci 433), UBC 2007 Sociology Department
BLACK ETHNICITIES AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION (undergraduate, AAS 98), Harvard 2000 Afro-American Studies Department
Guest Lectures:
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH DESIGN AND TECHNIQUES (graduate seminar), “Qualitative 2015 Interviewing,” UBC Sociology Department
MULTIRACIAL AMERICA (undergrad upper level seminar), “Ancestry, DNA and Racial 2014 Identity,” Rice University Sociology Department, Houston, TX
QUALITATIVE DATA ANALYSIS (graduate seminar), “Using Atlas.ti Software for 2014 Qualitative Data Analysis,” UBC Sociology Department
SOCIAL INEQUALITY (undergrad lower level course), “DNA Ancestry Testing and Racial 2010 Boundaries,” Bellarmine College Sociology Department, Louisville, KY
URBAN POVERTY (undergrad upper level seminar), “Ethnic Social Networks and Socioeconomic Mobility,” UBC Sociology Department 2008
POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY (undergrad upper level course), “Transnationalism, Immigration, 2007 and Politics,” UBC Sociology Department
GLOBALIZATION AND ETHNICITY (undergrad upper level seminar), “Globalization and 2005 Panethnicity,” Harvard Sociology Department
THE LINES THAT DIVIDE: ETHNOGRAPHIES OF RACE, CLASS, AND GENDER (undergrad 2004 upper level seminar), “Conducting Cross-National Ethnography,” Harvard Sociology Department
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HOMELESSNESS (graduate seminar), “Homelessness in International Perspective,” 1997 Oxford University, Department of Applied Social Science & Social Research
Graduate Advising and Mentoring:
Graduate Supervision, U. Penn Olivia Hu, MA supervisor 2020 - present Elena Van Stee, MA supervisor 2020 - present Sana Ahmed, First-year advisor and mentor 2020 - present
Graduate Supervision, UBC Jennifer Adkins, Ph.D. supervisor 2014 - present Seonok Lee, Ph.D. co-supervisor 2012 - 2019 Beatriz Arcoverde, MA supervisor 2012 - 2014 Andrew Le, MA co-supervisor 2010 - 2012 Biorn Ivemark, Ph.D. supervisor 2008 - 2017
Committee Member, U. Penn Dylan Farrell-Bryan (Ph.D.) 2019 - present Alejandra Regla-Vargas (MA) 2019 - present
Committee Member, UBC Kate Jaffe (Ph.D.) 2018 - present Jing Zhao (Ph.D.) 2012 - 2019 Biao Zheng (MA) 2017 - 2018 Mabel Ho (Ph.D.) 2014 - 2018 Christine Hochbaum (Ph.D.) 2011 - 2017 Satoko Mizutani (Ph.D.) 2006 - 2014 Monica Hwang (Ph.D.) 2010 - 2013 Supriya Bhattacharyya (MA) 2009 - 2012 Melita Ptashnick (MA) 2009 - 2010 Hélène Frohard-Dourlent (MA) 2008 - 2010 Michael Halpin (MA) 2008 - 2009
Committee Member, External Anjanette Marie Chan Tack (Ph.D., University of Chicago, Sociology) 2015 - present
Ph.D. Comprehensive Examination Committee Member, U. Penn Globalized Racial Systems, Andrea Kauffman-Berry 2020
Ph.D. Comprehensive Examination Committee Member, UBC Social Inequality, Adam Vanzella-Yang 2017 Race and Ethnicity, Valerie Berseth 2015 Race and Ethnicity, Jennifer Adkins 2015 - 2016 Race and Ethnicity, Tanvi Sirari 2014 - 2015 Race and Ethnicity, Seonok Lee 2012 - 2013 Qualitative Methods, Andrea Polonijo (chair) 2011 - 2013 Wendy D. Roth 18
Qualitative Methods, María José Torrejón Carvacho 2012 - 2013 Immigration and Migration, Seonok Lee 2011 - 2012 Social Policy, EJ Shu (chair) 2011 Race and Ethnicity, Biorn Ivemark (chair) 2010 – 2011 Immigration, Biorn Ivemark (chair) 2010 Ethnicity and Labor Immigration, Junrong Du 2009 – 2010 Race, Ethnicity & Education, Monica Hwang 2008 – 2009 Comparative & Qualitative Research Methods, Sophia Woodman 2008 Political Sociology, Monica Hwang 2007 – 2008
Visiting International Graduate Student Supervision, UBC Anabella Forte, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), 2017-2018 Buenos Aires, Argentina – Visiting student at UBC conducting research on Latin American international students’ integration in Canada Niels Klabunde (German Ph.D. candidate) – dissertation research comparing 2008-2009 international student integration in Canada and Germany
