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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 (Cambridge University Press, March 2010)

Chapters in Books

  • "The Meaning of American National Identity" (with Jack Citrin and Brian Duff). 2001. In Richard D. Ashmore and Lee Jussim, eds. Social Identity, Intergroup Conflict, and Conflict Reduction. New York: Oxford University Press.

  • "Jus Meritum: Citizenship for Service" (with Grace Cho). 2006. In Taeku Lee, Karthick Ramakrishnan, and Ricardo Ramírez, eds. Transforming Politics, Transforming America: The Political and Civic Incorporation of Immigrants in the United States. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press.

Monographs

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

Articles in Journals

  • "Public Opinion Toward Immigration Reform: The Role of Economic Motivations" (with Jack Citrin, Donald P. Green, and Christopher Muste). 1997. The Journal of Politics 59: 858-81.

  • "Multiculturalism in American Public Opinion" (with Hack Citrin, David Sears, and Christopher Muste). 2001. British Journal of Political Science 31 247-75.

  • "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). 2006.  Political Behavior. 28: 129-150.

  • "‘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.

  • "Who Fights: Substitution, Commutation, and ‘Green Card Troops.’" 2007. Du Bois Review. 4: 1-22.