Jiannbin Shiao

Associate Professor

Address: 732 PLC University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403	Phone:	(541) 346-5366
	Fax:	(541) 346-5026
	Email:	jshiao@uoregon.edu

Professor Shiao received his B.A. in Women's Studies from Brown University in 1991, and his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California at Berkeley in 1998. He joined the University of Oregon faculty in 1998. He was the Associate Director of Ethnic Studies from 2006 to 2008 and held a position as Associate Professor of Sociology at Dartmouth College from 2008 to 2009 before rejoining the University of Oregon faculty in September 2009. His scholarship has examined significant cases of interracial relations, with recurring emphasis on the experiences of Asian Americans and the connections between the quantity and quality of diversity. His first major project examined the institutionalization of diversity policies among philanthropic foundations such as the Ford Foundation. His second and current project examines transracial international adoption focusing on the racial and ethnic identities and life experiences of Korean adoptees. His third project will examine interracial intimacy and the role it plays in contemporary patterns of integration and segregation. Professor Shiao also has an interest in the implications of recent genomic research for social constructionist theories of race, and he is co-authoring a paper on the topic with some of his former undergraduate students. He is the Secretary/Treasurer of the American Sociological Association's Section on Asia and Asian America and editor of the section's newsletter.

Research Interests

philanthropic diversity policy
racial/ethnic identity of transracial adoptees
social segregation and interracial intimacy
race/ethnicity and genetics

Teaching Areas

race & ethnicity
Asian American studies
research methods
education

Courses Taught

SOC 311	Introduction to Social Research
SOC 345	Race, Class and Ethnic Groups
SOC 410	Identity and Assimilation in the Asian American Experience
SOC 445	Sociology of Race Relations
SOC 491	Sociology of Education
SOC 613	Qualitative Methods II

Selected Publications

Shiao, Jiannbin Lee and Mia H. Tuan. 2008. “'Some Asian men are attractive to me, but for a husband…': Korean Adoptees and the Salience of Race in Romance.” Du Bois Review. 5(2): pp. 259–285.

Shiao, Jiannbin Lee and Mia H. Tuan. 2008. “Korean Adoptees and the Social Context of Ethnic Exploration.” American Journal of Sociology. 113 (4): pp. 1023-1066.

Shiao, Jiannbin L. and Mia H. Tuan. 2007. “A Sociological Approach to Race, Identity, and Asian Adoption.” Pp. 151-166 in Kathleen Bergquist, Betsy Vonk, and Dong Soo Kim, eds. International Korean Adoption: A Fifty-Year History of Policy and Practice. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press.

Shiao, Jiannbin Lee. 2005. Identifying Talent, Institutionalizing Diversity: Race and Philanthropy in Post-Civil Rights America. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press. [Publisher's Page] [Reviews]

Shiao, Jiannbin Lee. 1998. “The Nature of the Nonprofit Sector: Professionalism vs. Identity Politics in Private Policy Definitions of Asian Americans.” Asian American Policy Review, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. 8: pp. 17-43. [View PDF full text]

Education

Ph.D. -- California, Berkeley