ANGELA JU Curriculum Vitae Address Omitted for Web Publishing Cell: Omitted for Web Publishing angelaju@ucla.edu http://angelaju.weebly.com/ EDUCATION: University of California, Los Angeles Doctor of Philosophy, Political Science, 2015 Dissertation: Ethnicity in a Mythical Racial Democracy s Metropolis: Ethnic Identity and Politics in São Paulo, Brazil Committee: Barbara Geddes (Chair), Anthony Pagden, David O. Sears, and Roger Waldinger Candidate in Philosophy, Political Science, 2010 Master of Arts, Political Science, 2009 University of Washington, Seattle Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, Phi Beta Kappa, 2007 Bachelor of Arts, European Studies, Phi Beta Kappa, 2007 Bachelor of Arts, Latin American Studies, Phi Beta Kappa, 2007 Bachelor of Arts, Spanish, Phi Beta Kappa, 2007 PUBLICATIONS: Book Chapter Ju, Angela. 2014. Representations of Chinese-ness in Afro-Cuban Hip-Hop During Post-Soviet Era Cuba. In The Organic Globalizer: Hip Hop, Political Development, and Movement Culture, edited by Christopher Malone and George Martinez, 171-188. New York: Bloomsbury Academic. Book Review Ju, Angela. 2011. Book Review of Leslie A. Schwindt-Bayer s Political Power and Women s Representation in Latin America (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010) Comparative Political Studies, 44 (12): 1704-1708. WORKS IN PROGRESS: The Political Incorporation and Social Assimilation of Immigrants and Refugees in Brazil (book) Immigration from Mainland China into Taiwan (articles) Education Policy and the Political Incorporation of Immigrants in Brazil (article) Social Assimilation and Local Political Participation in São Paulo, Brazil (article) Comparative Policy Responses to HIV/AIDS at the National and Subnational Level in Latin America and the United States (articles)
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Comparative Race/Ethnicity, Gender, International Migration, and Politics in North America, Latin America, and Europe; Health & Social Policy; Social Determinants of Health; Mixed-Methods Research Designs AWARDS 2015-2016 University of Michigan National Center for Institutional Diversity Emerging Diversity Scholar Citation FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS: 2014 UCLA Department of Political Science Summer Research Grant 2014 Australian Political Studies Association Annual Conference Travel Award 2013 UCLA Department of Political Science Summer Research Grant 2012-2013 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship alternate 2012-2013 UCLA Latin American Institute Faucett Catalyst Fund Grant 2012 UCLA Department of Political Science Fall Quarter Fellowship 2012 UCLA Department of Political Science Summer Research Grant 2010 SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL (SSRC) Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship 2010 UCLA Graduate Division Graduate Summer Research Mentorship 2009-2010 UCLA Latin American Institute (U.S. Department of Education) Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship 2008-2009 UCLA Latin American Institute (U.S. Department of Education) Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship 2008 UCLA Department of Political Science Summer Program Funding 2003-2007 Washington State Scholar 2006 University of Washington International Programs and Exchanges Undergraduate Scholarship 2005 University of Washington International Programs and Exchanges Undergraduate Scholarship 2003-2005 University of Washington Undergraduate Scholar Award 2003-2004 Washington Promise Scholar 2003 Southwest Washington Medical Center Sarina Slaid Scholarship 2003 Bank of America Scholarship CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS: Annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 7-10, 2016 International Studies Association 57th Annual Convention, Atlanta, Georgia, March 16-19, 2016 Political Studies Association Annual Conference, University of Sydney, Australia, September 28 October 1, 2014 Latin American Studies Association 2013 International Congress, Washington, D.C., May 29 June 1, 2013
Annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 11-14, 2013 UC-Cuba Graduate Student Conference/Workshop, University of California, Irvine, April 28-29, 2011 Latin American Studies Association 2010 International Congress, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 6-9, 2010 The Measure of a Revolution: Cuba 1959-2009 Conference, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, May 7-9, 2009 UC-Cuba Graduate Student Conference/Workshop, University of California, Los Angeles, April 17-18, 2009 Annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 2-5, 2009 ACADEMIC RESEARCH WORK EXPERIENCE: Graduate Student Researcher UCLA Blum Center on Poverty and Health in Latin America (Michael A. Rodriguez, Professor of Family Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA) February 