Cecilia Hyunjung Mo Explained

Citizenship:American
Education:University of Southern California (BA), Loyola Marymount University (MA), Stanford University (MA, PhD)
Occupation:Political 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]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cecilia Hyunjung Mo Research UC Berkeley. 2021-04-14. vcresearch.berkeley.edu.
  2. Web site: Cecilia Hyunjung Mo. 2021-04-14. polisci.berkeley.edu. en.
  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. en. 10.2139/ssrn.2423950. 146314146 . 1556-5068.
  4. News: Mo. Cecilia Hyunjung. Why Asian Americans don't vote Republican. en-US. Washington Post. 2021-04-14. 0190-8286.
  5. Web site: 2015-09-11. Video: 2015 Franklin L. Burdette Pi Sigma Alpha Award. 2021-04-15. politicalsciencenow.com. en-US.
  6. Web site: International Society of Political Psychology. Awards. live. April 15, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20111223071044/http://www.ispp.org:80/awards/sigel . 2011-12-23 .
  7. Web site: Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior Section. EPOVB's Section Awards. live. April 15, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20180809112612/https://connect.apsanet.org/s32/ . 2018-08-09 .