University Defense Examiner, UBC Haimin Zhang (Ph.D., UBC, Economics) 2014
External Defense Examiner Marine Haddad (Ph.D., Sociology, Sciences Po, France) 2018 Alejandro Hernández Ramírez (MA, Sociology, Simon Fraser University) 2012
Postdoctoral Fellowship Supervision:
Şule Yaylaci (PhD, Political Science, UBC) 2018-2020 Kate McGlone West (PhD, Public Health Genetics, University of Washington) 2017
Undergraduate Advising and Mentoring:
Undergraduate Thesis Advisor, U.Penn Lucia Pallotta – Conjoint experiment analyzing what factors influence empathy 2020-2021 for people facing eviction Shawn Kim – The impact of high school racial literacy programs on minority 2020-2021 students’ academic achievement, extracurricular involvement, and sense of school membership Chelsea Gardner – How African-American students feel their skin tone matters 2019-2020 in their educational and social experiences
Honors Thesis Advisor, UBC Alex Chow – Education experiences of first-generation university students and 2019 students with university-educated parents Brett Matsushito – Multiracial identity development in Vancouver 2017-2019 Emma Russo – Identity Politics and freedom of speech 2017-2018 Lauren Hindley – Experiences of Third-Culture Kids in Canada 2016-2017 Skyler Wang – Transnational remittance of attitudes on same-sex marriage 2014-2015 Wendy D. Roth 19
Yukino Mori – Thesis on international student integration and services 2007-2008
Arts Undergraduate Research Program, UBC Mark Youcheng Ding – DNA Ancestry Testing, Experimental Study 2018 Marcella Chan – DNA Ancestry Testing, Experimental Study 2018 Elias Tai – DNA Ancestry Testing, Experimental Study 2018 Jasmyne Eastmond – DNA Ancestry Testing, Experimental Study 2018 Hillary Cheung – DNA Ancestry Testing, Test-Taker Study 2011 Ingrid Cheung – DNA Ancestry Testing, Test-Taker Study 2011 Nicole Hazelwood – DNA Ancestry Testing, Test-Taker Study 2011 Angela Lee – DNA Ancestry Testing, Test-Taker Study 2011 Tricia Lo – DNA Ancestry Testing, Test-Taker Study 2011 Aisha Uduman – DNA Ancestry Testing, Test-Taker Study 2011 Will Goldbloom – Latino social networks, race, and employment history 2009 Alana Busby – Latino social networks, race, and employment history 2009 Sachintha Wickramasinghe – DNA Ancestry Testing, Institutional Study 2009 Natasha Wright – DNA Ancestry Testing, Institutional Study 2009 Katherine Lyon – Gender inequities in a science research organization 2008 Darcy Hanna – Gender inequities in a science research organization 2007-2008
Faculty Sponsor, Student Directed Seminars, UBC Amanda Cheong – Immigration and Multicultural Community Development 2011-2012 Sarah Brayne – Urban Poverty Seminar 2007-2008
Faculty Supervisor, Independent Research, UBC Andy Holmes, Kacey Ng, and Emma Russo – UBC students’ understanding of 2017-2019 the relationship between free speech and hate speech Akihiro Suzaki – International students’ linguistic capital, perceptions of racism, 2011-2012 and student engagement Eriko Miyoshi (International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan) – Ethnic 2006-2007 identity of 2nd generation Japanese Canadians
SELECTED RESEARCH WORK EXPERIENCE
CAMPUS LIFE IN AMERICA STUDENT SURVEY, Princeton, NJ, Research Contractor 2005-2006 Developed and coordinated integration of qualitative and quantitative analysis components for study of university diversity initiatives.
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, COMMITTEE ON CASE STUDIES ON SCHOOL 2001-2002 VIOLENCE, Jonesboro, AR, Research Contractor Conducted case study of school shooting in Jonesboro, AR, including qualitative interviews, ethnographic fieldwork, and archival research.
NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH, London, UK, Quantitative Researcher 1997-1999 Designed, managed, and analyzed nation-wide survey research projects and social policy evaluations for UK government sponsors (full-time position).
