Ronald C. Kwon Curriculum Vitae Department of Sociology University of California, Riverside 1206 Watkins Hall University Avenue Riverside, California 92521 Phone: 951-465-5573 Email: rkwon002@ucr.edu (Revised January 2018) Education: Expected 2018 Ph.D. Sociology, University of California, Riverside (UCR). Dissertation: Multiculturalism in the Age of Immigration: Diversity, Cultural Rights, and Potential Conflict. Committee: Matthew C. Mahutga (Chair), David Brady, Augustine Kposowa, and Sharon Oselin. 2013 M.A. Sociology, UCR. 2010 M.A. Demographic Analysis, University of California, Irvine (UCI). 2006 B.A. Economics/Political Science, UCR. Research and Teaching Interests: Immigration Race and ethnicity Gender Inequality and stratification Political economy/world systems Quantitative methods Peer Reviewed Articles: Expected 2019 Kwon, Ronald and Elizabeth Hughes. (Online first) Do multicultural policies influence negative immigrant attitudes towards homosexuality? Ethnicities. 2017 Kwon, Ronald, Brigitte Flores, and Haydee Yonamine. (Conditional accept) Spatial segregation and the impact of linguistic multicultural policies within the United States. Journal of International Migration and Integration. 2017 Kwon, Ronald, Matthew Mahutga, and Amanda Admire. Promoting patriarchy or dual equality? Multiculturalism and the immigrant household division of labor. Sociological Quarterly 58(3): 373-404. 2017 Kwon, Ronald and Augustine Kposowa. Shifting racial hierarchies: An analysis of residential segregation among multi-racial and mono-racial groups in the United States. Population Studies 71(1):83-99. 2017 Mahutga, Matthew, Anthony Roberts, and Ronald Kwon. The globalization of production and income inequality in rich democracies. Social Forces 96(1): 181-214. 1
2016 Kwon, Ronald and Michaela Curran. Immigration and support for redistributive social policy: Does multiculturalism matter? International Journal of Comparative Sociology 57(6): 375-400 (Lead article). 2015 Kwon, Ronald, Amanda Admire, and Christopher Vito. Declining fertility in two Koreas: The demographic implications for a Korean reunification. Korea Journal 55(4): 85-110. Works in Progress: Roberts, Anthony and Ronald Kwon. Status, an independent mechanism of inequality? A cross-national examination of gender status beliefs. (under review) Brint, Steven, Ronald Kwon, and Jacob Apkarian. Cross-cohort comparisons of proximate and distal determinants of wages after graduation. Curran, Michaela and Ronald Kwon. Embedded aid: Does connectedness to global networks matter for dyadic foreign aid allocation? Kwon, Ronald and Matthew Mahutga. Integrationist policies and income inequality: Is there a trade-off between identity and social class. Hughes, Elizabeth and Ronald Kwon. Why am I just pretty for a Black girl? The convergence of racial and gender ideologies in Black women s experience of colorism. Awards and Grants: 2017 Graduate Student Paper Award (with Michaela Curran), Sociology department, UCR. 2017 Dissertation Year Fellowship, UCR. 2017 Outstanding Service Award, Undergraduate Sociological Association, UCR. 2017 Ernest Propes Endowed Graduate Fellowship, UCR. 2016 Blum Initiative Collaborative Research Grant, Public Policy, UCR. 2016 Graduate Student Paper Award, Sociology department, UCR. 2016 Outstanding Teaching Assistant, Sociology department, UCR. 2011 Chancellor s Distinguished Fellowship, UCR. 2
Conference Presentations: 2018 Kwon, Ronald and Matthew Mahutga. Integrationist Policy and Income Inequality: Is there a Trade-Off Between Identity and Social Class? To be presented at Pacific Sociological Association. Long Beach, CA, April. 2017 Curran, Michaela and Ronald Kwon. Embedded aid: Does connectedness to global networks matter for dyadic foreign aid allocation? American Sociological Association. Montreal, Quebec, August. 2017 Kwon, Ronald, Brigitte Flores, and Haydee Yonamine. Spatial segregation and the impact of linguistic multicultural policies within the United States. Pacific Sociological Association. Portland, OR, April. 2016 Kwon, Ronald and Michaela Curran. Immigration and support for redistributive social policy: Does multiculturalism matter? California Sociological Association. Riverside, CA, November. 2016 Kwon, Ronald, Matthew C. Mahutga, and Amanda Admire. Promoting patriarchy or dual equality: Multiculturalism and the immigrant household division of labor. American Sociological Association. Seattle, WA, August. 2016 Roberts, Anthony and Ronald Kwon. The interplay of cultural and structural gender inequality: Status beliefs and female empowerment in developed and developing countries. Pacific Sociological Association. Oakland, CA, March. 2014 Mahutga, Matthew C., Anthony Roberts, and Ronald Kwon. Income inequality reconsidered: Organizational isomorphism, institutional context, and the conditional effects of globalized production. American Sociological Association. San Francisco, CA, August. 2014 Admire, Amanda and Ronald Kwon. Does multiculturalism facilitate gender inequality in migrant communities? Evidence from the household division of labor. Pacific Sociological Association. Portland, OR, March. Teaching Experience: 2017 Instructor, Research Methods, Sociology department, UCR. Sole responsibility for syllabus, grading, exams, lectures, and assignments. 2011-2017 Teaching assistant, Sociology department, UCR. Courses: Statistical analysis, multivariate analysis, research methods, racism in Western society, sociology of women, labor movements, introduction to globalization, political economy and world systems, deviance and control, and formal organizations. 2016 Reader, Quantitative Methods for Public Policy Analysis, Masters in Public Policy program, School of Public Policy, UCR. 3
Teaching Development: 2017 Advanced pedagogy teaching certificate, UCR. Certification program for university level instruction to develop effective teaching and lecturing strategies. 2016 Disability seminar, UCR. Training program for university instructors to foster inclusion and ensure access for students with disabilities. 2015 Allies (LGBTQ) seminar, UCR. Training program for university instructors to facilitate an inviting environment for LGBTQ students. Research Assistantship: 2016 National Science Foundation 1421237 The distributional consequences of globalization. Principal investigator: Matthew C. Mahutga. 2014 College and Universities 2000. Principal investigator: Steven Brint. Professional Affiliations and Service: Society for the Study of Social Problems, California Sociological Association, Pacific Sociological Association, American Sociological Association. Ad-hoc reviewer: International Journal of Comparative Sociology, PLOS ONE. Departmental Service: 2016-2018 R USA mentor, Undergraduate Sociological Association, UCR. 2016-2017 Graduate Affairs, Sociology Graduate Student Association, UCR. 2015 Undergraduate Research Mentor, UCR. References: Augustine Kposowa. Chair and Professor of Sociology. University of California, Riverside. Augustine.kposowa@ucr.edu (951) 827-5936 David Brady. Professor of Public Policy and Director of Blum Initiative. University of California, Riverside. David.brady@ucr.edu (951) 827-5573 4
Matthew C. Mahutga. Associate Professor of Sociology and Political Science. University of California, Riverside. Matthew.mahutga@ucr.edu (951) 827-5825 Sharon S. Oselin. Associate Professor of Sociology. University of California, Riverside. Sharon.oselin@ucr.edu (951) 827-5618 5