Kwai Ng, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. - University of Chicago, 2004

Areas of Specialization:
Sociology of Law, Theories of Linguistic Practice, Sociology of Religion

Email Address:   kwng@ucsd.edu
Phone number:    858-534-2729
Office location:  491 Social Science Building

Office Hours

Biography:

Kwai Ng received his B.S. in journalism from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, his M.A.and Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Chicago. His research interests are in sociology of law, theories of linguistic practice and sociology of religion. He has conducted field research on Chinese ethnic churches in the United States and the bilingual courtrooms in Hong Kong. He is currently working on a book manuscript on the relationship between language and law based on his ethnographic study of Hong Kong's legal bilingualism.

Curriculum Vitae

Classes to be taught in 2007/08:

Winter 2008
SOCB 118L - Sociology of Language
SOCG 201B - Classical Sociological Theory II

Publications:

*Ng, Kwai Hang. 2002. “Seeking the Christian Tutelage: Agency and Culture in Chinese Immigrants’ Conversion to Protestantism.” Sociology of Religion 63(2).

*Parish, William L., Edward O. Laumann, Myron S. Cohen, Suiming Pan, Heyi Zheng, Irving Hoffman, Tianfu Wang, Kwai Hang Ng. 2003.“Population-Based Study of Chlamydial Infection in China: A Hidden Epidemic.” JAMA 289(10).

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