Phoebe Ho

Assistant Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Sociology

Email: Phoebe.Ho@unt.edu

Education

PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 2019

Major: Sociology
MA, University of Pennsylvania, 2014

Major: Sociology
MA, Stanford University, 2009

Major: International Educational Administration and Policy Analysis
BA, University of California, Los Angeles, 2006

Major: History and Chinese

Professional Positions

Academic - Post-Secondary

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania. University of Pennsylvania. (2019 - 2020).

Professional Memberships

Population Association of America. (2022 - Present).
Research Committee 28 on Social Stratification and Mobility. (2017 - Present).
American Educational Research Association. (2014 - Present).
American Sociological Association. (2013 - Present).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

University of North Texas

SOCI 4500 - Sociology of Childhood and Adolescence, 5 courses.
SOCI 4540 - Race and Ethnic Minorities, 12 courses.
SOCI 4580 - Immigration and Race in Contemporary US, 1 course.
SOCI 4650 - Sociology of Education, 1 course.
SOCI 5330 - Seminar on Race and Ethnicity, 3 courses.
SOCI 5650 - Sociology of Education, 5 courses.
SOCI 6502 - Race and Ethnicity, 2 courses.
SOCI 6503 - Sociology of Education, 3 courses.

Teaching at Other Institutions

University of Pennsylvania, SOCI 103 Asian Americans in Contemporary Society, Fall 2016.

Directed Student Learning

Dissertation Committee Member, Sociology. (2024).
Dissertation Committee Member, Sociology. (2023).
Dissertation Committee Member, Sociology. (2022).
Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Sociology. (2022).
Master's Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Sociology. (2022).
Master's Thesis Committee Member, Geography and the Environment. (September 2021).
Master's Thesis Committee Member, "Latinos For Trump? National Origin, Nativity Status, and Favorability for Trump in 2016," Sociology. (2022 - 2022).
Other (Undergraduate Honors Contract), "Mental Health Treatment Among Minority Youth in the United States," Sociology. (2022 - 2022).
Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Sociology. (2021 - 2021).
Dissertation Defense Committee Member, Sociology. (2020 - 2021).

Awards and Honors

RC28 Travel Award, Research Committee 28 on Social Stratification and Mobility (RC28).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book

Ho, P., Park, H., Kao, G. (2022). Diversity and the Transition to Adulthood in America. University of California Press.

Book Chapter

Ho, P. (2024). The College Enrollment Process for Students of Immigrant Origin. Supporting College Students of Immigrant Origin: New Insights from Research, Policy, and Practice. Cambridge University Press. https://www-cambridge-org.libproxy.library.unt.edu/core/books/supporting-college-students-of-immigrant-origin/7528E7DE11EAC5ACBE00C24597EE3CC5
Ho, P., Kao. (2018). Educational Achievement and Attainment Differences among Minorities and Immigrants. Other. Handbook of the Sociology of Education in the 21st Century. 1 (1) 109-129. Springer. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-76694-2_5

Book Review

Ho, P. (2020). Migration and Inequality. Social Forces.

Encyclopedia Article

Ho, P., Kao, G. (2014). Helicopter Parents. Asian American Society: An Encyclopedia.
Ho, P., Kao, G. (2014). Online Dating. Asian American Society: An Encyclopedia.

Journal Article

Kwon, R.C., Ho, P., Mumtaz, M. (2024). Perceptions of the foreign-born population size: Do changes in multicultural policies shape estimates?. Population Research and Policy Review. 43 (49)
Ho, P., Kao, G. (2021). Are All Immigrant Families Created Equal? The Acculturation and Social Integration of Mixed-Nativity Families. Journal of Family Issues. 42 (2)
Ho, P., Park, H., Kao, G. (2019). Racial and ethnic differences in student participation in private supplementary education activities. Other. 59 46-59.
Ho, P., Park, H. (2019). Young Adults' Patterns of Leaving the Parental Home: A Focus on Differences Among Asian Americans. Other. 81 (3) 696-712.
Ho, P., Cherng, H.S. (2018). How far can the apple fall? Differences in teacher perceptions of minority and immigrant parents and their impact on academic outcomes. Social Science Research. 74 132-145.
Cherng, H.S., Ho, P. (2018). In Thoughts, Words, and Deeds: Are Social Class Differences in Parental Support Similar across Immigrant and Native Families?. Sociological Quarterly. 59 (1) 85-110.

Presentations Given

Invited Talk

Ho, P. (Author & Presenter), Center for Empirical Research on Stratification and Inequality Workshop, Diversity and the Transition to Adulthood in America, Yale University, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
Ho, P. (Author & Presenter), Park, H. (Author), Kao, G. (Author), Education and Inequality Workshop & Asian American Working Group, Profiles of Asian American Adulthood, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Sociology, United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
Ho, P. (Author & Presenter), Park, H. (Author), Kao, G. (Author), PolicyLab Morning Speaker Series, The Transition to Adulthood and Contemporary Diversity, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, United States of America. (2021).

