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Professor Wendy Ng

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Department of Sociology
San José State University
San José CA 95192-0122
Office: Dudley Moorhead Hall 211
Phone: (408) 924-5394
Fax: (408) 924-5322
wendyng@email.sjsu.edu

Biography

Wendy Ng is Professor of Sociology at San Jose State University.

Education

• B.A. (Sociology and Biology) Mills College, Oakland, California, 1979
  
• M.S. (Sociology), University of Oregon, Eugene, 1983
  
• Ph.D. (Sociology), University of Oregon, Eugene, 1989
  

Previous Appointments

• 1991, American Studies Program, Carleton College, Minnesota
  
• 1988-89, Sociology Department, U.C., San Diego
  
• 1988, 1986, American Studies Department, U.C. Santa Cruz
  
• 1983-86, Graduate Teaching Fellow, University of Oregon
  

Publications

                  

• Japanese American Internment During World War II. (Westport, CT: Greenwood) 2002.
  
• "Japanese Americans" in Carol R. Ember, Melvin Ember and Ian Skoggard, (eds.) Encyclopedia of World Cultures Supplement. (New York: Macmillan Reference USA) 2002.
  
• "Japanese Americans in the Military and Resisters of Conscience" in A Lesson in American History: The Japanese American Experience, Curriculum and Resource Guide, 4th ed., San Francisco: Japanese American Citizens League, 2002.
  
• Regenerations Oral History Project: Rebuilding Japanese American Families, Communities, and Civil Rights in the Resettlement Era v. 4, San Jose (Los Angeles: Japanese American National Museum) 2001.
  
• "Asian American Ethnicity--An Introduction" in Christopher Ellison (ed.) Race and Ethnic Relations for the Twenty-First Century (Los Angeles: Roxbury Press) 1998. 
  

University Service

Commencement Faculty Greeter (2002, 1996); Committee on Committees, 2002; Improvement of Instruction, 1997-1999; College of Social Sciences (Dean's Search Committee, Educational Equity, Scholarship Committee)

Professional and Community Service

Oral History Association (Nomination Committee, 2001-present); Pacific Sociological Association (Committee on Teaching, 1992-95; Committee on Committees; Publication Committee); Association for Asian American Studies (Northern California Representative, 1989-1993); Girl Scouts of Santa Clara County Board of Directors (Director, 1998-present; Board Secretary, 1999-2002, Executive Director Search Committee, 1999)

Academic Rambling

I was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. I remember San Jose from the trips my parents and I would take driving down to visit their friends in Sunnyvale and Mountain View. We would drive past what would seem like endless miles of farms and orchards.  We always came home with a bag full of apricots.   I can hardly believe the changes that have taken place during the last half of this century.  The idea of San Jose as a part of “Silicon Valley” is quite a transformation for this once rural area.   My philosophy about living, learning and teaching is to view the world as a sociologist would.  I hope to make everyone understand the complex dynamics of race, culture, class, and gender in our world.  I try to tie the social, cultural and political changes in this valley and individual lives so that we can all see the relevance of our daily lives to the social structures within our society.

On a personal note, although everything I’ve written for this webpage is true, I don’t think you can believe everything and anything you read on the internet.  

Last Updated: Sept 02