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Committees and Service to the Public:
MEMBER, Ethnic and Racial Studies Peer Review Committee 2020
MEMBER, Eastern Sociological Society Program Committee for 2021 annual meeting 2020-2021
MEMBER (Elected), Committee on Nominations, American Sociological Association 2019-2020
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER, American Sociological Association Rose Series 2019-2021
SECTION CHAIR (Elected), Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities, American 2019-2020 Sociological Association CHAIR-ELECT 2018-2019 PAST-CHAIR 2020-2021
CHAIR, Mentoring Committee, Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities, American 2018-2019, Sociological Association 2015-2016
CHAIR, Nominations Committee, Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities, American 2018-2019 Sociological Association
ASSOCIATE EDITOR, Emerging Adulthood 2017-2019
MEMBER, American Sociological Association Task Force on Membership 2017-2019 CHAIR, Subcommittee on ASA Membership Data 2018
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER, Ethnic and Racial Studies 2017-present
CONSULTANT/GUEST PRESENTER, Davidson College, Davidson, N.C. 2017 Provided opinion in college debate over the biology department’s plan to offer genetic ancestry testing kits to members of the Black Student Coalition. Provided resources to inform the debate, and gave skype presentation to a Race Theory class involved in the debate, the biology professor planning to offer the tests, and representatives from the Black Student Coalition.
MEMBER, Public Sociology Award Committee, Section on International Migration, 2016-2017 American Sociological Association
CHAIR, Oliver Cromwell Cox Book Award, Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities, 2014-2015 American Sociological Association
CHAIR, James E. Blackwell Distinguished Graduate Student Paper Award Selection 2013-2014 Committee, Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities, American Sociological Association
ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBER, Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities, American 2014-2016 Sociological Association
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER, Contemporary Sociology 2013-2015
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EXPERT WITNESS, IK Ero et al v. Earls, British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal, 2012 Vancouver, BC Provided expert opinion on role of stigma, discrimination and labeling in human rights proceeding against Earl’s Restaurant, Ltd., for marketing and selling the brand “albino rhino,” that was alleged to be discriminatory towards persons with albinism. The opinion was influential in a settlement that met the complainant’s demands for re-branding.
MEMBER, Committee on the Status of Racial and Ethnic Minorities in Sociology, 2012-2015 American Sociological Association
COMMITTEE CHAIR, Outstanding Dissertation Award Selection Committee, American 2013 Sociological Association COMMITTEE MEMBER 2011-2013
ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBER, International Migration Section, American Sociological 2010-2013 Association
CO-CHAIR, Nominations Committee, Racial & Ethnic Minorities Section, American 2009-2010 Sociological Association
MEMBER, Best Graduate Student Paper Award Committee, International Migration 2009 Section, American Sociological Association
CONSULTANT, Report on use of term “visible minority” by Elliot Tepper (Political 2008 Science, Carleton University) for Labour Standards Program of Human Resources and Social Development Canada
MEDIA INTERVIEWS and coverage have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, National Public Radio, NPR Invisibilia Podcasts, The Huffington Post, Science News, CNN.com, ABC news, U.S. News & World Report, PBS NewsHour.com, PBS Rewire.org, Vox.com, Inverse, Science Vs Podcast, Smithsonian Magazine, Indianapolis Star, CBCNews.ca, Toronto Observer, The Canadian Press, The Sun-Province, CBC TV (The National), CTV, Global National TV, Fairchild TV, KQED Public Radio San Francisco, CBC Radio, BYU Radio, CKNW, “New Books in Political Science” podcast series, The Daily Beast, MEL Magazine (UK), Curium Magazine (Québec), infobae (Argentina), Asahi Shimbun (Japan), The Georgia Straight (Vancouver), Nanaimo Daily News (BC), University World News, The Source, South Asian Post, Asian Pacific Post, Asian Outlook magazine, and Toronto Now.