Paper

Ho, P. (Author & Presenter), Kwon, R.C. (Author), Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Continuities and Changes in Millennial Attitudes toward Adulthood Milestones, American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
Ho, P. (Author & Presenter), Park, H. (Author), Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Asian Americans at Work, Population Association of America, New Orleans, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
Ho, P. (Author & Presenter), Park, H. (Author), Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Asian American Millennials at Work: Class, Immigrant, and Gender Divisions, American Sociological Association, Los Angeles, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
Ho, P. (Author & Presenter), 2019 Spring meeting of Research Committee on Social Stratification and Mobility, Taking the Long View: Family Educational Histories and Student Educational Outcomes in Immigrant and Native Families, Research Committee on Social Stratification and Mobility (RC28), Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany. (2019).
Ho, P. (Author & Presenter), 2018 Spring meeting of Research Committee on Social Stratification and Mobility, Who Leaves and Who Returns to the Nest? Racial and Ethnic Differences in Young Adult Living Arrangements, Research Committee on Social Stratification and Mobility (RC28), Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, South. (2018).
Ho, P. (Author & Presenter), Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, A Break from the Past? Parental Educational Mobility, Nativity, and Adolescents’ Postsecondary Educational Outcomes, American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).
Ho, P. (Author & Presenter), 2017 Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Racial and Ethnic Differences in Student Participation in Private Supplementary Education Activities, American Sociological Association, Montreal, United States of America. (2017).
Ho, P. (Author & Presenter), 2016 Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, How Far Can the Apple Fall? Differences in Teacher Perceptions of Minority and Immigrant Parents and their Impact on Academic Outcomes, American Sociological Association, Seattle, United States of America. (2016).
Ho, P. (Author & Presenter), 2016 Annual meeting of the Population Association of America, It Takes Two: Family and School Relationships among Immigrant, Native, and Mixed-Nativity Families, Population Association of America, Washington D.C., United States of America. (2016).
Ho, P. (Author & Presenter), 2015 Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, In Thoughts, Words, and Deeds: Are Social Class Differences in Parental Involvement Similar across Racial/Ethnic and Immigrant Groups?, American Sociological Association, Chicago, United States of America. (2015).

Poster

Ho, P. (Author & Presenter), Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Family Legacies: Race, Ethnicity, Nativity, and the Role of Social Origins and Social Mobility for Adolescent Educational Outcomes, American Educational Research Association, Toronto, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).

Media Contributions

Internet

"Teachers View Immigrant Parents as Less Involved. That Mindset May Be Hurting Students," (June 21, 2018).
"Matters of Culture and Class," (January 11, 2018).

Radio

"How the Beatles created a sense of ‘place’ for this Argentinian American," (February 12, 2020).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

Grant - Research

Ho, P. (Principal), "Pipeline Grants Competition," sponsored by Russell Sage Foundation, National, $35000 Funded. (2024).
Ho, P. (Principal), Kwon, R.C. (Co-Principal), Painter, M. (Co-Principal), "Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference on the Texas Refugee, Migrant, and Immigrant Population," sponsored by Charn Uswachoke International Development Fund, University of North Texas, $2100 Funded. (2021 - 2021).
Ho, P. (Principal), "Family Legacies: Social Origins, Social Mobility, and Educational Outcomes in Immigrant and Native Families," sponsored by American Educational Research Association, Federal, $20000 Funded. (2018 - 2019).
Ho, P. (Principal), "Family Legacies: Social Origins, Social Mobility, and Educational Outcomes in Immigrant and Native Families," sponsored by American Educational Research Association, Federal, Funded. (2018 - 2019).

Service

University Service

Committee Member, Speaker Series Committee. (2022 - Present).
Committee Member, Undergraduate Committee. (September 14, 2020 - Present).
Committee Member, Faculty Search Committee. (November 2023 - January 2024).
Committee Member, Faculty Search Committee. (September 2023 - December 2023).
Committee Member, Scholarship Committee. (2023 - 2023).

Professional Service

Session Chair, American Sociological Association - Asia and Asian America Section. (February 1, 2024 - August 1, 2024).
Session Chair, Population Association of America. (September 1, 2023 - April 1, 2024).
Committee Member, American Sociological Association - International Migration Section. (September 2021 - September 2022).
Committee Member, American Sociological Association - Asia and Asian America Section. (September 1, 2021 - September 1, 2022).
Other (Session Organizer), American Sociological Association. (February 3, 2021 - August 10, 2021).
Reviewer, Journal Article, Demography. (2020 - 2020).
Reviewer, Journal Article, International Migration Review. (2020 - 2020).
Reviewer, Journal Article, Population Research and Policy Review. (2020 - 2020).
Reviewer, Journal Article, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. (2020 - 2020).
Reviewer, Book, Social Forces. (2020).
Reviewer, Journal Article, Sociology Compass. (2020 - 2020).
Conference-Related, American Sociological Association. (2019 - 2019).
Conference-Related, American Sociological Association. (2019 - 2019).
Reviewer, Journal Article, Ethnicities. (2019 - 2019).
Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. (2019 - 2019).
Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Family Issues. (2018 - 2018).
Reviewer, Journal Article, Social Problems. (2018 - 2018).
Reviewer, Journal Article, Sociological Perspectives. (2018 - 2018).
Reviewer, Journal Article, Sociology of Education. (2018 - 2018).
Reviewer, Journal Article, The Sociological Quarterly. (2018 - 2018).
Guest Speaker, Asian American Women's Coalition. (2017 - 2017).
Reviewer, Journal Article, SAGE Open. (2014 - 2014).