Jia-Hui Stefanie Wong is an educational anthropologist who explores the sociocultural contexts of K-12 schools in the United States. She is centrally concerned with understanding how educational inequities are produced, reproduced, and challenged. Her work examines issues of race, ethnicity, gender, class, sexuality, immigration, and their intersections. Her recent research, a 16-month critical school ethnography, examined the possibilities and limits of multicultural and social justice education in a diverse public high school.
 
As an educator, Stefanie is committed to supporting students in critically engaging with the world around them, creating collaborative learning communities, and illuminating issues of social justice.
 
She holds an M.A. in Educational Policy Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a B.A. in Educational Studies and Political Science from Swarthmore College.

curriculum vitae

Publications:

• Wong, J.S. “The Persistence of Niceness, Whiteness, and Dominance in Social Justice Education.” In A.E. Castagno (Ed.), Niceness: How Educators’ Allegiance to Being Nice Advances Educational Inequity. (Accepted for publication)
• Lee, S.J., Park, E., & Wong, J.S. “Racialization, Schooling, and Becoming American: Asian American Experiences.” Educational Studies (2016): 1-19.
• Brito, T.L., Pate, D.J., & Wong, J.S. “‘I Do for My Kids’: Negotiating Race and Racial Inequality in Family Court.” Fordham Law Review 83 (2015): 3027-3052.
  

Presentations:

• “‘Even with the Diversity, It’s Still White Dominant’: Reinforcing Normativity at a Multicultural School.” American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, April 28, 2017.
  
• “Learning from Marginalized Students: Exploring the Meaning of Social Justice Education in a Diverse School.” Ethnography in Education Research Forum, Philadelphia, PA, February 24, 2017.
  
• “‘We Always Brush over the Fact That Asians Also Did Go through Struggles’: Asian American Students, Injustice, and Invisibility.” American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, November 18, 2016.
  
• “Exploring Theoretical Approaches to Critically Analyze Understandings of Inequality.” Ethnography in Education Research Forum, Philadelphia, PA, February 27, 2016.
  
• “Beyond Risk and Protection: Girls of Color Resisting and Reinforcing Ideas about Female Adolescent Sexuality.” National Women’s Studies Association Annual Conference, Milwaukee, WI, November 13, 2015.
• “Social Justice and Ethical Considerations in Researching and Representing Teachers.” American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 19, 2015.
  
• ““I’m Kind of Hoping That the Parenting Class is a Form of Birth Control’: Understandings of Female Adolescent Sexuality in a High School Parenting Class.” American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, December 3, 2014.