PEER REVIEWER: American Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review, American Political Science Review, BioSocieties, Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Canadian Review of Sociology, Critical Public Health, Demography, Du Bois Review, Ethnic & Racial Studies, Genealogy, Human Genetics, International Migration Review, Journal of Health & Social Behavior, Journal of International Migration and Integration, Qualitative Sociology, Sage OPEN, Social Forces, Social Psychology Quarterly, Sociological Inquiry, Sociological Perspectives, Sociological Theory, Sociology Compass, Sociology of Race & Ethnicity, The Sociological Quarterly, National Science Foundation, Russell Sage Foundation, Social Studies and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Nelson Education, NYU Press, Oxford University Press, Stanford University Press, Time-Sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences
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CONFERENCE CO-ORGANIZER, Measuring the Diverging Components of Race in 2014 Multiracial America, June 26-27, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
CONFERENCE CO-ORGANIZER, International Migration Mini-Conference, August 7, 2009 University of California, Berkeley Organizer of roundtable on Measuring Integration Co-organizer of roundtable on Running Large Team Projects Co-organizer of roundtable on Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration
CONFERENCE CO-ORGANIZER, “Doing Ethnic Studies: Current Research and Prospects 2002 for the Future,” Interdisciplinary Student Conference, February 28, Harvard University
Conference Service:
PRESIDER, International Migration Section Roundtable, “Life Course and Historical 2019 Perspectives,” American Sociological Association annual meeting, August 10-13, New York, NY
SESSION ORGANIZER & PRESIDER, 2 Regular Sessions, “Multiracial Classification” and 2016 “Multiracial Identity, Beauty, and Dating,” American Sociological Association annual meeting, August 20-23, Seattle, WA
PANELIST, Applying for ASA’s Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline, American 2015 Sociological Association annual meeting, August 22-25, Chicago, IL
DISCUSSANT, Race and Ethnicity in Everyday Encounters, Regular Session, American 2014 Sociological Association annual meeting, August 16-19, San Francisco, CA
PANELIST, Successfully Applying for Fellowships and Awards, Session sponsored by 2014 ASA Student Forum Advisory Board, American Sociological Association annual meeting, August 16-19, San Francisco, CA
DISCUSSANT, Constructing Race and Racial Identity in the 21st Century, Regular Session, 2013 American Sociological Association annual meeting, August 10-13, New York, NY
MODERATOR, Author-Meets-Critics session, The Nature of Race: How Scientists Think 2013 and Teach about Human Differences by Ann J. Morning, American Sociological Association annual meeting, August 10-13, New York, NY
PANELIST, Ethnoracial Boundaries and Panethnicity roundtable, ASA-International 2013 Migration Mini-Conference, “Shaping the Future,” August 9, New York, NY
SESSION CO-ORGANIZER, International Migration Section Roundtables, American 2011 Sociological Association annual meeting, August 20-24, Las Vegas, NV
PANELIST, “Writing Books: Transforming Dissertations into Books and Other 2011 Information about Book Publishing,” Norma Williams Graduate Student and New Faculty Professional Development Workshop, American Sociological Association Section on Latino/a Sociology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, August 19
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SESSION CO-ORGANIZER, International Migration Section Roundtables, American 2008 Sociological Association annual meeting, August 1-4, Boston, MA
SESSION ORGANIZER & DISCUSSANT, Ethnicity and ‘Race’ in Canada, 2 panels, 2008 Canadian Sociological Association annual meeting, June 3-6, Vancouver, BC
SESSION CO-ORGANIZER, Transnationalism-Racial/Ethnic Impacts Session, Eastern 2008 Sociological Society annual meeting, February 21-24, New York, NY
ORGANIZER, International Migration Section Mentoring Lunch, American Sociological 2007 Association annual meeting, August 11-14, New York, NY
PRESIDER, Migrants’ Politics and the Politics of Migration Session, American 2007 Sociological Association annual meeting, August 11-14, New York, NY
SESSION CO-ORGANIZER, Racial and Ethnic Minorities Section Roundtables, American 2006 Sociological Association annual meeting, August 11-14, Montréal, Québec
DISCUSSANT, Multi-Racial Classification and Identity, Regular Session, American 2006 Sociological Association annual meeting, August 11-14, Montréal, Québec
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
MEMBER, Penn Fulbright Faculty Committee 2020
MEMBER, SAS Committee on Graduate Education, U. Penn 2019-2021
MEMBER, SAS Academic Grievance Committee, U. Penn. 2020
MEMBER, SAS Strategic Planning Working Group, Latin America, U. Penn 2019-2020
COMMITTEE MEMBER & MENTOR, UScholars Faculty Council, U. Penn 2019-2020
FACULTY PEER REVIEWER, Peer Review of Teaching, Political Science Department, 2018 UBC Faculty of Arts
DOCTORAL DEFENSE EXAMINATION CHAIR, Kalbir Heer (UBC Educational Studies) 2018
