Dr. Janelle Wong on Race, Immigration, and Civic Life

Dean Stephanie Shonekan sits down with Dr. Janelle Wong, professor of American Studies and Government and Politics at the University of Maryland, and director of the Asian American Studies program. Dr. Wong reflects on her personal journey into political science, shaped by the 1992 Los Angeles uprisings after Rodney King was beaten by police, and her research on how immigrants are mobilized—or excluded—from U.S. politics.