Cecilia Hyunjung Mo

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Cecilia Hyunjung Mo
CitizenshipAmerican
Education University of Southern California (BA), Loyola Marymount University (MA), Stanford University (MA, PhD)
OccupationPolitical scientist
Employer University of California, Berkeley

Cecilia Hyunjung Mo is an American political scientist currently serving as an associate professor of political science at the University of California, Berkeley. Her research focuses on American politics, comparative politics, political behavior, and public policy. [1]

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Early life and education

Mo holds a BA in mathematics and interdisciplinary studies from the University of Southern California, a MA in secondary education from Loyola Marymount University, a MA in political science from Stanford University, and a PhD in political economics from Stanford Graduate School of Business (2012). [2]

Publications

Asian-American participation in U.S. Politics

Why Do Asian Americans Identify As Democrats? Testing Theories of Social Exclusion and Intergroup Solidarity

Mo examines the causes of why Asian-American voters are majority Democrat. She looks at two major causes: 1) social exclusion and 2) intergroup solidarity. Her work goes on to identify possible explanations of racial political behavior in the United States electoral process. [3]

Why Asian Americans don't Vote Republican

Washington Post's article by Cecilia Mo discusses the possible explanations of why Asian Americans tend to lean more left than right. Her research focuses on the assumption that Asian Americans income would sway them more Republican, but offers instead that because of the political climate towards Asian Americans, they tend to vote Democrat. [4]

Human Trafficking

Perceived Relative Deprivation and Risk: An Aspiration-Based Model of Human Trafficking Vulnerability

Awards

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References

  1. "Cecilia Hyunjung Mo | Research UC Berkeley". vcresearch.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
  2. "Cecilia Hyunjung Mo". polisci.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
  3. Kuo, Alexander; Malhotra, Neil A.; Mo, Cecilia Hyunjung (2014). "Why Do Asian Americans Identify as Democrats? Testing Theories of Social Exclusion and Intergroup Solidarity". SSRN Electronic Journal. doi:10.2139/ssrn.2423950. ISSN   1556-5068. S2CID   146314146.
  4. Mo, Cecilia Hyunjung. "Why Asian Americans don't vote Republican". Washington Post. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved 2021-04-14.
  5. "Video: 2015 Franklin L. Burdette Pi Sigma Alpha Award". politicalsciencenow.com. 2015-09-11. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
  6. International Society of Political Psychology. "Awards". Archived from the original on 2011-12-23. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
  7. Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior Section. "EPOVB's Section Awards". Archived from the original on 2018-08-09. Retrieved April 15, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)