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 and Kathryn J. Lively. Forthcoming. "Multiracial Self-Identification and Adolescent Outcomes: A Social Psychological Approach to the Marginal Man Theory." Forthcoming at Social Forces.

Cheng, Simon, Yingmei Xi, and Ming Hui Chen. 2008. "A New Mixture Model for Misclassification with Applications for Survey Data." Sociological Methods & Research 37 75:104

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

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

Cheng, Simon, Regina E. Werum, and Leslie Martin. 2007. "Adult Social Capital: How Family and Community Ties Shape Track Placement of Ethnic Groups in Germany." American Journal of Education 114:41-74

Hamiliton, 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