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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Cara J. Wong

Cara J. Wong

Assistant Professor
243 Computing Applications Bldg
605 E. Springfield
Champaign, Illinois 61820
(217) 333-4375
carawong@illinois.edu


Ph.D. Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, May 2002.

Books Authored or Co-Authored (Original Editions)

  • Boundaries of Obligation (under contract at Cambridge University Press)

Chapters in Books

  • "The Meaning of American National Identity" (with Jack Citrin and Brian Duff). In Richard D. Ashmore and Lee Jussim, eds. Social Identity, Intergroup Conflict, and Conflict Reduction. New York Oxford University Press. (2001)
  • "Jus Meritum: Citizenship for Service" (with Grace Cho). In Transforming Politcs, Transforming America: The Political and Civic Incorporation of Immigrants in the United States. Eds., Taeku Lee, Karthick Ramakrishnan, and Ricardo Ramírez. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press. (2006)

Monographs

  • Ethnic Context, Race Relations, and California Politics (with Bruce Cain and Jack Citrin). San Francisco, CA: Public Policy Institute of California. (2000)

Journal Articles

  • "Public Opinion Toward Immigration Reform: The Role of Economic Motivations" (with Jack Citrin, Donald P. Green, and Christopher Muste). The Journal of Politics 59: 858-81. (1997)
  • "Multiculturalism in American Public Opinion" (with Hack Citrin, David Sears, and Christopher Muste). British Journal of Political Science 31 247-75. (2001)
  • "Two-Headed Coins or Kandinskys: White Racial Identification" (with Grace Cho). 2005. Political Psychology 26(5): 699-720.
  • "'Racial Threat.' Partisan Climate, and Direct Democracy: Contextual Effects in Three California Initiatives" (with Andrea Campbell and Jack Citrin). Political Behavior. (2006)
  • "Who Fights: Substitution, Commutation, and ‘Green Card Troops.’" 2007. Du Bois Review. 4: 1-22.
  • "‘Little’ and ‘Big’ Pictures in Our Heads: Race, Local Context and Innumeracy about Racial Groups in the U.S." 2007. Public Opinion Quarterly. 71: 392-412.