Faculty

Office: 322 Manchester Hall
Telephone: (860) 486-8814
E-Mail: simon.cheng@uconn.edu

Biographical Statement: Simon Cheng joined the University of Connecticut in the spring of 2004. His academic interests include race/ethnicity, education, family, political economy, and quantitative methods. Simon has published articles in these areas and is currently working on several others. His most recent study focuses on the educational experiences of multiracial populations. Simon loves playing tennis.

Education:

2003 Ph.D. Sociology, Indiana University , Bloomington

Selected Publications:

Cheng, Simon, Regina E. Werum , and Leslie Martin. forthcoming. "Adult Social Capital: How Family and Community Ties Shape Track Placement of Ethnic Groups in Germany ." American Journal of Education .

Cheng, Simon and Brian Powell. 2007. "Under And Beyond Constraints: Resource Allocation To Young Children From Biracial Families." American Journal of Sociology 112: 1044-1094.

Hamilton, Laura, Simon Cheng, and Brian Powell. 2007. " Adoptive Parents, Adaptive Parents: Evaluating the Importance of Biological Ties for Parental Investment." American Sociological Review 72: 95-116.

Cheng, Simon and J. Scott Long. 2007. " Testing for IIA in the Multinomial Logit Model ." Sociological Methods & Research 35(4): 583-600.