tricia wang 

triciawang ^ at ^ mac.com 

Department of Sociology, University of California San Diego, 401 Social Science Building, 9500 Gilman Dr. La Jolla, California 92093-0533, USA

 

 

EDUCATION

    Ph.D.               

    (anticipated for 2011)            Sociology, University of California, San Diego

 

    B.A. magna cum laude          Communication, University of California, San Diego

    (2001)

 

 

AWARDS & HONORS

•    Sociology Department Graduate Student Funding (2007-2008), $25,000

•    China in the World Summer Fellowship, Leeds University, Worldwide University Network (2007)

•    National Aeronautics Space Agency (NASA) International Space Station Earthkam Fellowship, (2001)

•    Provost’s Honor’s 8 quarters, University of California, San Diego (1998-2000)

 

 

 RESEARCH

 

Fieldwork Experience

Rural villages in the State of Tamil Nadu, India; Water Policy and rural water gathering; ethnography; upcoming July 2008

 

Beijing, China; Information communication technology usage during the Chinese Olympics; ethnography; upcoming late July to early August 2008

 

San Diego, CA; Information communication technology usage in subsidized housing units; ethnography; Mar. 2008 – ongoing

 

Rural Village in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico and Southern California, United States; Information communication technology usage in migrant sending and receiving communities; survey and ethnography; Jan. 2008 - ongoing

 

 

Research Positions

Research Assistant for Dr. Gershon Shafir on "The Study of Human Rights  Studies at European Universities."  Sociology Department, UC San Diego (March 2008 - Present).

 

 

Research Grants Received

 

Research Grant for “Preliminary Field Site Exploration for Researching Information Communication Technology Among Urban Chinese Migrants in Shanghai and Beijing.” University of California Pacific Rim Research Fund (2008), $4,000

 

Research Grant for “The Impact of Cellphones on How Informal Laborers Share Job Information:  Undocumented Mexican Laborers in the Informal Economy.”  University of California Labor and Employment Research Fund (2008), $4,000. 

 

Travel Grant for fieldwork on “Data Collection of ICT-based communication between San Diego, CA and Oaxaca, Mexcio.”   Sociology Department, UC San Diego (2008), $600.

 

Research grant for “Data Collection on ICT-based communication between low-income Oaxacan migrants in San Diego County and their families in the Mixteca region of Oaxaca.” UC MEXUS (2007-2008, research assistant), $1,500

 

Research Interests

            Technology, Migration, Urbanization, Inequalities, Telecommunication Policy, Sociology of Culture, China

 

 

 

PAPER IN PROGRESS FOR SUBMISSION

• Internet Access as a Social Right: Implications for Social Citizenship

• Case-Study of how Oaxacan migrants in San Diego County Use Cellphones to Communicate with their Families in Mexico (co-authoring with Leah Muse-Orlinoff)

• The Reproduction of a Stratified Global Informal Economy in Virtual Games: The Case of World of Warcraft’s Chinese Goldfarmers  

 

 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Internet Access as a Social Right: Implications for Social Citizenship

Sumer, 2008    International Sociological Association's Research Committee on Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy (RC 19). Stockholm, Sweden

The Reproduction of a Stratified Global Informal Economy in Virtual Games: The Case of World of Warcraft’s Chinese Goldfarmers

2007     China in the World: Stratification.  White-Rose East Asia Center, Leeds University, Leeds, UK (July 22-28); Roundtable Presentation

 

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

  • Reader, “African Societies Through Film,”  Sociology, University of California, San Diego, Professor Kris Kohler (Fall 2007)

  • Teaching Assistant, “Natural Disasters and Human Culture,”  Culture, Art, Technology Writing Program at Sixth College, University of California, San Diego, Professor Linda Strauss (Spring  2007)

  • Teaching Assistant, “A History of Time,”  Culture, Art, Technology Writing Program at Sixth College, University of California, San Diego, Professor Stefan Tanaka (Winter 2007)

  • Teaching Assistant, “Culture, Art & Technology,”  Culture, Art, Technology Writing Program at Sixth College, University of California, San Diego, Professor Steve Carlisle (Fall 2006)

  • Teaching Assistant, “Digital Non-Linear Editing 101,”  Communication, University of California, San Diego, Professor Zeinabu Davis (Spring 2002)

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Professional Service

 

  • Graduate Student Advisory Editor, Science, Technology, and Human Values, Journal of the Society  for Social Studies of Science (2007-present)  

 

Memberships

  • Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR)

  • International Sociological Association

    • Section Memberships

      • Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy

      • Science and Technology

      • Communication, Knowledge and Culture

  • American Sociological Association

    • Section Memberships

    • Communication and Information Technology

  • Sociology of CultureInternational Journal of Communication

 

 

OTHER INFORMATION   

          Languages

        Proficient in Mandarin (Spoken)

        Working Knowledge of Spanish (Written and Spoken)

 

 


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