Diane Wong is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Rutgers University, Newark. She holds a Ph.D. in American Politics and M.A. in Comparative Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration from the Department of Government at Cornell University. Her interests include American politics, Asian American activism, gender and sexuality, urban governance, comparative immigration, cultural and media studies, and community rooted research. Born and raised in Flushing, Queens in New York City, her research is intimately tied to the Asian diaspora and urban immigrant experience. Her work has appeared in PS: Political Science and Politics, Urban Affairs Review, Women’s Studies Quarterly, Amerasia Journal, Frontiers, and a variety of edited book volumes, journals, anthologies, podcasts, and exhibitions. She is author of Asian America Rising: New Directions for Political Activism (NYU Press, 2025) and You Can’t Evict A Movement: Housing Justice and Abolitionist Futures in New York City (Penn Press, 2026). Diane is a socially engaged artist and organizer, her latest exhibits include “Degentrification Archives” at Pace University Art Galleries and “Archive as Memorial” at Storefront for Ideas in New York City.
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