Facutly & Staff

Public Policy, Urban Studies, Ethnic Studies

Urban and social policies, race, ethnic communities and spaces, civic engagement, collaborative governance

Laureen Hom received her PhD in Planning, Policy, and Design with an emphasis in Asian American Studies at the University of California, Irvine and an MPH in Sociomedical Sciences, Urbanism and the Built Environment concentration at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. Her research and teaching interests are at the intersection of public policy, urban studies, and ethnic studies. She has professional experience in program management, evaluation, and community-engaged collaborative research in health services and non-profits serving immigrant communities. Her current research projects focus on the spatial politics of ethnic community formation and political representation in Southern California. The first examines the community politics of redevelopment and gentrification in Los Angeles Chinatown. The second is a co-authored book project about Asian American community leaders changing the cultural, political, and economic landscape of Orange County that builds upon a policy report done in collaboration with UC Irvine and Asian Americans Advancing Justice.

SPRING 2020

Group study at a graduate level of a selected well-defined topic or area not covered by a regularly offered course.

Focus on structures, functions, principles, and processes of administration in American public sector. Attention to the core functions of public administration, and basic skills required in managing and leading public organizations.

Introduction to evaluation methodology and tools used to assess publicly funded programs. Application of organizational design, management, statistics, and data analysis in program evaluation is illustrated by projects in and out of classroom.

Rendón, M.G., Aldana, A., & Hom, L.D. (2018). Children of Latino immigrants framing race: Making sense of criminalisation in a colour-blind era. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. (Link) 

Vo, L.T., & Hom, LD. (2018). Transforming Orange County: Assets and needs of Asian Americans & Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. Los Angeles: Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Orange County. (Link) 

Hom, L.D. (2016). Review of The politics of belonging: Race, public opinion, and immigration by N. Masuoka & J. Junn. Journal of Asian American Studies, (19)1. (Link)

Hom, L.D. (2012). The Chinese Hospital of San Francisco: How the early San Francisco Chinese mobilized to build the Chinatown community. In G.J. Yoo & M.N. Le (eds.), Handbook of Asian American Health. New York: Springer Publishing Co. (Link) 

Sim, S.C., Zhou, X.D., Hom, L.D., Chen, C., & Sze, R. (2011). Effectiveness of pre-counseling genetic education workshops at a large urban community health center serving low-income Chinese American women. Journal of Genetic Counseling, 20(6), 593-608. (Link)