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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Wendy K Tam Cho

Wendy K Tam Cho

Associate Professor
265 Computing Applications Bldg
605 E. Springfield
Champaign, Illinois 61820
(217) 333-9588
wendycho@illinois.edu


Ph.D Political Science, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, 1997
M.A. Statistics, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, 1997
M.A. Political Science, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, 1992
A.B. Applied Mathematics (applied field: ComputerScience), University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, 1990
A.B. Political Science, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, 1990

research interests:

  • Political Behavior
  • Elections
  • Racial and Ethnic Politics
  • Ecological Inference
  • Methodology

for more information:
personal website

Honors, Recognition, and Outstanding Achievements for Teaching

  • 2008: Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students, Political Science 532, Fall. (2008)
  • 2007: Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students, Political Scienc 519, Spring. (2007)

Journal Articles

  • "Emanating Political Participation: Untangling the Spatial Structure behind Participation," with Thomas J. Rudolph. British Journal of Political Science 38, 2 (April 2008): 273-289.
  • "Breaking the (Benford) Law: Statistical Fraud Detection and Campaign Finance," with Brian J. Gaines. The American Statistician 61, 3 (August 2007): 218--223.
  • "Prospecting for (Campaign) Gold," with James G. Gimpel. American Journal of Political Science 51,2(April 2007): 255-268.
  • "Clarifying the Role of SES in Political Participation: Policy Threat and Arab American Mobilization," with James G. Gimpel and Tony Wu. Journal of Politics 68,4(November 2006): 974-988.
  • "Residential Concentration, Socialization, and Voter Turnout," with James G. Gimpel and Joshua J. Dyck. Journal of Politics 68,1(February 2006): 156-167.
  • "The Limits of Ecological Inference: The Case of Split-Ticket Voting," with Brian J. Gaines. American Journal of Political Science 48,1(January 2004): 152-171.
  • "Contagion Effects and Ethnic Contribution Networks." American Journal of Political Science 47,2(April 2003): 368-387.
  • "Spatial Effects and Ecological Inference," with Luc Anselin. Political Analysis 10,3(Summer 2002): 276-297.
  • "Naturalization, Socialization, Participation: Immigrants and (Non-)Voting." Journal of Politics 61,4(November 1999): 1140-1155.
  • "Iff the Assumption Fits...:A Comment on the King Ecological Inference Solution." Political Analysis 7(1998): 143-163.

Professional Societies

  • Associate Editor: Political Analysis, 2007—2010
  • Editorial Board: SSRN, Political Methods: Quantitative Methods, 2007-2010
  • APSA Executive Council (Governing Board for the APSA), 2007-2009
  • Editorial Board: Journal of Politics, 2007-2009
  • NSF, Division of Social and Economic Sciences, Political Science Panel, 2006-2007
  • Editorial Board: PS: Political Science & Politics, 2006-2009
  • Editorial Board: Political Analysis, 2005-2007
  • Editorial Board: State Politics and Policy Quarterly, 2004-present
  • Editorial Board: American Politics Research, 2003-present
  • NSF, Methodology, Measurement, and Statistics, Mathematical, Social, and Behavioral Sciences Panel, 2004