Christina Chin, Ph.D

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY

GRADUATE ADVISOR

(She/Her/Hers)

Christina Chin, Ph.D
CONTACT INFORMATION
cchin@fullerton.eduVoice: 657-278-7634
Fax:657-278-2001
Dept: 657-278-3531

DEGREES

2012, Ph.D, University of California, Los Angeles

2004, M.A., University of California, Los Angeles

2001, B.A, University of California, Davis

Languages

Proficient in English

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BIOGRAPHY

Christina Chin received her doctorate from the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles. Prior to coming to Cal State Fullerton, she was a post-doctoral fellow for the Asian American Studies Department at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Her teaching and scholarly research interests include race and ethnic identity, immigration, Asian American communities, youth, and popular culture.

Dr. Chin has published works analyzing the role of Japanese American youth basketball leagues in fostering community and identity, as well as examining racial microaggressions in these sports contexts. She is a co-editor of "Asian American Sporting Cultures," an anthology that explores how sport serves as a platform for identity formation, citizenship, and resistance against racialized and gendered stereotypes for Asian American athletes and communities. Contributing to media studies, Dr. Chin has co-authored reports on the underrepresentation of Asian American and Pacific Islanders in television and streaming media.

RESEARCH AREAS

Immigration
Racial and ethnic identity
Youth
Popular culture
Asian American communities
Qualitative methodologies

COURSES REGULARLY TAUGHT

SOCI 302 Social Research Methods
SOCI 357 Race & Ethnic Relations
SOCI 467 Sociology of Sport

PUBLICATIONS

Articles

DuCros, Faustina M., Christina B. Chin, Jenny Jong-Hwa Lee, Nancy Wang Yuen, Meera E. Deo, and Noriko Milman. 2018. “Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders on TV.” Contexts 17(4): 12-17.

Chin, Christina B. 2016. “‘We've got team spirit!’: Ethnic Community Building and Japanese American Youth Basketball Leagues.” Ethnic and Racial Studies 39(6): 1070-1088.

Chin, Christina B. 2015. “’Aren’t you a Little Short to Play Ball?’: Japanese American Youth and Racial Microaggressions in Basketball Leagues.” Amerasia Journal 41(2): 47-65.

Deo, Meera, Jenny J. Lee, Christina Chin, Noriko Milman, and Nancy Yuen. 2008. “Missing in Action: ‘Framing’ Race on Prime Time Television.” Social Justice 35 (2): 145-162.

Books

Thangaraj, Stanley, Constancio Arnaldo Jr., and Christina Chin (eds.). 2016. Asian American Sporting Cultures. New York: New York University Press.

Book Chapters

Chin, Christina. 2016. “The Continued Legacy of Japanese American Youth Basketball Leagues” in Asian American Sporting Cultures, edited by Stanley Tangaraj, Constancio Arnaldo Jr., and Christina Chin. New York: New York University Press.

Chin, Christina, Noriko Milman, Meera E. Deo, Jenny J. Lee, and Nancy Wang Yuen. 2007. “Without a Trace: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Prime Time Television.” Pp. 449-462 in Contemporary Asian America: A Multidisciplinary Reader, edited by Min Zhou and J.V. Gatewood. New York: New York University Press.

SCHOLARLY WORK

Policy Reports

Yuen, Nancy Wang, Christina B. Chin, Meera E. Deo, Faustina M. DuCros, Jenny Jong-Hwa Lee, and Noriko Milman. 2018. Terrorists & Tyrants: Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) Actors in Prime Time and Streaming Television opens in a new window. Policy Report. California: MENA Arts Advocacy Coalition.

Chin, Christina B., Meera E. Deo, Faustina M. DuCros, Jenny Jong-Hwa Lee, Noriko Milman, and Nancy Wang Yuen (alphabetical). 2017. Tokens on the Small Screen: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Prime Time and Streaming Television opens in a new window PDF file type. Policy Report. California: AAPIsOnTV.com.

Chin, Christina B., Meera E. Deo, Jenny Jong-Hwa Lee, Noriko Milman and Nancy Wang Yuen (alphabetical). 2006. ”Asian Pacific Americans in Prime Time: Setting the Stage.” Washington, D.C.: Asian American Justice Center.

Yuen, Nancy Wang, Christina B. Chin, Meera E. Deo, Jenny Jong-Hwa Lee, and Noriko Milman. 2005. “Asian Pacific Americans in Prime Time: Lights, Camera, and Little Action.” Washington D.C.: National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium.