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Main Courses:

• Principles of Sociology (SOC 100)
• Social Problems (SOC 142)
• Popular Culture (SOC 447)
• Honors Thesis (488/89H)
• Arts, Culture and Los Angeles (UHP 101)

Research Interests: Popular culture/music, race and ethnicity, identity and community formation.

Education:

• B.A. Sociology, U.C. Berkeley, 1994
• M.A., Ph.D. Ethnic Studies, U.C. Berkeley, 2004

Selected publications:

• Wang, O. (2022). “Gerald Wilson—’Viva Tirado'(1962).” One-Track Mind: Capitalism, Technology, and the Art of the Pop Song (pp. 26-42). Routledge.
• Wang, O. (2019). “Live at the China Royal: A Funky Ode to Fall River’s Chow Mein Sandwich.” American Chinese Restaurants: Society, Culture and Consumption (pp. 105-120). Routledge.
• Wang, O. (2019). “Microwave DJs: A Revisit of Farrugia and Swiss’s ‘Tracking the DJs’ (JPMS, 17.1). Journal of Popular Music Studies, 31(1) (pp. 53-60).
• Sakakeeny, M., and Wang, O. (2018). “The ‘Tuba Fats’ Riff.” 64 Parishes (pp. 30-31).
•  Duke University Press (2015)
• “Everybody Loves an Underdog: Learning From Linsanity.” . Ed. S. Thangaraj, C. Arnaldo, C. Chin. New York: NYU Press (2016): 75-101.
• “Learning From Los Kogi Angeles: A Taco Truck and Its City.” . Ed. R. Ku, M. Manalansan, and A. Mannur. New York: NYU Press (2013): 78-97.
• “The Comfort Zone: Shaping the Retro-Soul Audience.” . Ed. E. Weisbard. Durham, NC: Duke University Press (2012): 201-29.
• “The Journey of “Viva Tirado”: A Musical Conversation within Afro-Chicano Los Angeles.” , 22.4 (2010): 348-66.
• “To Live and Dine in Kogi L.A..”  (Fall 2009)
• “Rapping and Repping Asian: Race, Authenticity, and the Asian American MC.” . Ed. M. Nguyen, T. Tu. Durham, NC: Duke University Press (2007): 35-68.
• “These Are The Breaks: Hip-Hop and AfroAsian Cultural (Dis)Connections.” . Ed. H. Raphael-Hernandez, S. Steen. New York: NYU Press (2006): 146-64.
• “Between the Notes: Finding Asian America in Popular Music.” 19.4 (2001): 439-465.

Fellowships, Awards, Honors:

• Project Curator for “Cruising J-Town: Nikkei Car Culture in Los Angeles” (Japanese American National Museum, 2025)