Dr Christina Ho

Senior Lecturer, Social and Political Change Group

PhD (USyd), MA (New School for Social Research), BEc (Soc Sci) (Hons) (USyd),
Email: Christina.Ho@uts.edu.au
Phone: +61 2 9514 1946
Fax: +61 2 9514 2332
Room: CB03.05.41 (map)
Mailing address: PO Box 123, Broadway NSW 2007, Australia

Biography
Christina Ho researches migration, cultural diversity, citizenship and identity, and has focused particularly on Chinese migration, Muslim diasporas and migrant youth and belonging. She is currently working on projects investigating cultural citizenship and community arts in Western Sydney (in partnership with Information and Cultural Exchange); the politics of recognition and intercultural relations; and political expression, mobility and citizenship among Chinese and Indian international students in Australia.

Areas of Expertise
Undergraduate:
Introduction to Social Inquiry
Research Methods 1
The New World Politics
Gender, Culture and Power
Postgraduate:
Cross-Border Theory and History

Research Area

International relations
Politics
Social policy
Sociology

Publications

Books

Ho, C. 2008, Migration and Gender Identity: Chinese Women's Experiences of Work, Family and Identity in Contemporary Australia, VDM Verlag Dr. Muller, Saarbruecken.

Book Chapters

Ho, C. 2008, 'Chinese Nurses in Australia: Migration, Work and Identity' in Connell, John (eds), The International Migration of Health Workers, Routledge, New York, pp. 147-162.

Ho, C. 2009, 'The Hidden Politics of Harmony Celebrations: Where has all the racism gone?' in Miriam Giugni and Kerry Mundine (eds), Talkin' Up and Speakin' Out: Indigenous and multicultural voices in early childhood, Pademelon Press, Sydney.

Ho, C. 2008, 'Introduction' in Dreher, Tanja and Ho, Christina (eds), Beyond the Hijab Debates: New Conversations on Gender, Race and Religion, Cambridge Scholars Press, UK.

Ho, C. 2008, 'Can Careers Cross Borders? Chinese women in the Australian workforce' in Ghosh, D. and Leigh, B. (eds), Women in Asia: Shadowlines, Cambridge Scholars Press, UK.

Journal Articles

Ho, C. 2004, 'Migrants and employment: Challenging the success story', Journal of Sociology, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 237-259.
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Goodman, J. & Ho, C. 2006, 'Other Worlds: Social Movements and Globalisation Special Issue: Guest Editors' Introduction', Portal, Journal of Multidisciplinary International studies, vol. 3, no. 1, February.

Ho, C. 2006, 'Migration as feminisation? Chinese womens experiences of work and family in Australia', Journal Of Ethnic And Migration Studies, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 497-514.
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Ho, C. 2006, 'Women Crossing Borders: The Changing Identities of Professional Chinese Migrant Women in Australia', Portal, Journal of Multidisciplinary international Studies, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 1-16.
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Alcorso, C. & Ho, C. 2006, 'Migrant Women and the Australian Information Communications and Technology Sector: A Special Case?', Labour and Industry: a journal of the social and economic relations of work, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 109-131.

Ho, C. 2006, 'Gang Rapes and the "cultural timebomb"', Australian Review of Public Affairs, vol. September.

Ho, C. 2006, 'Cronulla, Conflict and Culture', Wo Magazine, vol. 4, no. Dec/Jan.

Ho, C. 2006, 'Girls like us, boys like them', Australian Financial Review, vol. 29 Septemb.

Ho, C. 2006, 'China's brain drain is our brain waste', The Sydney Morning Herald, vol. 21 Septemb.

Ho, C. 2007, 'Muslim women's new defenders: Women's rights, nationalism and Islamophobia in contemporary Australia', Women's Studies International Forum, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 290-298.
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Ho, C. 2007, 'How the Chinese became Australians', Australian Review of Public Affairs, vol. November.

Ho, C. & Dreher, T. 2007, 'Not another hijab row: New conversations on gender, race, religion and the making of communities', Transforming Cultures eJournal, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 1-14.
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Ho, C. 2008, 'Diversifying Feminism: Migrant Women's Activism in Australia', Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 777-783.

Ho, C. 2007, 'How the Chinese became Australians', Australian Review of Public Affairs, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 1-1.