2013-June 2013 Carried out research on social determinants of health in Latin American and the United States. Wrote a systematic literature review highlighting unintended health consequences of conditional cash transfer programs in Latin America. Conducted research about the unintended consequences of immigration reform in the United States. Translated Center material into Brazilian Portuguese. Prepared informational material for UCLA Blum Graduate Summer Scholar interning in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Research Assistant - James Irvine Foundation s California Votes Initiative Evaluation Team (Melissa Michelson, Associate Professor, Cal State East Bay; Lisa García Bedolla, Associate Professor, UC Berkeley; and Don Green, Professor, Yale University) October 2007-November 2008 Collected quantitative and qualitative experimental data of get-out-the-vote efforts of African American, Asian American and Latino organizations in Koreatown and South Los Angeles using Mandarin Chinese and Spanish language skills. Project resulted in book, Mobilizing Inclusion: Transforming the Electorate through Get- Out-the-Vote Campaigns (Yale University Press), by Lisa García Bedolla and Melissa Michelson. Data and Research Specialist - University of Washington Department of Political Science Center for American Politics and Public Policy (Bryan Jones, Professor) July 2006 - June 2007 Coded and analyzed data about U.S. Congressional legislation using LexisNexis and the New York Times archives for the Policy Agendas Project: http://beta.comparativeagendas.com/. Research Intern The Bahia Street Trust (Margaret Willson, Affiliate Assistant Professor, University of Washington) March 2007-June 2007 Performed research tasks for Director at Seattle office of NGO based in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil that provides supplementary afterschool education to Afro-Brazilian girls to prepare them for entrance exams at the local federal university. Organized
panel about NGOs for undergraduate students. Prepared promotional material for Seattle BrasilFest. TEACHING EXPERIENCE: UCLA Instructor of Record - Comparative Policy Responses to HIV/AIDs in Latin America and the United States (Spring 2014) University of California Washington Center Teaching Fellow - UCLA CAPPP Quarter in Washington DC Program Research Design Seminar (Jim Desveaux, Fall 2014 Summer 2015) UCLA Teaching Fellow (2013-2014)/ Teaching Associate (2011-2012)/ Teaching Assistant (2010-2011) - Poverty and Health in Latin America (Michael Rodriguez, Fall 2013, Winter 2014) - Government and Politics in Latin America: States of South America (Barbara Geddes, Spring 2012) - World Politics (Leslie Johns, Winter 2012) - Introduction to American Politics (Tom Schwartz, Fall 2011) - Theoretical Concepts in Chicana/o Studies (Maylei Blackwell, Spring 2011) - Intro to Chicana/o Studies: History and Culture (Robert Chao Romero, Winter 2011) - Intro to Chicana/o Studies: Social Structure and Contemporary Conditions (David Hernandez, Fall 2010) UCLA Reader - World Politics and U.S. Foreign Policy after September 11 (Robert Hager, Spring 2010) - Special Studies in Political Theory: Liberal Nationalism and Zionism (Nahshon Perez, Spring 2008, Winter 2009, Winter 2010) - Special Studies in Political Theory: Democracy and Human Rights in Israel (Nahshon Perez, Winter 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009; Fall 2009) - U.S.-Soviet Relations (Robert Hager, Summer 2008) SERVICE: UCLA Department of Political Science Graduate Student Workshop Panelist on How to Write a Dissertation Prospectus (2012) and How to Carry out Fieldwork (2010) UCLA Department of Political Science Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Reading Group Coordinator (2010-2011) LANGUAGE SKILLS AND WORK EXPERIENCE: Portuguese: research-level reading, writing, speaking and listening Google Ads Quality Rater (August 2013-August 2014) Advanced Level Certificate, ACBEU, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil (Summer 2008) Spanish: research-level reading, writing, speaking and listening Spanish Tutor Akari Tutoring (January-June 2015)
Mandarin Chinese: intermediate listening and speaking (Taiwanese-American heritage) French & Latin: elementary reading, writing, speaking and listening (first-year college level proficiency) Italian: basic reading, writing, speaking and listening (one quarter-long college course) FIELDWORK: Brazil (July-August 2008, August-September 2011, June-December 2012, July 2013) Cuba (December 2007-January 2008, December 2009-January 2010, July-August 2010) Spain & Italy (August-September 2006) PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: American Political Science Association, Midwest Political Science Association, Latin American Studies Association, International Studies Association