Department of Sociology
Faculty and Staff Directory
Jaclyn Wong
Title: | Assistant Professor |
Department: | Department of Sociology College of Arts and Sciences |
Email: | WONGJS@mailbox.sc.edu |
Phone: | 803-777-3123 |
Resources: | Curriculum Vitae (pdf) |

Bio
Dr. Wong received her PhD in sociology with a graduate certificate in gender and sexuality studies from the University of Chicago in 2018.
Research
Substantive research interests: Gender, marriage and family, work, health, and aging and the life course
Department cluster: Inequalities and Institutions, Population and Health
Research overview: Dr. Wong’s research is motivated by this major question: how do the seemingly private decisions and interactions in couples and families relate to broader patterns of inequality from young adulthood to late life?
Current projects: Dr. Wong has a forthcoming book (University of California Press, April 2023) based on six years of in-depth interviews with different-gender dual-professional couples as they launched careers and transitioned to parenthood. Her other projects use nationally representative survey data to examine how positive and negative social relationships shape older adults’ health and wellbeing. Dr. Wong’s new research uses interview, survey, and experimental methods to examine the extent of gender inequality in cognitive housework (the mental work required to run a household), explain why this inequality exists, and explore how to reduce it.
Teaching
SOCY 304: Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality
SOCY 504: Social Stratification
SOCY 561: Integrative Research Experience
Selected Publications
Wong, Jaclyn S. Forthcoming April 2023. Equal Partners? How Dual-Professional Couples Make Career, Relationship, and Family Decisions. University of California Press.
Wong, Jaclyn S. 2021. “Aspiring Dual-Professional Couples’ Career Launch Plans and Childbearing Timing.” Journal of Family Issues 42:1092-1115. doi: 10.1177/0192513X20983380.
Wong, Jaclyn S. and Andrew M. Penner. 2018. “Better Together? Interracial Relationships and Depressive Symptoms.” Socius [Published online]. doi: 10.1177/2378023118814610.
Wong, Jaclyn S. 2017. “Competing Desires: How Young Adult Couples Negotiate Moving for Career Opportunities.” Gender & Society 31:171-196. doi: 10.1177/0891243217695520.
Wong, Jaclyn S. and Ning Hsieh. 2017. “Functional Status, Cognition, and Social Relationships in Dyadic Perspective.” Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences. [Published online]. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbx024.