SANDRA L. WONG Associate Professor of Sociology Colorado College Curriculum Vitae 2012 Department of Sociology Phone: (719-389-6237) 14 E. Cache la Poudre Street swong@coloradocollege.edu Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Office: Palmer Hall 130F ACADEMIC POSITIONS 2004 - Present. Associate Professor of Sociology, Colorado College. 2000-2003. Assistant Professor of Sociology, Colorado College. 1992-2000. Assistant Professor of Sociology, Wesleyan University. 1990-1992. Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Sociology, University of Iowa. EDUCATION 1990 Ph.D. in Sociology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Dissertation: School Textbooks: The Social Selection of Educational Knowledge. 1985 M. Phil. in Sociology, Yale University. 1983 M.A. in Sociology, Yale University. 1982 B.A. in Sociology and English cum laude, Rice University, Houston, Texas. COURSES TAUGHT at COLORADO COLLEGE So100 Thinking Sociologically CS185 Introduction to American Cultural Studies So113 Racial Inequality So229 Sociological Research Design So280 Sociology of Education So290 Advanced Topics in Sociology: Racial and Ethnic Identities So290 Advanced Topics: Sociology of Emotions So290 Advanced Topics in Sociology: Asian Americans on the Big Island So301 Quantitative Sociology (early version Quantitative Research Methods) So302 Qualitative Research Methods MAT Foundations in Education (Sociology, Psychology, and Classics summer) College Ahead Program (summer): Who Gets Ahead and Why? 1
PUBLICATIONS Book Wong, Sandra L. 2001. Managing Diversity: Institutions and the Politics of Educational Change. Boulder, Co.: Rowman & Littlefield. Articles and Reviews Wong, Sandra L. 2010. Review of The Money Myth: School Resources, Outcomes and Equity by W. Norton Grubb. Contemporary Sociology 39, 4 (July). Wong, Sandra L. 2001. School Textbooks and Cultural Authority, in Education and Sociology: An Encyclopedia, edited by Peter W. Cookson, Jr., Alan Sadovnik, and David Levinson. New York: RoutledgeFalmer. Wong, Sandra L. 2001. Student Cultures and Academic Performance, in Education and Sociology: An Encyclopedia, edited by Peter W. Cookson, Jr., Alan Sadovnik, and David Levinson. New York: RoutledgeFalmer. Wong, Sandra L. 1991. Evaluating the Content of Textbooks: Public Interests and Professional Authority. Sociology of Education 64, 1 (January):11-18. Wong, Sandra L. 1996. Review of Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen, and Molding the Good Citizen: The Politics of High School History Texts by Robert Lerner, Althea K. Nagai, and Stanley Rothman. Contemporary Sociology 25, 2 (March). Wong, Sandra L. 1994. Review of What Johnny Shouldn t Read: Textbook Censorship in America by Joan DelFattore. Contemporary Sociology 23, 2 (March). Wong, Sandra L. 1991. Review of Schools, Classrooms, and Pupils: International Studies of Schooling from a Multilevel Perspective, edited by Stephen W. Raudenbush and J. Douglas Wills. Contemporary Sociology 21, 2 (March). FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS 2009 Robert Fox Endowed Professorship (2009-14), Colorado College. 2007 Benezet Grant, Colorado College. 2003 Social Science Executive Committee Research Grant, Colorado College. 1996-1997 National Academy of Education Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship Award. 2
1996-1997 Carol A. Baker 81 Memorial Prize for the development and recognition of the accomplishment of junior faculty, Wesleyan University. 1995 The Center for Humanities Faculty Fellowship, Spring semester: Discourses of Childhood and Youth, Wesleyan University. 1993 Ford Foundation Grant in support of Multicultural Curricula, Wesleyan University. 1990-1992 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Sociology, University of Iowa. 1987-1988 National Science Foundation Grant in support of Doctoral Dissertation, School Textbooks: The Social Selection of Educational Knowledge. 1982-1985 Graduate and Professional Opportunity Fellowship, Yale University. PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS 2009 Teaching Racial Inequality at a Time of Hope and Confusion accepted for presentation in SREM session, Passing on the Paradigm: The Challenge of Teaching Race and Ethnicity to the Millennial Generation, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. 2001 Inclusion in the Classroom: Mediating the Dilemmas and Dynamics of Interracial Dialogue. Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, August 19. 1997 Reconstructing Identity, Obscuring Race: The Promise and Poverty of Multicultural Curricular Reform. Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, August 10. 1997 Classroom Teachers as Transformative Intellectuals : The Gap Between Theory and Practice. Invited presentation to the Board of Directors, Spencer Foundation, Chicago, Illinois, June 26. 1997 Curricular Reform, Cultural Politics, and the Reconstruction of a Pluralistic American Identity. Paper presented at the Spencer Postdoctoral Fellows Forum, Meeting of the National Academy of Education, Chicago, Illinois, March 26. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICE 2012 Manuscript Reviewer of Rethinking Gender Reflexivity through (Strong) Tradition in Late Modernity: The Negotiation of Filial/Family Responsibilities amongst Taiwanese Professional Men for Current Sociology. 3
2011 Manuscript Reviewer of Doing Racism, Doing Gender for Social Problems. 2011 Organized and conducted workshop on advancing assessment practices at Connecticut College, New London, CT, August 20. 2006 Manuscript Reviewer of Teaching Interaction in ANOVA and OLS Regression Regression: IDA in the Context of Ideology in Criminal Justice Processing for Teaching Sociology. 2005 Manuscript Reviewer of Teaching Social Science Reasoning and Quantitative Literacy: The Role of Collaborative Groups for Teaching Sociology. 2004 Discussion leader on Senior Theses, Specific Applications of Quantitative Literacy in Sociology Courses, Capstone Conference on Addressing the Quantitative Literacy Gap in Undergraduate Sociology, American Sociological Association, June 17-19. 2003 Co-taught Conference Workshop Teaching for the 21 st Century: Teaching for Inclusion, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, August 18. 1998 Comparative Methods: Finding Coherence in Case Study Research, Panel discussion, Spencer Fellows Meeting, Palo Alto, California, March 7. SERVICE AT COLORADO COLLEGE Presidential Search Committee (2010-11) Co-Chair, Sociology Department (2008-present) Chair, College Assessment Committee (2008-present) Diversity Task Force (2005-present; Co-Chair 2010-present) Social Science Executive Committee (2002-04; 2009-10) Faculty Executive Committee (2005-08; Chair 2007-08) Associate Chair, Sociology Department (2006-08) Faculty Advisor, Humanity In Action Summer Fellowship Program (2001-present) Faculty Mentor of new faculty member (2010-11) Race and Ethnic Studies Program Core Faculty (formerly ACS) (2001-present) Social Class Discussion Series, Presentation of Class Advantage: A Lens on Liberal Education and Academic Life (Spring 2010) 4
Social Justice Institute (Co-lead sessions on Perceptions of Others Identities (Block 3) and Racial and Ethnic Identities (Block 4) 2009 Institutional Self-Study Committee (2002-04) Quantitative Literacy Committee; Colket Center for Academic Support (2002-03) Panelist, Colorado College Panel on Diversity, On Racism and Racial Inequality, (April 12, 2002); Excerpt in The Colorado College Bulletin, July 2002:15 Minority Concerns Representative, Political Science Search Committee (Fall 2002) 5