PANELIST, Support Programs to Advance Research Capacity (SPARC) speaker series 2016 on “Lessons Learned in the Trenches: Funded Research in the Social Sciences & Humanities,” panel on Interdisciplinary Teams & Research Methodologies, January 14
PANELIST, Sexual Assault Support Centre, Panel on “Mass Shootings, Masculinity and 2015 Entitlement,” December 3
DOCTORAL DEFENSE EXAMINATION CHAIR, Alnoor Gova (UBC Faculty of Education) 2015
MENTOR, Faculty Mentorship Program, UBC Faculty Association Status of Women 2014-2016 Committee
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FACULTY PEER REVIEWER, Peer Review of Teaching, Music Department, UBC 2014 Faculty of Arts
MEMBER, Behavioral Research Ethics Board, UBC 2013-2015
MEMBER, Sociology Department Head Search Committee, UBC Faculty of Arts 2012-2013
MEMBER, 2010 Arts Undergraduate Research Awards Adjudication Committee, UBC 2009 Faculty of Arts
FACULTY MENTOR, Faculty of Arts Academic Commuter Transition Program 2009-2010 (FAACT), UBC
CO-COORDINATOR, Genomics and Society Speaker Series, Green College, UBC 2008-2009
CO-COORDINATOR, Harvard Migration and Immigrant Incorporation Workshop 2004-2005
SOCIAL SCIENCE REPRESENTATIVE, Graduate Student Council, Graduate School of 2000-2001 Arts and Sciences, Harvard University
GRADUATE REPRESENTATIVE, Conference Grant Review Committee, Graduate School 2000-2001 of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE, Committee on the Protection of Human Subjects, Faculty 1993-1995 of Arts and Sciences, Yale University
DEPARTMENT SERVICE
MEMBER, Black Lives Matter Committee, University of Pennsylvania Sociology 2020-2021 Department
MEMBER, Executive Committee, University of Pennsylvania Sociology Department 2019-2022
MEMBER, Undergraduate Committee, University of Pennsylvania Sociology Department 2019-2020
MEMBER, Race, Ethnicity & Immigration Comprehensive Exam Committee, 2019-present University of Pennsylvania Sociology Department
MEMBER & DIVERSITY REPRESENTATIVE, Open-Area Hire Search Committee UBC 2018-2019 Sociology Department
MEMBER, Diversity Committee, UBC Sociology Department 2018-2019
MEMBER, Graduate Studies Committee, UBC Sociology Department 2017-2019
MEMBER, Awards Committee, UBC Sociology Department 2017-2018
MENTOR, Faculty Mentoring Program, UBC Sociology Department 2017-2019
MEMBER, Department Administrator Hiring Committee, UBC Sociology Department 2016 Wendy D. Roth 25
MEMBER, Honors’ Thesis Award Selection Committee, UBC Sociology Department 2016
MEMBER, Workload Committee, UBC Sociology Department 2016
DEPARTMENT ETHICS OFFICER, UBC Sociology Department 2013-2019
MEMBER, Executive Committee, UBC Sociology Department 2008-2010, 2013-2014, 2015-2016
MEMBER, Seminars Committee, UBC Sociology Department 2011-2013, 2014-2016 COMMITTEE CHAIR 2006-2008
MEMBER, Advisory Committee on the Graduate Program, UBC Sociology Department 2007-2009
PRESIDENT, Graduate Student Organization, Harvard Sociology Department 2001-2002
SOCIAL SECRETARY, Nuffield College Junior Common Room, Oxford University 1996-1997
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE, Undergraduate Affairs Committee, Yale Sociology 1993-1995 Department
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
FACULTY AFFILIATE, U. Penn Center for the Study of Ethnicity, Race and 2019 - present Immigration
FACULTY AFFILIATE, U. Penn Latin American and Latino Studies Program 2019 - present
MEMBER, Research Excellence Cluster in Immigration, Integration and National 2018-2019 Identity, UBC Research & Innovation
RESEARCH SCHOLAR, Barnard College Department of Sociology, New York, NY 2016-2017
MEMBER, Ethnic/Racial Identity Study Group 2013 – 2018 Invited scholarly network on multi-level contexts influencing ethnic/racial identity development, funded by the National Science Foundation (PIs: Eleanor Seaton, Psychology, UNC-Chapel Hill and Tiffany Yip, Psychology, Fordham University)
FACULTY AFFILIATE, UBC Latin American Studies Program 2011 – 2019
FACULTY AFFILIATE, UBC Accessible Science Initiative Latin America Network 2011 – 2015
FACULTY AFFILIATE, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies (Junior Early Career 2007 - 2019 Scholar in 2007-2008; Peter Wall Research Scholar in 2015-2016)
MEMBER, Summer Institute for Advanced Study on Citizenship and Migration, 2007, 2008 National Humanities Center and Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany (2007) and Stanford University (2008)
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SENIOR RESEARCHER AFFILIATE, Metropolis BC, Center of Excellence for Research 2006 – 2012 on Immigration and Diversity
MEMBER, Summer Institute on International Migration, Center for Comparative 2006 Immigration Studies, UC San Diego
VISITING RESEARCHER, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), 2003 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
VISITING RESEARCHER, Institute for Caribbean Studies, University of Puerto Rico, 2003 Rio Piedras
FELLOW, Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality and Social Policy, John F. 2000 – 2006 Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
MEMBER: American Sociological Association Eastern Sociological Society