Teresa Swartz

she/her

[email protected]

Sociology

1125 Social Sciences Building

267 19th Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Curriculum Vitae

Collegiate Affiliation

Professor,

Sociology

Asian American Studies

Race, Indigeneity, Disability, Gender & Sexuality Studies

Affiliate Faculty,

American Studies

Educational Background & Specialties

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Educational Background

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

Specialties

Youth, Young Adulthood, Older Adulthood
Well-being, social determinants of health
Social Support, Community Support
Families
Intergenerational Relations
Race and Ethnicity
Asian American Studies
Gender

Publications

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Publications

Mason Jones, Douglas Hartmann, Francesca Bernardino. Level Playing Fields According to American Youth: How Young People Understand and Navigate Meritocracy in Sports.. Youth, 6.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Juang, Linda P., Irene Park, Su Yeong Kim, Richard M. Lee, Desiree Qin, Sumie Okazaki, Teresa Toguchi Swartz, Anna Lau. 2018. "Reactive and Proactive Ethnic-Socialization Practices of Second-Generation Asian American Parents." 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.
Toguchi Swartz, Teresa, Heather McLaughlin, and Jeylan T. Mortimer. 2017. "Parental Assistance, Negative Life Events, and Attainment During the Transition to Adulthood," The Sociological Quarterly 58(1):91-110.
Toguchi Swartz, Teresa, Minzee Kim, Mayumi Uno, Jeylan T. Mortimer, and Kirsten Bengtson O'Brien. 2011. "Safety Nets and Scaffolds: Parental Support in the Transition to Adulthood,". 2011. Journal of Marriage and Family 73(2):414-429.
Toguchi Swartz, Teresa. 2009. "Intergenerational Family Relations in Adulthood: Patterns, Variations, and Implications in the Contemporary United States." 2009. Annual Review of Sociology 35:191-212.
Toguchi Swartz, Teresa. 2008. "Family Capital and the Invisible Transfer of Privilege: Intergenerational Support and Social Class in Early Adulthood." New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 119:11-24.
Toguchi Swartz, Teresa, and Erika Busse. 2017. "Family Support in the Transition to Adulthood Among Diverse Young Adults, "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.
Toguchi Swartz, Teresa. 2005. "Mothering for the State: Foster Parenting and the Challenges of Government-Contracted Carework." Gender and Society 18(5):567-587

Activities

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Activities

Research

Community, social support, leisure activity, and well-being in adulthood: This line of research examines social influences of individual and community health and well-being across adulthood, including leisure/recreational activity, health lifestyles, community supports, and social integration..
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.
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 1001 - Introduction of Sociology
SOC 3090 - Topics: Happiness & Well-Being: Sociological Perspectives
SOC 3503/AAS 3503 - Asian American Identities, Families and Communities
SOC 4511 - Sociology of Youth: Transition to Adulthood
SOC 4966W - Capstone Experience: Seminar
SOC 4977V - Honors Senior Thesis Proseminar
SOC 8851 - Advanced Qualitative Research Methods: In-Depth Interviewing