Ho, C. 2008, 'Diversifying feminism: Migrant women's activism in Australia', Signs, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 777-784.
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Conference Papers

Ho, C. 2004, 'Seeking Sanctuary: Muslim Women and ' Security' in Australia post September 11', First International Sources of Insecurity Conference, Melbourne, Australia, November 2004 in First International Sources of Insecurity Conference, ed Unknown, RMIT Publishing, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 1-9.
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Ho, C. 2005, 'Women crossing borders: Chinese women, migration and gender identity in Australia', Eighth Women in Asia Conference, UTS, Sydney, Australia, September 2005.

Ho, C. 2005, 'Refocusing Women's Experience of Violence', Bankstown Town Hall, Sydney, Australia, September 2005.

Ho, C. 2005, 'Women, Work and IT Forum: Contemporary perspectives on the reproduction of gender inequality in employment', University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, June 2005.

Ho, C. 2006, 'Muslim Women's new defenders: Womens rights, nationalism and Islamophobia in contemporary Australia', Borderpolitics of Whiteness, Macquarie University, Sydney, December 2006.

Ho, C. & Dreher, T. 2006, 'Where has all the anti-racism gone?', New Racisms, New Anti-racisms, Research Institute for Humanitie and Social Sciences, November 2006.

Ho, C. 2006, 'A Christian, a Muslim and a Jew walk into a room ...: Inter-faith dialogue and the desecularisation of Australian multiculturalism', Everyday Multiculturalism, Centre for Research on Social Inclusion, Macquarie University, September 2006.

Ho, C. 2006, 'Cronulla, conflict and culture: how can Muslim women be heard in Australia?', UTSPEAKS, University of Technology, September 2006, University of Technology.

Ho, C. 2004, 'Doing Feminist Economics', Third Society of Heterdox Economists, University of NSW, December 2004.

Ho, C. 2003, 'Success or Sacrifice? Chinese women's employment experience in Australia', Society of Heterodox Economists, University of NSW, December 2003.

Ho, C. 2003, 'Skilled Migration: Behind the Success Story. A critical look at current Australian literature on migrant employmnet experiences.', Creating Spaces: Interdisciplinary Writings in the Social Sciences, Australian National University, July 2003.

Ho, C. 2002, 'Migration Experiences of Chinese Women in Australia', Australian Migration & Ethnic Relations in a Period of Changing International Relations, University of Sydney, May 2002.

Ho, C. 2001, 'Migration as Feminism? Experiences of Settlement and Employment of Chinese Migrant Women in Australia', Australian Sociological Association, University of Sydney, February 2001.

Ho, C. 2001, 'Immigration, Multiculturalism and Australian National Identity', Australian Malaysia and Singapore Association, Sydney, December 2001.

Ho, C. 2007, ''A Christian, a Muslim and a Jew walk into a room': Inter-faith dialogue and the desecularisation of Australian multiculturalism', Everyday Multiculturalism, Macquarie University, Sydney, September 2006 in Everyday Multiculturalism Conference Proceedings, ed Velayutham, S, & Wise, A., Centre for Research on Social Inclusion, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, pp. 1-10.

Ho, C. 2007, 'Building community capacity in a hostile climate: Working with culturally diverse communities', Local Community Services Association Conference, Sydney, September 2007.

Ho, C. 2007, 'Hijacking feminism: The politics of women's rights in contemporary Australia', Bankstown Town Hall, May 2007.

Ho, C. 2005, 'Violence as social exclusion: CALD women in multicultural Australia', Refocusing Womena??s Experience of Violence conference, Bankstown Town Hall, September 2005.

Ho, C. 2007, 'Father still knows best: The new paternalism and Australian multicultural policy', Throwing the baby out with the bathwater: Curriculum as activism, Sydney, March 2007 in Throwing the baby out with the bathwater: Curriculum as activism, Social Justice in Early Childhood Group.

Ho, C. 2007, 'UTS Cosmopolitan Civil Societies Research Centre', UTS, October 2007.

Reports

Ho, C. 2002, A statistical, ethic and geographical profile of clothing outworkers and the clothing industry in New South Wales.

Ho, C. 2003, Clothing Industry and Outworker Profile, Queensland Department of Industrial Relations, Brisbane.