Diane Wong

Diane Wong is a doctoral candidate at Cornell University and visiting scholar at the Center for Place, Culture, and Politics, where she writes on race, gender and the gentrification of Chinatowns. As a scholar activist and educator, her research stems from a place of revolutionary praxis and love for community. As a first generation Chinese American woman born and raised in Flushing, Queens, her research is intimately tied to Chinese diaspora and the urban immigrant experience. Her current research explores how gentrification politically impacts the Chinese immigrant communities in San Francisco  New York City, and Boston. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, Mellon Foundation, American Political Science Association, and Cornell University’s American Studies Program. Diane also works as a community organizer with groups like CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities, Chinatown Art Brigade, and National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum.