Teresa Swartz

she/her

[email protected]

Sociology

933 Social Sciences Building

267 19th Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Curriculum Vitae

Collegiate Affiliation

Sociology

Asian American Studies

Educational Background & Specialties

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Educational Background

Ph.D.: Sociology, University of California, San Diego, 2001

Specialties

Intergenerational Relations
Families
Race and Ethnicity
Asian American Studies
Well-being
Youth and Young Adulthood
Social Inequality

Publications

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Publications

Swartz, Teresa Toguchi, Claire Kamp Dush, Xiaowen Han, Miranda Berrigan Wendy Manning, Katie Nguyen. 2024. “Racial Discrimination and Mental Health among Asian Americans during the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. https://doi.org/10.1177/2332649224126
Miller, Mahala* and Teresa Toguchi Swartz. 2024. “’Getting Moving’ and Being ‘Active Fit’: Class Differences and Similarities in Health Promoting Parenting through Children’s Organized Athletic Activities as Health Risk Management and Classed Health Promotion.” Social Science & Medicine, (347) 116776. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116776
Hartmann, Douglas, Teresa Toguchi Swartz, Edgar Campos, Amy August, Alex Manning, and Sarah Catherine Billups. 2024. “A New Typology of Out-of-School Youth Sports in 21st Century America: The Contrasting Organizational Logics of ‘Sports-Focused’ and ‘Sports-for-Development’ Programming Under Neoliberal Conditions” Sociology of Sport Journal, doi: //doi.org/10/1123/ssj.2023-0080
Swartz, Teresa Toguchi, Douglas Hartmann, and Pao Lee Vue. 2022. “Race, Ethnicity, and the Incorporation Experiences of Hmong American Young Adults: Insights from a Mixed-Method, Longitudinal Study.” Ethnic and Racial Studies, (45)7:1197-1217. doi: 10.1080/01419870.2021.1939091
Hartmann, Douglas, Arturo Baiocchi,* and Teresa Toguchi Swartz. 2018. “Navigating Americanized Identities: Bicultural Ethnicity, Race, and the Immigrant Incorporation Experience.” Race and Social Problems 10: 332-347. doi.org/10.1007/s12552-018-9249-x
"Reactive and Proactive Ethnic-Socialization Practices of Second-Generation Asian American Parents," with Juang, Linda, Irene Park, Su Yeong Kim, Richard Lee, Desiree Qin, Sumie Okazaki, and Anna Lau. 2018. Asian American Journal of Psychology 9(1) 4-16.
Crossings to Adulthood: How Diverse Young Americans Understand and Navigate their Lives. 2017. Edited with Douglas Hartmann and Rubén G. Rumbaut. The Netherlands: Brill.
"Parental Assistance, Negative Life Events, and Attainment During the Transition to Adulthood," with Heather McLaughlin and Jeylan T. Mortimer. 2017. The Sociological Quarterly 58(1):91-110.
"Safety Nets and Scaffolds: Parental Support in the Transition to Adulthood," with Minzee Kim, Mayumi Uno, Jeylan T. Mortimer, and Kirsten Bengtson O'Brien. 2011. Journal of Marriage and Family 73(2):414-429.
"Intergenerational Family Relations in Adulthood: Patterns, Variations, and Implications in the Contemporary United States." 2009. Annual Review of Sociology 35:191-212.
"Family Capital and the Invisible Transfer of Privilege: Intergenerational Support and Social Class in Early Adulthood." 2008. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development 119:11-24.
"Family Support in the Transition to Adulthood Among Diverse Young Adults," with Erika Busse. 2017. Pp. 15-41 in Crossings to Adulthood: How Diverse Young Americans Understand and Navigate their Lives. Edited by T. T. Swartz, D. Hartmann, and Rubén G. Rumbaut. The Netherlands: Brill.
Parenting for the State: An Ethnographic Analysis of Non-Profit Foster Care. 2005. NY: Routledge.
"Mothering for the State: Foster Parenting and the Challenges of Government-Contracted Carework." 2005. Gender and Society 18(5):567-587

Activities

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Activities

Research

Kids Involvement and Diversity Study (KIDS): This study investigates youth extracurricular activities, parent and youth motivations for participation, and their effects for kids and families from diverse backgrounds.
Community, social support, leisure activity, and well-being in adulthood: This line of research examines social influences of individual and community well-being across adulthood, including leisure/recreational activity and social integration..
Growing Up But Not Apart: Young Adults’ Relationships with Their Parents. This study focuses on the changing transition to adulthood and its effects on intergenerational relationships among families from diverse backgrounds.: This project explores the material and other supports that young adults receive from and provide to their parents and their implications for young adult attainment, family relations, and social inequality.
Veterans with PTSD, Service Dogs, and Family Supports: This community-engaged research project examines how service dogs impact the well-being of veterans with PTSD and other mental health diagnoses by reducing stress, anxiety, and social isolation and providing opportunities for meaningful social connection, care, and community. The research also explores how the service dogs affect family relationships..
Second Generation Asian Heritage Parenting: This study examines second generation Asian American parenting perspectives and practices.
Hmong Youth and Young Adult Acculturation and Ethnic Identity: This project explores how young adult children of Hmong refugees have understood their ethnic identities and cultural heritage over the course of growing up in St. Paul, MN.

Awards

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Awards

Arthur "Red" Motley Exemplary Teaching Award, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota, 2009
Horace T. Morse - University of Minnesota Alumni Association Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education, 2025

Courses

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Courses

Soc 8501 - Sociology of Family
Soc 1001 - Introduction of Sociology
Soc 4511 - Sociology of Youth
Soc 3503/Soc 3503H/AAS 3503 - Asian American Identities, Families and Communities
SOC 4977V: Honors Senior Thesis Proseminar
Soc 3090 - Sociology of Happiness and Well-Being
GCC 3037 - Wealth and Inequality: Past, Present and Future
SOC 8540 - Sociology of Families, Youth, and Culture